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 On October 29th ,1994 Pearl Primus died.She was only 44 years old when she had died.She immigrated to the USA aboard the SS Voltaire and arrived at Ellis Island on June 24th 1924.She was 6 years old.She is an African American dancer.She is known for jumping high.She studied in New Dance Group’s School in New York City.She met her husband ,Percival Borde and she went to the West Indies studying the Caribbean dance forms.Her and her husband opened a dance school in New York City.Her work has been performed in Broadway Musicals and her own dance company.She has given the world new ways to dance (jump high).She contributed dancing during her time period.Click on these links to find out more about her…http://http://www.aaregistry.com/african_american_history/1084/Pearl_Primus_gave_us_dance_with_a_historic_aroma___

…http://http://query.nytimes.com/gst/fullpage.html?res=940DE3D71E31F93AA25755C0A96E948260

                                                                                     

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http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Pearl_Primus

http://www.pbs.org/wnet/freetodance/biographies/primus.html