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Associated Press
Josephine Baker is 1st Black woman given Paris burial honor
PARIS (AP) — The remains of American-born singer and dancer Josephine Baker will be reinterred at the Pantheon monument in Paris, making the entertainer who is a World War II hero in France the first Black woman to get the country’s highest honor. Read More
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Josephine Baker
To be first Black woman in France's Pantheon
(AFP) Josephine Baker, the famed French-American dancer, singer and actress who fought in the French resistance during WWII and later battled racism, will later this year become the first Black woman to enter France's Pantheon mausoleum.
‘Ailey’ Review:
A Poetic Look at the Man Behind the Dances
(NYT) Jamila Wignot explores the life of Alvin Ailey in a new documentary that brings a choreographer to life through movement and words. Too often, the idea of Alvin Ailey is reduced to a single dance: “Revelations.” His 1960 exploration of the Black experience remains a masterpiece, but it also overshadows the person who made it. How can an artist grow after such early success? Who was Alvin Ailey the man? In “Ailey,” the director Jamila Wignot layers images, video and — most important — voice-overs from Ailey to create a portrait that feels as poetic and nuanced as choreography itself.
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For Dancer Kevin Boseman, Performing... is PErsonal.
Dancer Kevin Boseman's cancer diagnosis a few years ago changed the way he saw life. "What I realized was worrying about things like my career or what is the next chapter of my life are not important," he says. Read his Story
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