Arthur L. Hall (April 18, 1934 – July 6, 2000)''

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'', July 15, 2000, Rusty Pray
"Arthur L. Hall (Obituary)"
, p C08 was an

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dancer, choreographer, and teacher. He founded the Arthur Hall Afro-American Dance Ensemble, a group based in

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and active from the 1970s - 1988, which combined modern and traditional

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. He taught dance at

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among other schools. Hall served as cultural arts director of the

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in Philadelphia.

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*Francis Kobina Saighoe. "Traditional African American Music in Black American Socio-Cultural Interaction" ''African Music Editor''. No 8. Dec 1996. p 28 1934 births 2000 deaths American choreographers {{Dance-bio-stub