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Title: In Short, He's Hot
Description: Feature article on Kansas City native Columbus Short who is an actor, dancer, and choreographer. His latest movie is "Stomp the Yard". He lives in Los Angeles but he still has relatives who live in the Kansas City area.
Date: 2007-01-11
Object Type: Newspaper Article

Title: Celebrate KC's Own 'Two Step'
Description: Article describing the film A Conversation in Dance: A Two-Step Documentary, which chronicles the Kansas City version of the two-step. The dance, which is known as "steppin" in Chicago and "hand dancing" in Dallas, retains a local flavor in the African-American community of Kansas City.
Date: 2004-08-24
Object Type: Newspaper Article

Title: Janice L. Green, Winner of Talent; Beauty Pageant
Description: Photo and story about Janice Louise Green, or Janice Green, "winner of a beauty and talent pageant" and contestant at the national level. She was an African American "product of the Mabel Williams dancing school," and "daughter of Mr. and Mrs. William Burroughs, of 2611 Flora Ave."
Date: 1952-08-28
Object Type: Newspaper Article

Title: Tatiana Dokoudovska, KC's Doyenne of Dance, Dies at 84
Description: Article and obituary reporting the death of Tatiana Dokoudovska, who died at age 84 on September 21, 2005. Dokoudovska was born in Beausoleil, France in 1921, came to Kansas City in 1954, and eventually founded the Kansas City Ballet.
Date: 2005-09-22
Object Type: Newspaper Article

Title: Cobras Alum Say Smith Deserves His Respect
Description: Article summarizes Arthur Willie Smith's founding of and involvement with the Marching Cobras drill team. The author states that Smith was raised in Prescott, Arkansas, and relocated to Kansas City in 1969, at which point he established his dance group. Former and current members of the Marching Cobras organization are interviewed and discuss Smith's work and future plans for the group.
Date: 2014-01-31
Object Type: Newspaper Article

Title: Performing Strong 45 Years, Marching Cobras Perfecting Those Dance Steps with Style
Description: Article recognizes that February 14, 2014, will be the 45th anniversary of the Marching Cobras drill team. The author states that the group's first performance took place on February 14, 1969. Members of the Marching Cobras' organizational staff, including the group's founder, Willie Arthur Smith, are interviewed and discuss the group's history and hopes for the future.
Date: 2014-01-31
Object Type: Newspaper Article

Title: Renowned Dancer Dies At Age 88
Description: World famous ballet dancer Rosella Hightower died November 3, 2008, age 88, at her home in Cannes, France. "She grew up in Kansas City and went on to start one of the premier dance schools in Europe." Hightower was born in Oklahoma on January 10, 1920, with a Choctaw father and an Irish descent mother and was one of five American Indians to become world-class ballerinas. Her local dance teacher was Dorothy Perkins before she left Kansas City in 1937 to join a French troupe. After World War II she joined what is now called the American Ballet Theatre. "Reviewers always noted Hightower's lyrical movement and dramatic intensity, and the dancer credited [Vaslav] Nijinska with having the most influence on her stage presence and musicality." Includes her picture as taken in 1978.
Date: 2008-11-09
Object Type: Newspaper Article

Title: 20 Years of Dance Innovation
Description: The Wylliams/Henry Dance Company celebrates its twentieth anniversary in Kansas City with a special performance at the White Recital Hall (4949 Cherry Street). The cutting-edge, contemporary dance company was founded by Mary Pat Henry and Leni Wylliams.
Date: 2011-09-25
Object Type: Newspaper Article

Title: More than 'Adorable'
Description: Tribute and obituary for Mary Minor Laird of Kansas City, former member of the "Adorables," a group of young dancers who performed at the Tower Theater. Laird graduated from East High School in 1930 and toured the country as a professional dancer. She began performing with the Adorables in 1935 and later became their dance captain.
Date: 2009-10-18
Object Type: Newspaper Article

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