Sadie Bruce and Mary Bruce Dance Studio records

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Sadie Bruce and Mary Bruce Dance Studio records

1948-1976

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Sadie Bruce and her sister, Mary Bruce, each operated their own dance schools in Bronzeville. Sadie Bruce's dance studio was located at 54th and Calumet; Mary Bruce's was at 58th and South Parkway. The schools gave dance and music training to thousands of Bronzeville youth, and helped build public awareness of dance and music in the Black community.

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eng, Latn

DuSable Museum of African-American History

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Bruce, Sadie, 1907-1993

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Sadie Bruce and her sister, Mary Bruce, each operated their own dance schools in the Bronzeville section of Chicago. Sadie Bruce's dance studio was located at 54th and Calumet; Mary Bruce's was at 58th and South Parkway. The schools gave dance and music training to thousands of Bronzeville youth, and helped build public awareness of dance and music in the Black community. Bruce was born in Louisiana on May 6, 1907. She received early dance training from her older sister, Mary Bruce, who opene...

Bruce, Mary, 1900-1995

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Sadie Bruce and her sister, Mary Bruce, each operated their own dance schools in the Bronzeville section of Chicago. Sadie Bruce's dance studio was located at 54th and Calumet; Mary Bruce's was at 58th and South Parkway. The schools gave dance and music training to thousands of Bronzeville youth, and helped build public awareness of dance and music in the Black community. Mary Bruce, who grew up in Chicago, Illinois, studied ballet as a teenager. It was reportedly after seeing a performance o...