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Nationality. American. Lavinia Williams (July 2, 1916 – July 19, 1989), who sometimes went by the married name Lavinia Williams Yarborough, was an American dancer and dance educator who founded national schools of dance in several Caribbean countries.
Aug 10, 1989 · Lavinia Williams, a dancer and teacher, died of a heart attack on July 19 at the Canape Vert Hospital in Port-au-Prince, Haiti. She was 73 years old. Miss Williams danced leading roles with the...
Lavinia Williams. Born: 1916 Died: July 19, 1989 Occupation: dancer. Lavinia Williams was born in Philadelphia and began taking dance lessons at the age of three. Her family relocated to...
Dec 13, 2020 · Lavinia Williams had quite the dance career. She was born in Pennsylvania but grew up in Brooklyn, New York. She started dancing at a young age, and had to fund her own dance education. Eventually, she became a member of two prominent ballet companies – American Negro Ballet (ANB) and Negro Unit of Ballet Theatre.
Dec 10, 2020 · Lavinia Williams’ legacy in the dance world lives on predominantly through her daughter, Sara Yarborough-Smith, as she followed in her mother’s footsteps and also became a dancer. Yarborough was awarded the Ford Foundation Scholarship by George Balanchine at a young age of 13. During her career, she has taught at the Alvin Ailey School ...
Mar 4, 2016 · Before Misty Copeland was the first Black woman appointed as Principal into the American Ballet Theater, Lavinia Williams was a part of the American Negro Ballet, focusing on classical ballet, folk, modern, and Caribbean dance, which she mastered and taught in several Caribbean countries.
Dec 28, 2020 · “Lavinia Williams, an African-American following in the footsteps of Katherine Dunham, came to teach in Port-au-Prince at the invitation of the Haitian government. [Haitian dancer and teacher Viviane Gauthier] is said to have served as Williams’ assistant at the Haitian Academy of Folklore and Classic Dance in the 1950s and 1960s.
