Performing Arts Training Center

Defunct dance training center in East St. Louis, IL, USA

Performing Arts Training Center

Location

East St. Louis

St. Clair County

Illinois

United States

Information
Other name| Katherine Dunham Center for the Performing Arts
Established| 1967; 58 years ago (1967)
Founder| Katherine Dunham
Affiliation| Southern Illinois University Edwardsville

The Performing Arts Training Center (PATC) was opened in 1967 in East St. Louis, Illinois by 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

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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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* SIUE East St. Louis Center
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