Read CNN’s Fast Facts to learn more about the life of author and poet Maya Angelou, who died in 2014. ... Studied dance with Pearl Primus in New York. Won three Grammy awards.

Maya Angelou, a child of the Jim ... From her desperate early years, Ms. Angelou gradually moved into nightclub dancing and from there began a career in the arts that spanned more than 60 years.

Cleo Parker Robinson, the founder and executive artistic director of Cleo Parker Robinson Dance Ensemble, met Maya Angelou in 1981 when the two created “Lush Life,” a jazz, ...

Maya Angelou passed away at the age of 86 on Wednesday in her home in Winston-Salem, N.C. Most people don’t know that the famous author was also a talented dancer who worked with renowned ...

Maya Angelou in dance: How Complexions Contemporary Ballet will put poetry in motion. By Jessica Gelt Staff Writer . April 12, 2016 2 PM PT . Share . Share via Close extra sharing options.

National Dance Institute (NDI) will celebrate the life of Dr. Maya Angelou at 'RISE,' their 2023 Event of the Year from June 17-19 at NYU Skirball Center. This event will include vibrant ...

Maya Angelou was a diva of American culture: an actress, singer, dancer and film director as well as an essayist and Pulitzer-Prize-nominated poet, whose mainstream magnetism led her to write ...

Maya Angelou, Poet, Activist And Singular Storyteller, Dies At 86 : ... Now I will dance.' And I would move around a bit," she recalled with a laugh during a 2008 interview with NPR.

She excerpted a portion of Maya Angelou’s essay “Home.” kristencorelybennett/Instagram The “I Know Why the Caged Bird Sings” author’s passage continues, “But to grow up costs the ...

When poet and author Maya Angelou passed away on May 28, her loss was felt around the world. Thousands of celebrities, dignitaries, friends and family members attended the 86-year-old's funeral at ...

In Maya Angelou's latest, Mom & Me & Mom, the focus is on her relationship with her mother, Vivian Baxter. But in an interview with NPR's Rachel Martin about the stories that make up that book ...