The elegant 86-year-old in pink putting young members of the Dance Theatre of Harlem through their paces ("Lighten up!") just happens to be one of the pioneers of American Modern Dance: Carmen de ...

Carmen de Lavallade, the exquisite dancer who broke barriers throughout the arts during her six-decade performing career, has died. She was 94. De Lavallade died following a short illness, her son, ...

Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. Ms. de Lavallade in 2017. - (Marvin Joseph/The Washington Post) Carmen de Lavallade, a dancer whose transformative powers onstage ...

Over six decades she worked in theater, opera, film and television alongside luminaries like Alvin Ailey, Lena Horne, Agnes de Mille and Harry Belafonte. Carmen de Lavallade in 2018. She continued to ...

Carmen de Lavallade, the elegant and fearless performer whose artistry moved effortlessly across dance, theater, film, and television — and who helped open doors for generations of Black artists — has ...

Carmen de Lavallade, a dancer whose transformative powers onstage and mesmerizing beauty inspired artistic collaborators as wide-ranging as Agnes de Mille, Alvin Ailey, and her husband, Geoffrey ...