Glory Van Scott | |
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| Born | (1947-06-01)June 1, 1947 (age 77) |
| Education | Goddard College, Union Institute & University |
| Occupation(s) | educator actress writer dancer choreographer |
| Years active | 1960s - the present |
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| Former groups | Katherine Dunham Agnes de Mille Talley Beatty |
Glory Van Scott (born June 1, 1947) is an educator, writer, actress and dancer. She is a former principal dancer with theKatherine Dunham,Agnes de Mille andTalley Beatty dance companies and has performed in the United States and around the world.
Van Scott was born on June 1, 1947, inChicago, Illinois, the daughter of Dr. and Ms. Thomas Van Scott, and was raised nearGreenwood, Mississippi. She is of African American, Choctaw, and Seminole ancestry.[1]
Van Scott was a student at Oakland Elementary School,Dunbar Vocational High School, and graduated fromEthical Culture High School inNew York City. She studied art, dance, and drama classes at The Abraham Lincoln Center, in Chicago, where she met Paul Robeson and Charity Bailey.[2] Van Scott spent summers in Ethical Culture Camp in New York.[2]
She received aBA andMA fromGoddard College and aPhD fromUnion Graduate School, previously known as Antioch College Union Graduate School.[1]
Van Scott was mentored in theatre byVinnette Justine Carroll. She modelled forWilhelmina Models and was a principal dancer for theKatherine Dunham,Agnes de Mille, andTalley Beatty dance companies, and joined theAmerican Ballet Theatre.
She appeared in the followingBroadway productions:
In 1978, she appeared on film in the featured role of the Rolls-Royce Lady inThe Wiz and the 2003 filmRhythms of the Saints.[1]
As a playwright and author, Van Scott has written and composed nine musicals includingMiss Truth, and books such asBaba and the Flea (1972), andGlory: A Life Among Legends (2018).[3]
She taught theater at thePennsylvania Governor's School for the Arts and Theater as Social Change atFordham University.[4][2]
Elizabeth Catlett created a bronze bust depicting Van Scott in 1981.[5] In 2002, Van Scott received theKatherine Dunham Legacy Award.[4][2]
Van Scott's cousinEmmett Till was murdered in 1955.[1]
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