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Geoffrey Holder
b. 8-1-1930; Trinidad and Tobago
Geoffrey Richard Holder is an actor, choreographer, director, dancer, painter, costume designer, singer and voice-over artist, best recognized one of henchmen in the 1973 James Bond, Live and Let Die, as Punjab in the 1982 movie version of the musical Annie, for 7-Up commercials in the 1980s, and for being married to dancer Carmen De Lavallade.
• Carmen and Geoffrey
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Doris Humphrey
b. 10-17-1895; Oak Park, IL
d. 12-29-1958; Virginia
Doris Humphrey, a second generation modern dance pioneer, opened her own dance studio at age 19. Her dances are noted for “the intricacies of large groups, and her emphasis on sculptural shapes.”
Doris Humphrey teamed with Charles Weidman to form a dance company.
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Judith Jamison
b. 5-10-1943; Philadelphia, PA
Judith Jamison, who studied dance from age 10, was invited to dance in 1964 by Agnes de Mille in her ballet “The Four Marys” at the American Ballet Theatre. In 1965 Jamison joined the Alvin Ailey Dance company and became their principal dancer through 1980. Among her notable roles was Ailey's “Pas de Duke” (1977) with Mikhail Baryshnikov set to the music of Duke Ellington, she starred in the Broadway musical “Sophisticated Ladies”, also set to Ellington's music.
Jamison was named Artistic Director of Alvin Ailey American Dance Theater upon Ailey's 1989 death and has choreographed many works for the Company since then.
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Robert Joffrey
née Abdullah Jaffa Bey Khan
b. 12-25-1930; Seattle, WA
d. 3-25-1988
Robert Joffrey is best remembered for his modern ballet creations and the dance company that bears his name. Joffrey also taught at the New York School for the Perfoming Arts.
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Kurt Jooss
b. 1-12-1901; Wasseralfingen, Germany
d. 5-22-1979; West Germany
Dancer and choreographer Kurt Jooss, noted as founding of Tanztheater or Dance Theatre, mixed classical ballet with theater to give “expression” of the dramatic idea in unified style and form (expressionist dance). He was a student of Rudolf von Laban.
Jooss established several dance companies such as the Folkwang Tanztheater and Folkwang Schule, in Essen. One of his most memorable works is The Green Table (1932), a commentary on the futility of war and the horrors it causes, perhaps inspired by medieval pictures of people dancing with death.
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