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Vintage Black Glamour

The Glamorous Life from the beginning by Nichelle Gainer

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    Dance legend Carmen de Lavallade turns 81 today! Here she is in the October 1964 issue of Harper’s Bazaar in a beaded necklace by Coppola e Toppa.

    Dance legend Carmen de Lavallade turns 81 today! Here she is in the October 1964 issue of Harper’s Bazaar in a beaded necklace by Coppola e Toppa.

    — 2 months ago with 749 notes
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    Carmen de Lavallade and Geoffrey Holder on their wedding day, June 26, 1955, with theater legend Lucille Lortel, who hosted the wedding on her estate in Westport, Connecticut. Photo by Carl Van Vechten.

    Carmen de Lavallade and Geoffrey Holder on their wedding day, June 26, 1955, with theater legend Lucille Lortel, who hosted the wedding on her estate in Westport, Connecticut. Photo by Carl Van Vechten.

    — 3 months ago with 137 notes
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Call her Carmen… De Lavallade

Carmen De Lavallade by Carl van Vechten c.1955

Carmen de Lavallade by Carl Van Vechten, March 3, 1955.

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    sirajnuri:

    Call her Carmen… De Lavallade

    Carmen De Lavallade by Carl van Vechten c.1955

    Carmen de Lavallade by Carl Van Vechten, March 3, 1955.

    — 6 months ago with 277 notes
    #Vintage Black Glamour  #Carmen de Lavallade  #Carl Van Vechten 

    Harry Belafonte, Carmen de LavalladeCicely Tyson and Robert Earl Jones (father of James Earl Jones) in the 1959 Belafonte-produced film noir, Odds Against Tomorrow. The most fascinating 9 minutes you’ll spend today.

    — 7 months ago with 81 notes
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Legendary dancer Carmen de Lavallade on the cover of the June 30, 1954 issue of Hue magazine, a Johnson publication.

Legendary dancer Carmen de Lavallade 57 years ago on the June 30, 1954 issue of Hue magazine.

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    Legendary dancer Carmen de Lavallade on the cover of the June 30, 1954 issue of Hue magazine, a Johnson publication.

    Legendary dancer Carmen de Lavallade 57 years ago on the June 30, 1954 issue of Hue magazine.

    — 11 months ago with 100 notes
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    Duke Ellington’s “Rhythm Pum Te Dum” from his jazz suite, “A Drum Is a Woman.” This track features my aunt Margaret Tynes, Joya Sherrill, Ozzie Bailey and Mr. Ellington himself. “A Drum Is a Woman” was turned into a 1957 CBS television special  with the aforementioned artists and dancers Carmen de Lavallade and Talley Beatty.

    — 1 year ago with 13 notes
    #Vintage Black Glamour  #vintage  #Duke Ellington  #Margaret Tynes  #Carmen de Lavallade  #Joya Sherrill  #jazz 

    Carmen de Lavallade and James Truitt dancing the Lester Horton-choreographed “Beloved” in 1962. Horton created “Beloved” in 1948 with Bella Lewitzky after reading a newspaper article about a Midwest man who had beaten his wife to death with a Bible because he suspected her of infidelity. 

    — 1 year ago with 13 notes
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    Duke Ellington in 1952 with dancers Carmen de Lavallade, James Truitt and Don Martin in a photo by Constantine. de Lavallade, Truitt and Martin were Lester Horton dancers at the time.

    Duke Ellington in 1952 with dancers Carmen de Lavallade, James Truitt and Don Martin in a photo by Constantine. de Lavallade, Truitt and Martin were Lester Horton dancers at the time.

    — 1 year ago with 51 notes
    #Carmen de Lavallade  #Duke Ellington  #Vintage Black Glamour  #black and white  #dance  #dancers  #vintage  #James Truitt 

    Carmen de Lavallade and her husband Geoffrey Holder in the opening of the 2006 documentary Carmen and Geoffrey. The clip opens with a glimpse of the couple dancing to… Quincy Jones’s “Soul Bossa Nova.”  You can either buy the DVD or rent it on Netflix.

    — 1 year ago with 23 notes
    #Vintage Black Glamour  #Carmen de Lavallade  #Geoffrey Holder  #dance