Mura Dehn was an American choreographer, born in 1902 in Odesa, who died in 1987.
Biography
Mura Ziperovitch Dehn (1905 – 1987) documented African-American social jazz dancing at the Savoy Ballroom in New York in the 1930s and 1940s, a time that she referred to as the "Golden Age of Jazz." She also worked as a producer and documenter up until her death, and was co-artistic director of Traditional Jazz Dance Theater, along with vaudeville performer James Berry.
Contemporaries
Willam Christensen
American ballet dancer (1902-2001)
Helen Tamiris
American choreographer (1905-1966)
Robert Alton
American dancer and choreographer
Richard Move
choreographer, performer, director, filmmaker
Charles Weidman
American choreographer (1901–1975)
Edwin Denby
American dance critic and poet (1903–1983)
Jeanne Ruddy
American dancer and choreographer
Alexandra Danilova
American ballet dancer (1903–1997)
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