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Katherine Dunham is a dancer that many historians have named the most important women of African American dance. She was considered both a dancer and an anthropologist. Dunham was one of the first modern dance pioneers, combining cultural, grounded dance movements with elements of ballet. (Photo by Roger Woods, courtesy of the New York Library digital collections.)
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NEW YORK - Katherine Dunham is a dancer that many historians have named the most important women of African American dance. She was considered both a dancer and an anthropologist. Dunham was one of the first modern dance pioneers, combining cultural, grounded dance movements with elements of ballet. (Photo by Roger Woods, courtesy of the New York Library digital collections.)


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