{"id":8647,"date":"2021-01-05T16:49:13","date_gmt":"2021-01-05T16:49:13","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/mobballet.org\/?p=8647"},"modified":"2025-04-21T07:16:26","modified_gmt":"2025-04-21T07:16:26","slug":"dorothy-williams","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/mobballet.org\/index.php\/2021\/01\/05\/dorothy-williams\/","title":{"rendered":"Dorothy Williams"},"content":{"rendered":"
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Dorothy (Jones) Williams<\/strong><\/h2>\n

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Photo by Carl Van Vechten.<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n

Dorothy Williams was born in 1916 and was a 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<\/em>. In 1936, Williams performed in the Federal Theatre Project’s production of Sweet Land<\/em>. Williams also performed in the Broadway productions of Carmen Jones<\/em> (1943); Run, Little Chillun<\/em> (1943); Shuffle Along<\/em> (1932); and Blackbirds of 1928<\/em>.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n

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Williams (right) with Muriel Cook<\/a> (left), Maudelle Bass<\/a> (top center), and Lawaune Kennard<\/a> (bottom center).<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<\/div>\n
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Sources:<\/strong><\/p>\n

Black Ritual (Obeah), American Ballet Theatre<\/a>
\nMuriel Cook, Dorothy Williams, Maudell Bass [sic], and Lewanne Kennaro [sic] in “Black Ritual”, New York Public Library<\/a>
\nBernstein Meets Broadway: Collaborative Art in a Time of War by Carol J. Oja<\/a>
\nDorothy Williams, Playbill<\/a>
\n\u201cBlack Ritual\u201d Ballet by Agnes de Mille for the Ballet Theatre, Museum of the City of New York<\/a>
\nNight\u2019s Dancer: The Life of Janet Collins<\/a>
\nMaher, Erin K. \u201cBallet, Race, and Agnes de Mille\u2019s Black Ritual.\u201d <\/span>The Musical Quarterly<\/span><\/i>, vol. 97, no. 3, Fall 2014, pp. 390-428.<\/span><\/p>\n<\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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