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Revolutionary Dance
Colombian-born dancer and choreographer Eleo Pomare has been remembered for the social messages embedded in his creation of performances. Pomare landed in Harlem, and like many other dancers of his time and beyond,…
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Revelatory Movement
Translating the mundane, ritualistic, and connected qualities of life into movement, Alvin Ailey remains known largely through the dance company he established. Through choreography that communicated elevated stories of the everyday and of…
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Pearls of Wisdom
True to her name, Pearl Primus promoted the beauty of history, culture, tradition, art, creativity, and a people forged in suffering and belittlement through her dance. Although she studied medicine and earned her…
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Dancer Katherine the Great
After a long, cold January, the best month of the year has arrived, somehow again almost unexpectedly! In this Black History Month, birthday celebration, and days of all kinds of love, I’m learning…