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  Marion D. Cuyjet and Her Judimar School of Dance

  This work provides the first comprehensive study of pioneering ballet pedagogue Marion D. Cuyjet

  who established one of the first institutions in the United States that provided classical ballet training for African American dancers. It examines issues of racial identity

  social justice and social change and offers an analysis of Cuyjet's legacy as a visionary artist/educator and cultural activist whose former students such as Judith Jamison

  achieved noteworthy status in the dance world

  Marion D. Cuyjet and Her Judimar School of Dance

  Dr. Melanye

  The Ohio State University Department of Dance

  Independent Scholar/Researcher/Consultant

  Spelman College

  Essex County College

  Temple University Department of Dance

  The Ohio State University

  Philadelphia

  Pennsylvania

  Graduate Teaching Assistant and Adjunct Faculty

  Temple University Department of Dance

  Newark

  New Jersey

  Dance Faculty

  Essex County College

  Columbus

  Ohio

  Dance History and Pedagogy

  Independent Scholar/Researcher/Consultant

  Columbus

  Ohio

  Associate Professor / Coordinator of Dance Education

  The Ohio State University Department of Dance

  Atlanta

  Georgia

  United States

  Dance Faculty and Artistic Director of the Atlanta University Dance Theatre

  Spelman College

  Columbus

  Ohio

  Associate Professor Emerita

  The Ohio State University

  Master of Arts - MA

  Dance Pedagogy

  Dance Studies

  Dunham Technique

  Teachers College of Columbia University

  Temple University

  Doctor of Education - EdD

  Dance Studies

  Spelman College

  Bachelor of Arts - BA

  Sociology and Elementary Education

  Dance Concentration