Carmen de Lavallade, a dancer whose transformative powers onstage and mesmerizing beauty inspired artistic collaborators as wide-ranging as Agnes de Mille, Alvin Ailey, and her husband, Geoffrey ...

Dancer, choreographer, actress and teacher Carmen de Lavallade, one of the pioneers of American modern dance, and the first prima ballerina of Creole descent to perform at New York's Metropolitan ...

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De Lavallade became a member of the Lester Horton Dance Theater in 1949 where she danced as a lead dancer until her departure for New York City with Alvin Ailey in 1954. She studied dancing with ...

Carmen de Lavallade, the exquisite dancer who broke barriers throughout the arts during her six-decade performing career, has died. She was 94. De Lavallade died following a short illness, her son, ...

Carmen de Lavallade, a groundbreaking dancer, choreographer and actress whose six-decade career reshaped modern dance and theater while breaking racial barriers, died Monday in New Jersey. She was 94.

Carmen de Lavallade, the elegant and fearless performer whose artistry moved effortlessly across dance, theater, film, and television — and who helped open doors for generations of Black artists — has ...

Geoffrey Radbill, a prominent Manhattan philanthropist whose generosity included major donations to his alma mater, was killed when a car driver rear-ended the bicycle he was riding along Riverside ...

FILE - Andre "Dadou" Pasquet, left, sings and plays guitar with the Magnum compas band during a practice session in North Miami, Fla. Thursday, May 8, 2008. PORT-AU-PRINCE, Haiti — Compas, a beloved ...

PORT-AU-PRINCE, Haiti (AP) — Compas, a beloved Haitian music and dance genre inspired by merengue and infused with percussion, made UNESCO’s cultural heritage list on Wednesday. The syncopated rhythm, ...