Dancers

Below, you will find some of the most prominent and influential dancers of the Harlem Renaissance time period. Click on the pictures to learn a bit more about each one.

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Fred Astaire

See him dancing

Josephine Baker

See her dancing

Katherine Dunham

See her dancing

Florence Mills

(No existing video.)

http://school.eb.com/levels/high/article/63911

Bill "Bojangles" Robinson

See him dancing

http://artsedge.kennedy-center.org/interactives/harlem/faces/george_snowden.html

http://artsedge.kennedy-center.org/interactives/harlem/faces/earl_tucker.html

http://artsedge.kennedy-center.org/interactives/harlem/faces/herbert_white.html

"Shorty" George Snowden

See him dancing

Earl "Snakehips" Tucker

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Herbert "Whitey" White

See his dance group

For more information and artists, explore Drop Me Off in Harlem (by the Kennedy Center) and Behind the Dance (by PBS).

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