The HistoryMakers Video Oral History with Jawole Willa Jo Zollar

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The HistoryMakers Video Oral History with Jawole Willa Jo Zollar

8/2/2006

https://www.thehistorymakers.org/biography/A2006.098

Artistic director and dancer Jawole Willa Jo Zollar (1950 - ) was the founding artistic director of Urban Bush Women, a performance ensemble and dance company based in Brooklyn, New York. Zollar was interviewed by The HistoryMakers on 8/2/2006, in New York, New York. This collection is comprised of the video footage of the interview.

Total Sessions: 1; Total Tapes: 4; Total Run Time: 01h 50m 16s

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Zollar, Jawole Willa Jo 1950-....

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Choreographer and dancer Jawole Willa Jo Zollar was born in 1950 and raised in Kansas City, Missouri. One of six children, Zollar grew up in a family that was steeped in African American culture. She grew up listening to jazz music and imagining movement in her head. Her first dance teacher was Joseph Stevenson, a student of American dance pioneer Katherine Dunham. Having earned her B.A. degree in dance from the University of Missouri in Kansas City and an M.F.A. degree from Florida State Univer...