The HistoryMakers Video Oral History with Eleo Pomare

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The HistoryMakers Video Oral History with Eleo Pomare

4/18/2007

https://www.thehistorymakers.org/biography/A2007.147

Choreographer and dancer Eleo Pomare (1937 - 2008 ) founded his own successful company in Amsterdam. He co-founded the Association of Black Choreographers and later THE FLEET, a black dance magazine. Pomare was interviewed by The HistoryMakers on 4/18/2007, in New York, New York. This collection is comprised of the video footage of the interview.

Total Sessions: 1; Total Tapes: 8; Total Run Time: 03h 59m 59s

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Pomare, Eleo

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Choreographer and dancer Eleo Pomare was born on October 20 1937 in Santa Marta, Colombia. His father, Tawny Forbes, was the captain of a civilian freighter that was torpedoed near Colón, Panama during World War II. Pomare, at age six, who was with his father during the attack, survived and moved to live with his mother, Mildred Pomare Lee, in Panama. In 1947 Pomare was sent, alone, to New York City to live with an aunt and uncle who cared for him until some years later when his mother also move...