Jeraldyne Blunden was an American choreographer, born in 1940 in Dayton, who died in 1999.
Biography
Jeraldyne Blunden (nee Kilborn) (December 10, 1940 – November 22, 1999) was the founder and artistic director of the Dayton Contemporary Dance Company, the oldest modern dance company in Ohio. In 1994, she received a "genius grant" from the MacArthur Foundation.
Blunden's company, Dayton Contemporary Dance Company, has grown to be one of the largest companies of its kind between Chicago and New York City, and holds the largest repertoire of classic works by African-American choreographers in the world.
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