I certainly feel my career was a great career because it inspired so many many people, literally hundreds of people to follow a new kind of life and to realize that they could make out and advance their own professional and private and social lives. Katherine Dunham advancecareerfeel share on social
I have actually five honorary degrees. Katherine Dunham degreehonorary Change image and share on social
I used to want the words 'She tried' on my tombstone. Now I want 'She did it.' Katherine Dunham tombstoneword Change image and share on social
Aside from a few master teachers that we have had over the years, this has been a completely local talent development. But people have started to come now from Chicago, we have a number of students from Chicago and different places of the country and even in the world. Katherine Dunham chicagocompletelycountry share on social
We have a group of friends of the museum who try to raise, if they can, periodically something to help us. Of course, the main thing about a building like this is its upkeep. It needs central heating and it needs central air conditioning. Katherine Dunham airbuildcentral share on social
I really think that aside from admiring my talent you really admire me as a person and as a woman. Katherine Dunham admirepersontalent Change image and share on social
Haiti itself was also photographed, some of the streets, some of the mountains, rivers, streams, etc. were photographed before talking with me about how I felt about Haiti. Then the camera went to our voodoo temple and saw a serious ceremony, a real ceremony. Katherine Dunham cameraceremonyfelt share on social
The older I grow the more I see the influence of my family on my life. I didn't always see it. It was up to our parents to see that we had our education in a town that hadn't yet realized what racial prejudice was but actually knew and practiced it on occasion. Katherine Dunham educationfamilygrow share on social
Without my husband's costumes I wouldn't have known how to accomplish what I saw in my own mind's eyes for choreography. And then seeing our choreography and knowing the background of it I am sure helped my husband a great deal with what he designed for us. Katherine Dunham accomplishbackgroundchoreography share on social
I had certain physical limitations that made me change the choreography for myself or made me more interested in choreography only rather than dancing. I have never been a person who wanted to just dance. I have always been interested in developing for other people. Katherine Dunham changechoreographydance share on social
