The HistoryMakers Video Oral History with Homer Bryant

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The HistoryMakers Video Oral History with Homer Bryant

8/23/2010

https://www.thehistorymakers.org/biography/A2010.102

Dancer and dance instructor Homer Bryant (1950 - ) performed with the Dance Theater of Harlem and founded the Chicago Multi-Cultural Dance Center. Bryant was interviewed by The HistoryMakers on 8/23/2010, in Chicago, Illinois. This collection is comprised of the video footage of the interview.

Total Sessions: 1; Total Tapes: 6; Total Run Time: 02h 42m 33s

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Bryant, Homer S.

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Dance founder and instructor Homer Bryant was born in the Virgin Islands on the Isle of St. Thomas in 1950 and became involved in dance in middle school. His teacher arranged for him to dance at the Jacob's Pillow Dance School where he studied under some of the most prominent modern dance pioneers. Bryant then came to the attention of dancer and choreographer Arthur Mitchell, founder of the Dance Theater of Harlem, the first African American classical dance company in the United States. Mitchell...