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Katherine Dunham was born on June 22nd, 1909. She was a world-famous dancer, anthropologist, social activist, and choreographer who's best known for being a dance pioneer and revolutionizing American modern dance during the 1980s. Her style of incorporating African American, Caribbean, African, and South American movement styles and themes into her ballets makes her an important figure within the Harlem Renaissance.

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Katherine Dunham Performing Ballet Creole (1952) | British Pathé

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Katherine Dunham and her Dance Company in Casbah

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A Caribbean Rhapsody, Katherine Dunham, Holland Festival 1949

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During her time in Haiti, Dunham came to understand--both intellectually and kinesthetically--the African roots of black dance in the West Indies. From this physical understanding of what she considered her cultural roots, Dunham began to develop the first African American concert dance technique.

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When it came to being a social activist, it was shown through her talents. For example, one of her most noticeable performances, Southland, which dramatized the lynching of a black man, was not received very well by government officials. However, this didn't stop her from announcing her hope that the "war on tolerance and democracy" could make a change.

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