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African-American dance is a form of dance that was created by Africans in the Diaspora, ... Florence Mills was the first Black woman to headline a Broadway venue, ...
She made the cut and became the dance company's first African American Rockette in its then-62-year history. [2] She was chosen out of 221 women who had auditioned for the 26 open spots on the coveted line. [3] Out of the 23 other women who were contracted for on-call vacancies in the New York City production, she was the only African American. [3]
Debra Austin was the very first African-American ballerina to receive a principal dancer contract with a major American ballet company [3] in 1982 with the Pennsylvania Ballet. There she danced the principal roles in Swan Lake, Giselle, Coppélia, and La Sylphide. Dancing these roles with a white partner was a further breakthrough.
This is a non-diffusing subcategory of Category:African-American dancers. It includes African-American dancers that can also be found in the parent category, or in diffusing subcategories of the parent.
For almost 30 years she maintained the Katherine Dunham Dance Company, the only self-supported American black dance troupe at that time. Over her long career, she choreographed more than ninety individual dances. [3] Dunham was an innovator in African-American modern dance as well as a leader in the field of dance anthropology, or ...
[136] [137] According to Los Angeles Times writer Jevon Phillips, she is the first African American woman to dance the role. [138] The same month, she was praised in the dual role of Queen of the Dryads and Mercedes in Don Quixote by Brian Seibert of The New York Times , although Jerry Hochman of Critical Dance felt that she was not as ...
Pages in category "African-American dancers" The following 120 pages are in this category, out of 120 total. This list may not reflect recent changes. A. Debbie Allen;
The Nicholas Brothers, African-American team of dancing brothers, Fayard Nicholas (1914–2006) and Harold Nicholas (1921–2000). With their highly acrobatic technique, high level of artistry and daring innovations, they were considered by many the greatest tap dancers of their day.