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Where it all started. Welcome back. I have been learning so much about Katherine Dunham. I hope you all found her pictures and videos entertaining. Today’s blog will focus on Katherine Dunham’s lineage. Where did it all begin? Who inspired her? What inspired her? Who did she work with? How did such influences shape Katherine Dunham and what we know as The Dunham  Technique.     Katherine was very close to her older brother Albert Jr. He was her influence to enroll in school at  T he  U niversity of Chicago.  With anthropology being her field of study, Katherine combined her love of dance with anthropology. In her childhood, Dunham’s aunt would rehearse for theater gigs and she would sit and watch. This was also an inspiration to the up and coming Katherine Dunham. Dunham began with technique classes in ballet and modern. Some of her teachers were Ludmilla  Speranzvera , Vera  Mirova , Mark Turbyfill and Ruth Page. She was much more inter...
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Who is Katherine Dunham: Post 1

The wait is over, I am here on my journey researching who Katherine Dunham is. Welcome to my blog. Every time I was in a dance class, her name, Katherine Dunham would come up in reference as being a great dancer and someone I should know if I’m going to study dance. I have researched her and I know who Katherine Dunham is, why she is important, and her contribution to dance. Keep reading and join me in discovering all about Katherine Dunham. Not only was Katherine Dunham female, but she was an American Black dancer and choreographer. Sounds like me, I love her already. Wikipedia tells us that, Dunham was born in Chicago June 22, 1909. Her mother was French Canadian and her father was African American. In Katherine Dunham book by Barbara O’Connor, she tells how it did not matter the huge age difference of 20 years between her parents. They married and had two children Albert Jr. and Katherine. Katherine had other siblings on her mother’s side of the family, but she was closest to her...
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