She w h ned the "dance
debutante of the Year" ome 50 year
go by New York Time» critic John
M rtin. In 1948 he traveled to
Africa nd lived with the people in
the interior vill , learning their
1, nguage nd dancing in their
�eremonie. Today, little has
changed for internationally renowed
choreographer Pearl Primus. The
73-year-old dancer and
anthropologi t i till learning from
nd giving to her people.
"I dance not to entertain but to
help people better understand each
other," tate Primus, " Thrqugh
dance I have experienced the word­
I joy of freedom. I seek it more
fully now for my people and for all
people."
For mo t of this fall the pioneer
choreographer will be working with
profe ional dancers and dance stu­
dents at Howard University where
he is in residence. H tudents will
range from fine ars majors at Howard
to enior citizens at a community
center. The residency project,
directed by Howard dance professor
Sherrill Berryman-Miller, was made
possible by a Sl21,300 grant from the
Lila Wallace-Reader's Digest Arts
Partners Program.
Dr. Primus will pend 12 weeks at
Howard, where she. is Conducting
classes, leading lecture-demonstra­
tions and overseein re I for a
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merican
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University' Cramton Auditorium.
The concert will feature the choreog-
raph f Prim , considered on of
the da field' mo t heralded nd
recog ed legends.
prote t.
"I wanted to pea of the dignity,
beauty, tren th, nd h rit ge of
people of African try, m If
having been ply hurt in cist
ociety," explained Primus, a n tive
of Trinidad. "I thought m ybe I
could Y to t world, 'Look t this, '
and a thinking pe on would have to
y, "You'rertght," I w naive
enough to think that maybe people
didn't know about th dignity and
trength - even BI ck people."
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Dr. Pearl Primus, who earned a Ph.D.
in anthropology form ew York
University, spo e dir ctly to Black
people: Strange Fruit, about
widow' orrowafter lynching; TIu!
Negro Speaks of River. ,a etnng of
the Langston Hughe poem; and
Hard TilVes Blue, protest against
sharecropping.
Dr. Primus' choreography was
among the first to use dance a
medi um for social comment and
Although th name Pearl Primus
i well known and highly respected
in the dance world, her choreography
i rarely seen outside of pecialized
dance institutions.
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