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Othella Dallas is a 95-year-old dancer from Memphis, Tennessee, United States. She is best known for her work in the 1940s and 1950s, when she was a part of the Katherine Dunham Dance Company. She has also performed with the Alvin Ailey American Dance Theater and the Dance Theater of Harlem. Dallas began her career as a dancer in the 1940s, when she joined the Katherine Dunham Dance Company. She toured with the company for several years, performing in the United States and Europe. She also performed with the Alvin Ailey American Dance Theater and the Dance Theater of Harlem. In addition to her work as a dancer, Dallas has also been a teacher and choreographer. She has taught at the Alvin Ailey American Dance Center, the Dance Theater of Harlem, and the University of California, Los Angeles. She has also choreographed for the Alvin Ailey American Dance Theater and the Dance Theater of Harlem. Dallas has been honored for her work in the dance world. In 2002, she was inducted into the National Museum of Dance Hall of Fame. In 2004, she was honored with the Dance Magazine Award. Dallas is estimated to have a net worth of around $1 million.

Popular As Othella Strozier
Occupation Dancer, singer
Age 95 years old
Zodiac Sign Libra
Born 26 September 1925
Birthday 26 September
Birthplace Memphis, Tennessee, United States
Date of death November 28, 2020
Died Place N/A
Nationality United States

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Othella Dallas Net Worth

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2019

Her dance workshops, which she held not only in Basel, but also in other European cities such as London, were very popular because she was the last still active dance teacher who had danced with Katherine Dunham. As a jazz singer, Dallas toured Switzerland with her band in 2019 as part of the "94th Anniversary Tour".

2015

Andres Brütsch made the documentary "Othella Dallas - What Is Luck? About her", which premiered in 2015.

1943

Dallas, whose mother was the first African American pianist to be heard on the St. Louis radio, comes from a musical family; her half-brother is Frank Strozier. W. C. Handy was her babysitter. In 1943 she was discovered by Katherine Dunham at a school performance in St. Louis, who brought her to her dance company in New York. As a solo dancer for the Dunham Company, Strozier toured as far as South America and Europe. After their marriage, she moved to France in 1949. There she began to perform as a singer from 1952, also with greats like Sidney Bechet and Nat King Cole. In addition, she founded a dance school there, as in the 1960s in Zurich, where she taught Margrit Läubli, Daniel Spoerri, Ruedi Walter and Margrit Rainer. Duke Ellington wrote two songs for her; The singer's first recordings were made in 1967 with Mac Strittmatter's septet. Further albums were made from the 1980s. On her seventieth birthday, she performed for three weeks in the Basler Tabourettli, and later toured Russia. Her CD 2008 I Live the Life I Love (2008) gave her appearances at the Festival da Jazz in St. Moritz as well as at the Theater Rigiblick in Zurich.

1925

Othella Dallas (September 26, 1925 - November 28, 2020) was an American dancer and jazz singer. After working in Paris and Zurich, she opened a dance school in Basel's Gundeldingen quarter in 1975, where she taught the Dunham technique.