Jean-Léon Destiné American Choreographer
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| Birthday |
26th March, 1918
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| Birthplace |
Saint-Marc, Haiti
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| Died |
22nd January, 2013
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| Place of Death |
Manhattan, New York, New York
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| Zodiac Sign |
Aries
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| Nationality |
American
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| Occupation Text |
Haitian Dancer, choreographer
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| Occupation |
Choreographer
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| Year(s) Active |
1940-2004
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Jean-Léon Destiné (March 26, 1918 – January 22, 2013) was a Haitian-born American dancer and choreographer. He was born in Saint-Marc and moved to the United States with the dance company of Lina Mathon-Blanchet in the early 1940s. He later studied at Howard University. His work, becoming well known in the 1940s, often addressed Haiti's history of resisting colonialism and slavery. He also danced with Katherine Dunham's company and founded a national dance company in Haiti in the late 1940s. Destiné is known as the father of Haitian professional dance.
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