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Katherine Dunham was a legendary dancer who made the cultures of African Diaspora known through dancing and choreography. But she is much more than that, she was an artist, author, anthropologist, manager, movie star, teacher, and mother. She revolutionized American dance by using her experience in black dance and rituals and transforming them into a choreography that speaks to the audience. Katherine Dunham was born June 22, 1909 and she died May 21, 2006. But she accomplished so much in her…

Thus, Billy Graham is my personal hero because he shares his passion for the Gospel and leads many people to faith in Jesus Christ. Further, he is a hero who was made. The son of a flourishing dairy farmer, Billy Graham was born on November 7, 1918 in Charlotte, North Carolina. Graham dedicated his life to Christ after experiencing a religious awakening at a revival meeting led by Mordecai Ham in 1934. After many years of education at Bob Jones College and Florida Bible Institute Graham was…

Dance has long been a medium that represents American culture that is constantly evolving and Martha Graham and Frank Gatson Jr. are two of many choreographers that helped developing modern dancing in America. After watching a lot of videos on how different type of dances emerged in America, I found Martha Graham’s work appealed to me the most because of her expressiveness and intensity in movements. Brought up by a father who was a psychiatrist, her first lesson of dancing was, “Movement never…

Misty Copeland was born on September 10, 1982 in Kansas City, Missouri. Misty Copeland endured a tumultuous home life to dance, eventually she began to study under California ballet instructor Cindy Bradley. Misty joined the studio company of American Ballet Theatre in 2000, becoming a soloist several years later an starring in an array of productions such as The Nutcracker and Firebird. An icon whose star shines beyond the world of classical dance, in late June 2015 Misty became the first…

British Dance: Influential Black Dancers Made an Impact on Britain “Like Britain itself, British dance has been informed by different waves of immigration”, says dance history professor Ramsay Burt (Roy). Ballet “took root” through a determined Polish woman, Marie Rambert, and Irishwoman, Ninette de Valois (Roy). Modern dance was arranged by exiles form Germany in the 1930s and visitors from America in the 1950s and 1960s (Roy). The stories and history of black British dancers however, tends to…

Susan Cain, graduate of Princeton and Harvard Law and former Wall Street lawyer, published her book Quiet: The Power of Introverts in a World That Can’t Stop Talking on January 24, 2012. In Quiet, Cain exposes the importance of introverts. Earlier that month, on January 13, 2015, Cain published an article entitled “The Rise of the New Groupthink.” The article is Cain’s book Quiet tremendously condensed. A month later, Judith Warner publishes a book review of Quiet entitled “Inside Intelligence.”…

Martha Graham preceded to transform dance with her style, originality and new ideas. Martha was a modern dancer and choreographer. Who way of dance has been influence and compared with Picasso. Martha first started teaching dance in 1926 her first group of people had been sucked into her creative style and technique. After the first lesson she started Martha Graham Studio so that all dancers influenced by her can be under her watchful eye. The National Association of Schools of dance adopted…

Martha Graham was and still is a renowned modern Dance pioneer of her time, a woman who made a remarkable impact on dance. She was a visionary for dance in the 1900’s challenging the world of classical ballet with its gracefully structured moves and its fairy tale performances. To Graham ballet did not represent the world she lived in so she created her own style and technique known as “the Graham technique.” She dedicated her life to this new modern style of dance which she herself performed…

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On June 16, 1917 in New York City, Katharine Graham was born. Coming from two successful parents, her father Eugene Meyer and Agnes Elizabeth Meyer, it seemed that she was destined to be a hard working and accomplished young women in the city of opportunity. Katharine Graham ended up being an incredibly influential woman in the field of journalism and women’s rights and will be remembered of her accomplishments for many years to come. She is a wonderful role model for young girls and hopeful…