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Vera L. Embree was an American dancer and choreographer, and the first African American women faculty member in the University of Michigan’s Dance Department.[1] She studied under influential dance instructors including Jose Limon and Alvin Ailey. She was a founder of Contemporary Dance Company in Detroit and co-founder of Our Own Thing, an instructional program in Ann Arbor, Michigan.[2]
Education
[edit]Vera Embree studied ballet as a child in Raleigh, NC. She pursued Modern dance at Palmer Memorial Institute in Greensboro, NC.[3] Embree received a BS in Physical Education and English from The Hampton Institute in the early 1940s. There she had the opportunity to study African dance and she joined the Hampton Institute Creative Dance Institute.[2]
Career
[edit]She began her teaching career at the YWCA in Baltimore, and then in Detroit’s public schools.[3]
She moved to Ann Arbor in 1968 to join the Dance Department, where she was its first African American faculty member.[1] She received tenure in 1975 and taught there for 30 years.
She was a co-founder of Our Own Thing with Willis C. Patterson, Bucky Buchannan, and Jon Lockard.[4] Our Own Thing is an instructional program in music and the arts for Black youth in Ann Arbor and beyond.
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Awards
[edit]She received the Governor’s Michigan Artist Award in 1986.[6]
References
[edit]- ^ a b "School of Music, Theatre and Dance". University of Michigan: An Encyclopedic Survey. 16. 2016. hdl:2027/spo.13950886.0016.001.
- ^ a b "Bringing women artists together | Ann Arbor District Library".
- ^ a b "She Attacks Barriers Via Dance | Ann Arbor District Library".
- ^ "Drive to Aid Blacks in Arts | Ann Arbor District Library".
- ^ Palmer, Paul (1970-09-13). "Embree Troupe to portray history of negro dance for study group". Lansing State Journal; Lansing, Michigan. Retrieved 2024-11-04.
- ^ "Vera Embree to be honored | Ann Arbor District Library".