Dunham Class

Course with Joseph P. Cooksey

The Dunham Technique is based on studies by the choreographer, dancer, anthropologist and political activist Katherine Dunham on dances from Martinique, Jamaica, Trinidad and Haiti. The American pioneer of Black Dance combined these influences from Afro-American, West Indian and Caribbean dance into an independent dance language. In his Dunham Class, Joseph P. Cooksey teaches a wide spectrum of this versatile form of movement, which is part of the canon of jazz and modern dance, but for many is less a dance style and more a “way of life”.

Joseph P. Cooksey

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Dance educator Joseph P. Cooksey deploys Zena Rommett Floor-Barre Technique®, modern dance, modern ballet and jazz in his classes. He taught at the Juilliard School, at the Dance Theater of Harlem, at the Alvin Aily American Dance Center and at the Philadelphia College for the Performing Arts. He is a certified Zena Rommett Floor-Barre Technique® teacher as well as a Master Teacher at their respective annual certifications.