“She paved the way not only for East St. Louis, but for the world,” Kati Stovall said of the legendary dancer, choreographer, activist and author Katherine Dunham, Miss Dunham, who left worldwide fame ...

Katherine Dunham, often hailed as the Matriarch of Black Dance, brought African cultures to American dance, like the Haitian dance and Rada traditions that inspired Yanvalou by composer Beth Denisch.

“What would I have been had I never gone to the Katherine Dunham School of Dance when I was a young dancer in New York?” asked Dr. Glory Van Scott. She spoke at the Missouri History Museum recently to ...