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Katherine Dunham was a black dancer, choreographer, author, and social

activist. Directing her own dance company for many years in over 30

countries in Europe, orth !frica, "outh !merica, !ustralia, and East !sia,

along with choreographing dance se#uences for multiple $roadwaymusicals%revues, she has been called the &matriarch and #ueen mother of

black dance.&

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$ob (osse wanted to bring se) and lust to the stage in a time where that

wasn*t considered normal at all. +n fact, it was probably considered public

nudity%sin%or even prostitution, or perhaps even ust shameful. (osse kept

wanting to push the limits, and by doing so, he opened up a whole new realm

of creativity for artists to e)plore. -e accomplished this with seductive and

suggestive movements in his choreography, involving fast, sharp hipmovements, turned in legs to suggest suppressing orgasm/ and se)iness.

The Pajama Game -! -umdinger, $right, $rassy and ubilantly "assy "how

Damn Yankees - !bout baseball, suggestive and ris#u.

New Girl in Town - Dream "e#uence 2 ife in a brothel, depicted through

seductive and suggestive movements. 4olice closed it down, and (osse had

to rechoreograph the se#uence. -e changed it back after the play opened in

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+f you take a look at erome 7obbins* list of $roadway 4roductions 3' over a

period of 80 years, starting o9 as a performer ending as a choreographer with

'0 of those shows under his belt, choreographed./, there is no #uestioning

why erome 7obbins is an in:uential a;; choreographer. $y the time he was

'0, he was already performing in the chorus of $roadway musicals. -aving

worked with people such as +rving $erlin, Ethel

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Don Giovanni

!ittle Niht Music

nd the #orld Goes Round

!i$a Minnelli

%%& in the 'hade

Cra$( For You

'how )oat *Revival+

Picnic

" Christmas Carol" *Madison ',uare Garden+

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'teel Pier

klahoma. *Revival+

The Music Man *Revival+

Contact

Thou 'halt Not

The Fros

Center 'tae

The Producers *'tae and Film+

Youn Frankenstein *Musical+

/a00iness

The 'cotts1oro )o(s

Paradise Found

Prince o2 )roadwa(

)i Fish

)ullets over )roadwa(

Dou1le Feature

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)lossom Got 3issed

For the !ove o2 Duke

)ut Not For Me

Take Five444 More or !ess

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