Without my husband's costumes I wouldn't have known how to accomplish what I saw in my own mind's eyes for choreography. And then seeing our choreography and knowing the background of it I am sure helped my husband a great… — Katherine Dunham Copy Share Image
In knowing how to overcome little things, a centimeter at a time, gradually when bigger things come, you're prepared. — Katherine Dunham Copy Share Image
If you dance, you dance because you have to. Every dancer hurts, you know. — Katherine Dunham Copy Share Image
The older I grow the more I see the influence of my family on my life. I didn't always see it. It was up… — Katherine Dunham Copy Share Image
I really think that aside from admiring my talent you really admire me as a person and as a woman. — Katherine Dunham Copy Share Image
We had maybe the greatest success of any company that I know of in Paris, and after two or three years I wanted to… — Katherine Dunham Copy Share Image
Aside from a few master teachers that we have had over the years, this has been a completely local talent development. But people have… — Katherine Dunham Copy Share Image
We don't intend to always keep this necessarily African oriented. Originally I had hoped to have African American Indian of this area, and the… — Katherine Dunham Copy Share Image
You dance because you have to. Dance is an essential part of life that has always been with me. — Katherine Dunham Copy Share Image
When you have faith in something, it’s your reason to be alive and to fight for it. — Katherine Dunham Copy Share Image
We have a group of friends of the museum who try to raise, if they can, periodically something to help us. Of course, the… — Katherine Dunham Copy Share Image
I had certain physical limitations that made me change the choreography for myself or made me more interested in choreography only rather than dancing.… — Katherine Dunham Copy Share Image
