Choreographer · Dancer

Ivy Baxter

(1923–1993), Jamaican dancer and choreographer

Born 1923Died 1993Jamaica

Ivy Baxter was a choreographer and dancer, born in 1923, who died in 1993.

Biography

Ivy Everlyn Allan Baxter (March 3, 1923 – January 9, 1993) was a pioneer in the field of Jamaican dance. She was the first person to combine modern dance with Jamaica's African folk dance. Her work celebrating African cultural roots contributed to the Jamaican independence movement's creation of a national identity.

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Contemporaries

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