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Katherine Dunham joins a club in high school and learns freestyle and modern dance.
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Katherine begins to study ballet in Chicago
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Katherine Dunham forms a dance company, Ballet Nègre, one of the first Negro ballet companies in America.
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Dunham choreographs her first full length ballet.
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Katherine Dunham and her dancers and musicians make their first United sates tour in the production of "Cabin in the Sky."
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They take the tour further to South America, Europe, and North Africa.
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She publishes her third book called "A Touch of Innocence."
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She receives the Dance Division Heritage award.
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Katherine Dunham reaches the age of 90.
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Dunham was honored and had a three day tribute for her in New York City.
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