Ask the Chatbot Games & Quizzes History & Society Science & Tech Biographies Animals & Nature Geography & Travel Arts & Culture ProCon Money Videos
Katherine Dunham
Table of Contents
Introduction References & Edit History Quick Facts & Related Topics
Images
Katherine Dunham Katherine Dunham
Related Questions
Read Next
Bag end on Bagshot row from the movies Lord of the Rings and The Hobbit in Hobbiton, New Zealand, Australia
You Ought to Be in Pictures: 8 Filming Locations You Can Actually Visit
Tom Cruise as Maverick in Top Gun(1986) directed by Tony Scott.
Can You Guess the Movie by the Scene?
Odissi Indian classical female dancer on white background. (Indian dancer; classical dancer; Indian dance)
6 Classical Dances of India
Discover
Flags of the countries of the world (flagpoles).
How Many Countries Are There in the World?
Artist interpretation of a Space meteoroid impact. Meteor impact. Asteroid, End of the world, danger, destruction, dinosaur extinct, Judgement Day, Planet Earth, Doomsday Predictions, comet
10 Failed Doomsday Predictions
African Americans demonstrating for voting rights in front of the White House as police and others watch, March 12, 1965. One sign reads, "We demand the right to vote everywhere." Voting Rights Act, civil rights.
Timeline of the American Civil Rights Movement
Mona Lisa, oil on wood panel by Leonardo da Vinci, c. 1503-06; in the Louvre, Paris, France. 77 x 53 cm.
Why Is the Mona Lisa So Famous?
Submerged sperm whale off east Sri Lanka coast, mammal
How Did the Sperm Whale Get Its Name?
NBA Lakers Celtics Finals Kevin Garnett shooting.
10 Great Sports Rivalries
Chinese pictograph, calligraphy tablet of Huang Tingjian, a famous calligrapher in Ancient Song Dynasty. The background of Chinese cultural elements.
The World’s 5 Most Commonly Used Writing Systems

Katherine Dunham: Facts & Related Content

verifiedCite
While every effort has been made to follow citation style rules, there may be some discrepancies. Please refer to the appropriate style manual or other sources if you have any questions.
Select Citation Style
Share
Share to social media
URL
https://www.britannica.com/facts/Katherine-Dunham
Written and fact-checked by
The Information Architects of Encyclopaedia Britannica

The Information Architects maintain a master list of the topics included in the corpus of  Encyclopædia Britannica, and create and manage the relationships between them.
The Information Architects of Encyclopaedia Britannica

Facts

Also Known As Kaye Dunn
Born June 22, 1909 • Joliet • Illinois
Died May 21, 2006 (aged 96) • New York City • New York
Awards And Honors Kennedy Center Honors (1983)
Subjects Of Study ethnic dance

Photos

Katherine Dunham
Katherine Dunham
See All Images →
Léonide Massine
Russian dancer
Agnes de Mille and Yurek Lazowski performing in Three Virgins and a Devil, 1955
Agnes de Mille
American dancer and choreographer
Ross, Herbert
Herbert Ross
American dancer and film director
Martha Graham
Martha Graham
American dancer
George Balanchine.
George Balanchine
Russian-American choreographer
Jerome Robbins
Jerome Robbins
American choreographer
Twyla Tharp
Twyla Tharp
American dancer and choreographer
Anna Sokolow
American choreographer and dancer
Mark Morris
American dancer and choreographer
Gene Kelly in Singin' in the Rain
Gene Kelly
American actor, dancer, and director
Aaron Copland
Aaron Copland
American composer
Merce Cunningham
Merce Cunningham
American dancer and choreographer
Leonard Bernstein
Leonard Bernstein
American composer and conductor
Mikhail Baryshnikov performing with the Bolshoi Ballet
Mikhail Baryshnikov
Russian-American dancer
Pillar of Fire
Antony Tudor
American dancer
Paul Taylor and Bettie de Jong
Paul Taylor
American dancer and choreographer
Jacques d'Amboise
Jacques d’Amboise
American dancer
Alvin Ailey, Jr.
Alvin Ailey, Jr.
American choreographer
Arthur Mitchell
Arthur Mitchell
American dancer
Sarabhai, Mallika
Mallika Sarabhai
Indian dancer, actress, writer, and activist