{"id":17020,"date":"2023-02-03T18:31:19","date_gmt":"2023-02-03T18:31:19","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/mobballet.org\/?p=17020"},"modified":"2025-04-21T07:16:20","modified_gmt":"2025-04-21T07:16:20","slug":"from-ballet-to-broadway-and-black-lew-leslies-blackbirds-of-1939-dorothy-jones-williams","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/mobballet.org\/index.php\/2023\/02\/03\/from-ballet-to-broadway-and-black-lew-leslies-blackbirds-of-1939-dorothy-jones-williams\/","title":{"rendered":"From Ballet to Broadway and Black & Lew Leslie’s Blackbirds of 1939: Dorothy Jones Williams"},"content":{"rendered":"

From Ballet to Broadway and Black and Dorothy Jones Williams<\/h2>\n

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In 1936, Williams performed in the Federal Theatre Project\u2019s production of Sweet Land and in the Broadway productions of Carmen Jones<\/em> (1943); Run, Little Chillun<\/em> (1943); Shuffle Along<\/em> (1932); and Blackbirds of 1928.<\/em><\/span><\/p>\n

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

Dorothy Jones Williams, Broadway World<\/a><\/p>\n

More about Dorothy Jones Williams<\/h2>\n

Dorothy Jones Williams was born in 1916 and became a\u00a0 member of both the Negro Unit of Ballet Theatre<\/a> and the American Negro Ballet.<\/a> She was a part of the original cast of Agnes de Mille\u2019s Black Ritual alongside Mabel Hart and Lawaune Kennard.<\/a><\/p>\n

See more<\/a><\/p>\n

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Nhi Phan<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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