KATHERINE DUNHAM
June 22, 1909 - May 21, 2006
"When you have faith in something, it's your reason to be alive and to fight for it."
-- Katherine Dunham
Artist | Choreographer | Master Guide | Dunham Technique Certification Board
Certified
PENNY GODBOLDO, Director of the Detroit Legacy Project, is Michigan's only Dunham-Certified Teacher. She received this distinguished honor in 1993 from Ms. Katherine Dunham who bestowed upon her the title of Master Guide as well. Godboldo serves on the national Dunham Technique Certification Board, housed at San Francisco State University. In July, 2006, she Co-Chaired the committee that produced the Katherine Dunham National Memorial Tribute in Detroit, just two months after her passing.
Ms. Godboldo is a tenured, senior professor at Marygrove College, where she served as Department Chair from 1982 - 2002, and where she is currently Director of Dance Education. She has taught, performed and or choreographed in many countries throughout Africa, Asia, Europe and South America, while also conducting research on Traditional Dance and Dance in Religions in her travels. She has also used her Dunham background to work with disabled and elderly people, using dance technique for preventative and/or restorative health and well-being.
She trained at the Alvin Ailey American Dance School in New York City, and holds a Ph.B. from Wayne State University, where she graduated from the Monteith College of Humanities and the College of Education. She earned an MA in Theater and dance from the University of Detroit. Godboldo has studied from many Dunham master teachers since she began her training, including Katherine Dunham, Lavinia Williams, Pearl Reynolds, Clifford Fears, Tommy Gomez, Talley Beatty, Lucille Ellis, Joan Peters and Vanoye Aikens--among others. She is currently authoring a teaching manual for dance education.
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