The Performing Arts Training Center (PATC) was opened in 1967 in East St. Louis, Illinois by world-renowned African American dancer Katherine Dunham who was then Artist-in-Residence at Southern Illinois University Edwardsville. Dunham partnered with SIUE's Experiment in Higher Education to add educational resources to the program and give the youth of East St. Louis a better educational experience.[1][2]

The PATC (later known as the Katherine Dunham Center for the Performing Arts) offered credit and non-credit courses in such arts as dance, martial arts, and crafts. At times, its company of dancers has toured widely. Now known as the Performing Arts Program, it is a part of SIUE's East St. Louis Center,[3][4]

References

  1. ^ "Katherine Dunham and Dance". Archived from the original on 2014-07-20. Retrieved 2014-07-15.
  2. ^ "Southern Illinois University Edwardsville East St. Louis Center - St. Louis Business Journal". Archived from the original on 2014-07-29.
  3. ^ "SIUE News - March 2014 Archives". www.siue.edu. Archived from the original on 2014-03-10.
  4. ^ "SIUE East St. Louis Performing Arts Program continues its legacy of black history productions".

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