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Lavinia Williams (July 2, 1916 – July 19, 1989), who sometimes went by the married name Lavinia Williams Yarborough, was an American dancer and dance educator who founded national schools of dance in several Caribbean countries.
13 de dez. de 2020 · About This Orbit: Lavinia Williams. 1937 Lavinia Williams, “Pioneer Black Ballerina on the Broadway Stage”. Lavinia Williams was born in 1916 into a family of six children in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania. Her family ended up moving to Portsmouth, Virginia and eventually Brooklyn, New York, which was where she spent most of her ...
28 de dez. de 2020 · Lavinia’s classical ballet training was able to blend American dance and Haitian dance into one art form—in other words, “the ballet, voodoo dancing, Latin rhythms and acrobatic dancing, as developed to a high degree on the American stage, have all been fused into what has come to be regular.”
10 de dez. de 2020 · Lavinia Williams and Sara Yarborough-Smith. Lavinia Williams’ legacy in the dance world lives on predominantly through her daughter, Sara Yarborough-Smith, as she followed in her mother’s footsteps and also became a dancer.
Lavinia Williams. Born: 1916 Died: July 19, 1989 Occupation: dancer. Lavinia Williams was born in Philadelphia and began taking dance lessons at the age of three. Her family relocated to...
4 de mar. de 2016 · Before Misty Copeland was the first Black woman appointed as Principal into the American Ballet Theater, Lavinia Williams was a part of the American Negro Ballet, focusing on classical ballet, folk, modern, and Caribbean dance, which she mastered and taught in several Caribbean countries.
Lavinia Williams was an African American dancer, teacher, and choreographer who played an influential role in the development of modern and folkloric dances in Haiti, Jamaica, Guyana, and the Bahamas. She was a member of the Katherine Dunham Dance Company between 1940 and 1945.
