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Evelyn Anderson (dancer)
Evelyn Anderson (1907–1994) was an American dancer. She appeared in productions by Eubie Blake and Noble Sissle and on Broadway in the revue ''Blackbirds of 1928''. She was 18 years old when she was selected for an all-Black vaudeville troupe due to perform in Paris. ''La Revue Negre'' was headlined by Josephine Baker and toured both Germany and Belgium. After ''La Revue Negre'' broke up, Anderson stayed in Europe for 15 years. She performed alongside Florence Mills and Hattie King Reavis. Anderson was performing at a cabaret in The Hague when World War II broke out. After the Nazis occupied the Netherlands, she was detained for three years. She was finally released through a prisoner exchange and returned to the United States in 1944. Early life Evelyn Anderson was born in 1907 to an African American family. She started dancing at a young age and her parents sent her to a dance school in Philadelphia. She was encouraged to dance professionally by musicians who saw her dancing ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Philadelphia
Philadelphia ( ), colloquially referred to as Philly, is the List of municipalities in Pennsylvania, most populous city in the U.S. state of Pennsylvania and the List of United States cities by population, sixth-most populous city in the United States, with a population of 1,603,797 in the 2020 United States census, 2020 census. The city is the urban core of the Philadelphia metropolitan area (sometimes called the Delaware Valley), the nation's Metropolitan statistical area, seventh-largest metropolitan area and ninth-largest combined statistical area with 6.245 million residents and 7.379 million residents, respectively. Philadelphia was founded in 1682 by William Penn, an English Americans, English Quakers, Quaker and advocate of Freedom of religion, religious freedom, and served as the capital of the Colonial history of the United States, colonial era Province of Pennsylvania. It then played a historic and vital role during the American Revolution and American Revolutionary ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
