Choreographer

Charles Holston Williams

American choreographer

Born 1886 · LexingtonDied 1978United States

Charles Holston Williams was an American choreographer, born in 1886 in Lexington, who died in 1978.

Biography

Charles Holston Williams (January 25, 1886 – 1978) was an American choreographer and professor of physical education. He was the organizer and first director of the Hampton Institute Creative Dance Group, the first national touring company composed of college students. Williams was also an associate professor and supervisor of the Physical Education Department at the Hampton Institute—now known as Hampton University—in Hampton, Virginia.

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Contemporaries

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