Sydney King and Marion Cuyjet followed closely in the footsteps of their mentor, Essie Marie Dorsey, with a curriculum offering various techniques to their students, including the Dunham Technique. Their old classmate John Hines had been studying with Katherine Dunham in New York and encouraged the two to travel to the city to study at the Dunham School. Hines introduced them to new teachers and studios and later taught at their studio.<\/p>\n The partnership between Cuyjet and King was short lived, and, after less than two years, they split. King retained the space on Broad Street, and Cuyjet found another. Little is known about the actual reasons for the break, however there are some speculations. Whatever the case may be, they went their separate ways and the students were divided.<\/p>\n <\/p>\n <\/p>\n <\/p>\n <\/p>\n <\/p>\n <\/p>\n <\/p>\n <\/p>\n <\/p>\n <\/p>\n <\/p>\n <\/p>\n <\/p>\n <\/p>\n <\/p>\n The First Negro Classic Ballet company was established in 1946 by founder Joseph Rickard (1918-1994 in Ann Arbor, Michigan).<\/em><\/p>\n After founder Joseph Rickard witnessed an African American child being turned away from dance classes in Los Angeles, he established a school to train African Americans in classical ballet. He later founded the First Negro Classic Ballet, which was “promoted by Rickard through handing out flyers, leaflets, and through personal contact.” Dancers with the company included Theodore Crum<\/a>, Bernice Harrison<\/a>, Graham Johnson<\/a>, James Truitte<\/a> (also danced with Lester Horton Dance Theater), Donald Stinson, Yvonne Miller<\/a>, Gene Hill Sagan<\/a>, Ardie Allison<\/a>, Shirley Vargas, and Diane Gordon (the company\u2019s one white dancer). Later company members were Toni Ashford, Sylvia Bartlett, Helen Burge, Ray Carrington, Verna Coleman, Jane Craddock<\/a>, Jessie Denise, Pola Dukes, Charlene Dwyer, Ruth Ann Giles, Angela Harrison, Portia Hollins, Julius Johnson, Gloria Jones, Francis King, Danny Lloyd, Marcos Lorango, Betyne Jon Milow, Tommy Robinson, Andre Robinson, Dan Rochelle, Jean Thompson, Kathleen Valdez, Jane Williams, and Carol Ann Robinson<\/a>.<\/p>\n Sources:<\/strong><\/p>\n Ballet Society, Wikipedia<\/a> Ballet\/Dance History<\/strong><\/p>\n Jan 1: Katherine Dunham’s first book, Journey to Accompong<\/em>, is published. In it, she recounts her experiences among the Maroon people of Jamaica in 1935-1936. American History<\/strong><\/p>\n Jan 10:<\/b> US Army establishes first radar contact with the Moon in Belmar, New Jersey. World History<\/strong><\/p>\n Jan 6: Vietnam holds its first ever general election. Arts & Sciences<\/strong><\/p>\n Jan 1:<\/b> ENIAC, the US’s first computer is finished by Mauchly and Eckert. Human & Civil Rights<\/strong><\/p>\n Feb 26: Two are killed & 10 wounded in race riot in Columbia, Tennessee. Sports<\/strong><\/p>\n Mar 9: Ted Williams is offered $500,000 to play in Mexican Baseball League; he refuses.![\"\"](\"https:\/\/mobballet.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/09\/women-of-the-week-397x1024.jpg\")
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\nShow Boat, Broadway Musical Home<\/a>
\nFree to Dance Timeline, Thirteen<\/a>
\nKatherine Dunham Timeline, Library of Congress<\/a>
\nLester Horton, Alvin Ailey American Dance Theater<\/a><\/p>\n
\nOther Happenings in 1946<\/h3>\n
\nJan 5: Helen Tamiris choreographed the revival of Showboat<\/em>, starring notable artists like Talley Beatty<\/a>, Pearl Primus, Alma Sutton, and Joe Nash.
\nApr 30: Les Ballets N\u00e8gres opens in London at the Twentieth Century Theatre.
\nOct 17: Dancers from American Negro Ballet and Negro Unit of Ballet Theatre perform in Lysistrata<\/em> on Broadway, featuring Sidney Poitier. Among the dancers were Hettie Stephens (American Negro Ballet), Mabel Hart<\/a> (Negro Unit of Ballet Theatre), and Valerie Black<\/a> (Negro Unit of Ballet Theatre, American Negro Ballet).
\nNov 20: Lincoln Kirstein and George Balanchine established the Ballet Society, later known as New York City Ballet (see also: 1947:<\/strong> Talley Beatty and Betty Nichols<\/a>).
\nLester Horton established the Lester Horton Dance Theater.<\/p>\n
\nJan 22: US president Harry Truman sets up the Central Intelligence Agency.
\nFeb 7: A filibuster in the US Senate kills FEPC (Fair Employment Practices Committee) bill.
\nMar 28: Cold War \u2014 The United States State Department releases the Acheson-Lilienthal Report, outlining a plan for the international control of nuclear power.
\nMay 4: five die in a two-day riot at Alcatraz prison in SF bay.
\nNov 5: John F. Kennedy (Democrat, Massachusetts) is elected to US House of Representatives.
\nDec 12: UN accepts six Manhattan blocks as a gift from John D. Rockefeller Jr.<\/p>\n
\nJan 17: United Nations Security Council holds its first meeting.
\nFeb 17: Humanistic Covenant forms in Amsterdam.
\nMar 2: Ho Chi Minh is elected President of North Vietnam.
\nMar 5: Winston Churchill’s “Iron Curtain” speech in Fulton, Missouri popularizes the term and draws attention to the division of Europe.
\nMar 15: British Prime Minister Clement Attlee agrees with India’s right to independence.
\nApr 12: Syria gains independence from France.
\nSep 20:<\/b> Churchill argues for a “United States of Europe.”<\/p>\n
\nFeb 8: B\u00e9la Bart\u00f3k’s thirrd concert for piano\/orchestra premieres in Philadelphia, PA, US.
\nMar 25: Igor Stravinsky’s “Ebony Concerto” is first performed.
\nMay 6: Pulitzer Prize is awarded to Arthur M. Schlesinger for The <\/em>Age of Jackson<\/em>.
\nJul 14: Dr. Benjamin Spock’s “Common Sense Book of Baby & Child Care” is published.
\nAug 17: George Orwell publishes Animal Farm<\/em> in the United Kingdom.
\nNov 1: Charles S. Johnson becomes the first Black president of Fisk University.
\nDec 16: French fashion designer Christian Dior and his backer Marcel Boussac found fashion house Christian Dior.<\/p>\n
\nMar 3: US Ladies’ Figure Skating championship is won by Gretchen Merrill.
\nApr 29: 28 former Japanese leaders indicted in Tokyo as war criminals.
\n<\/b>May 13: US sentences 58 camp guards of Mauthausen concentration camp to death.
\nAug 7: The first US commemorative coin of an African American, Booker T. Washington is created.
\nSep 30: 22 Nazi leaders are found guilty of war crimes at Nuremberg.<\/p>\n
\nApr 13: Eddie Klepp, a white pitcher signed by defending Negro League champ Cleveland Buckeyes, is barred from field in Birmingham, Alabama.
\nApr 18: Jackie Robinson debuts as second baseman for the Montreal Royals.
\nDec 3: The 12th Heisman Trophy Award is given to Glenn Davis, Army (HB).
\nDec 15: Giants Filchock & Hapes suspended by NFL, didn’t report bribe attempt.<\/p>\n