Edna Guy

For the English artist, see Edna Guy (artist).

Edna Guy (1907–1982) was an African-American modern dance pioneer. Born in 1907 in Summit, New Jersey,[1] Guy lived at a time when blacks and whites did not appear on stage together.[2] At the age of fifteen [3] she begged her mother to take her to a dance concert in Greenwich Village where she watched Modern Dance pioneer Ruth St. Denis perform the Incense Dance. From that point onwards Guy developed a lifelong relationship with modern dance world, especially in the African- American context.

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  2. ^ Long, Richard (1993). "The Triple Heritage of Black Modern Dance". American Dance Festival: African American Genius in Concert Dance: 3–4.
  3. ^ Clark, Susan (2001). "Free To Dance". Archived from the original on 2008-05-03. Retrieved 2008-04-24.