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Dr. Maya Angelou started her career in singing and dancing and eventually signed a contract with Porgy and Bess in order to further her career. Learn more about her time with the company in this video. Please SUBSCRIBE if you enjoyed! http://bit.ly/1JmUCu5 **More info & videos below** Distinctly referred to as “a redwood tree, with deep roots ...
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💃🏾 “Everything in the universe has a rhythm, everything dances.” Before becoming a world-famous poet, Maya Angelou was a dancer and calypso singer. She toured internationally, performing African and Caribbean-inspired dances, and even appeared in the 1957 film Calypso Heat Wave. She often said that movement was part of her spiritual and creative rhythm—a way to express Black identity, history, and resilience. From enslaved people using coded dance movements to communicate on plantations to the
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