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member of the
Katherine Dunham Company and
performed African dance with
Syvilla Fort. Lori Tan
Chinn was born in 1948 or 1949, the
daughter of
Hoisan Chinese...
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Syvilla Fort (July 3, 1917 –
November 8, 1975) was an
American dancer, c****ographer, and
dance teacher. Born in Seattle, she drew on her African-American...
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exposure to
dance began at the age of five when she
enrolled in
classes under Syvilla Fort at the
Katherine Dunham School of
Theatre Dance. The
Dunham School...
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Townsperson Reynolds also
appeared in the
following films:
Quest (1961)
Syvilla: They
Dance to Her Drum (1979)
Reynolds was ****ociated with the Katherine...
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piano when he was
commissioned to
write music for Bacchanale, a
dance by
Syvilla Fort (its date is
variously given as 1938 or 1940). For some time previously...
- her
thesis film was
Syvilla: They
Dance To Her Drum (1979), "a
short film that do****ented the
African American concert dancer,
Syvilla Fort, who was the...
- much clearer: it was
created for a c****ography by the
American dancer Syvilla Fort. Cage and Fort were both
working at the
Cornish School in Seattle...
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Antony Tudor and
Margaret Craske. She also
studied Afro-Modern
dance with
Syvilla Fort who also
taught Marlon Brando,
James Dean and
Eartha Kitt. Stackhouse...
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received her Ga name: Naa-Koshie. In the 1970s she
worked with Manu Dibango,
Syvilla Fort,
Harold Mabern,
Junie Booth,
Richard Davis,
Billy Higgins, Archie...
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School of
Cultural Arts. The
school was
managed in Dunham's
absence by
Syvilla Fort, one of her dancers, and
thrived for
about 10 years. It was considered...
