Fatima Robinson
Described in the New York Times as “one of the most sought-after hip-hop and popular music choreographers in the world”
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Valeria Gibson Ladd
Valeria Gibson Ladd (1892-1984) was a painter and dancer with the Noyes School of Rhythm during the 1930s
Molly Spotted Elk
Molly Spotted Elk was a Penobscot actress, dancer, and writer
Tina Turner
The year she turned 45, singer Tina Turner began one of the most impressive comebacks in music history.
Pam Tanowitz
American choreographer
Jennifer Homans
Jennifer Homans published Apollo’s Angels in 2010, a history of classical ballet that she had been working on for ten years. It is an epic work, tracing four centuries and spanning different countries, setting the evolution of the form in the many political, philosophical, and aesthetic contexts that shaped it.
Dormeshia Sumbry-Edwards
Tap dancer Dormeshia had a well-established career as a dancer from a young age, making her Broadway debut in the musical revue Black and Blue when she was just 13.
Rosy Simas
American dancer and choreographer
Theresa Ruth Howard
Founder of “Memoirs of Blacks in Ballet” (MoBBallet), which “preserves, presents, and promotes the contributions and stories of Black artists in the field of Ballet, illustrating that they are an integral part of dance history at large,” in 2015.
Melanie George
American dance educator, choreographer, dramaturg, and scholar, and an activist working to deconstruct the hierarchies of dance.