ack dancers. Unfortunately, the schoolclosed because their was a lack of money. (Beckford 30)
Dunham didn't give up She continued to enjoy her profession, and continued to study with her teachers; Madame Ludmilla Speranzeva whose mentoring led Dunham to dance her first leading part in Page's "La Guiablesse" in 1933. (Dominy 54)
Dunham wanted to absorb more knowledge and learn more about what she was doing, and she did. She learned more about dance in school. She attended a lecture on cultural anthropology where she was introduced to the concept of dance as a cultural symbol. ( Beckford 27). She found the lecture facinating because the lecturer mentioed that the dancing styles of today had originated in Africa. It struke her and she began to study the ant
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