{"id":16487,"date":"2022-07-26T09:36:39","date_gmt":"2022-07-26T09:36:39","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/mobballet.org\/?p=16487"},"modified":"2025-04-21T07:16:20","modified_gmt":"2025-04-21T07:16:20","slug":"leroy-cowan","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/mobballet.org\/index.php\/2022\/07\/26\/leroy-cowan\/","title":{"rendered":"Leroy Cowan"},"content":{"rendered":"

Leroy Cowan<\/strong><\/h2>\n

Capitol Ballet<\/strong><\/h2>\n
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[Photo unavailable]<\/p>\n

Leroy Cowan was born to Irene Cowan of Rock Hill, South Carolina and studied at Howard University and the Dance Theatre of Harlem School.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n

As a member of the Capitol Ballet, Cowan appeared with the company on April 22, 1970 at the Henderson A. Johnson Gymnasium at Fisk University, with Sandra Fortune Green<\/a> on April 13, 1978 at the Dunbar Performing Arts Center in the Le Corsaire<\/em> pas de deux and Belong<\/em>, with April Berry<\/a> in a pas de deux by Keith Lee<\/a> in February 1979, and again with Fortune Green in November 1979. The Washington Post <\/em>declared Cowan Lydia Abarca<\/a>\u2019s \u201cable partner\u201d in a February 1978 performance at Lisner Auditorium.<\/div>\n
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He and his wife Lillie Shade had three children. Cowan passed away at age 46 on April 4, 2000 at Piedmont Medical Center in Rock Hill, South Carolina.<\/p>\n

Sources:<\/strong><\/p>\n

\u2018Admirable\u2019 Top Word For Ballet, The Tennessean<\/a>
\nLeroy Cowan, The Herald<\/a>
\nBallerina, Company Scheduled At Dunbar, The Evening Sun<\/a>
\nA Fallow Period for The Capitol Ballet, The Washington Post<\/a>
\nCapitol Dancing, The Washington Post<\/a>
\nSeacoast Sketches, New York Public Library<\/a><\/p>\n<\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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