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African-American dance is a form of dance that was created by Africans in the Diaspora, specifically the United States. It has developed within various spaces throughout African-American communities in the United States, rather than studios, schools, or companies. These dances are usually centered on folk and social dance practice, though ...
Debra Austin. 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.
Darcel Leonard Wynne. Darcel Leonard-Wynne (born June 13, 1951, in Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania ), sometimes credited as simply Darcel, is an African-American dancer, choreographer, author and producer, best known for heading the "Solid Gold Dancers" on the syndicated 1980s music series Solid Gold. [1] [2]
The first Black woman to ever dance with a major dance company full time was the late Raven Wilkinson, who danced for the Ballet Russe de Monte Carlo in the 1950s. While dancing with the company ...
Notable Black ballerinas. Aesha Ash is the first Black woman on the School of American Ballet 's permanent faculty. [11] Ash was a student at SAB and progressed into its affiliated company, the New York City Ballet, in 1996. [11] She left NYCB and joined Maurice Béjart 's company in Switzerland before returning to the United States and dancing ...
A. Debbie Allen. Jonelle Allen. Joshua Allen (dancer) Eddie "Rochester" Anderson. Nicco Annan. Coretti Arle-Titz. Jacob Artist.
Talley Beatty (22 December 1918 – 29 April 1995) was born in Cedar Grove, Louisiana, a section of Shreveport, but grew up in Chicago, Illinois. He is considered one of the greatest of African American choreographers, and also bears the titles dancer, doctor, and dance company director. After studying under Katherine Dunham and Martha Graham ...
Mattie Hite. Billie Holiday [1] Lena Horne. Alberta Hunter [1] Caterina Jarboro. Matilda Sissieretta Joyner Jones. Sara Martin. Rose McClendon [1] Viola McCoy.