Othella Dallas, Keeper of Katherine Dunham’s Flame, Dies at 95

Othella Dallas, Keeper of Katherine Dunham’s Flame, Dies at 95

The New York Times-Arts·2020-12-12 17:02

Othella Dallas, who was one of the last surviving early members of the Katherine Dunham Dance Company, the nation’s first self-supporting Black modern dance troupe, and taught the Afro-Caribbean-influenced Dunham technique in Europe well into her 90s, died on Nov. 28 at a nursing home in Binningen, Switzerland. She was 95.

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