Katherine Dunham was known as the “matriarch and queen of Black dance.”
She was a dancer and choreographer, also an anthropologist and an activist.
This Saturday, the Katherine Dunham Juba Dance Festival returns to Chattanooga - part of the Chattanooga Festivals of Black Arts and Ideas.
It begins with dance master classes at Annex Chattanooga Ballet from 9:15 AM to 1:30 PM - and then at 7 PM, the Juba Dance Ensemble Performance will be held at the University Center here on our campus, the University of Tennessee at Chattanooga.
Crystal Newson is director of the Dunham Festival and artistic director of the Juba Dance Ensemble.
