Kathy Stanford Grant (1 August 1921–27 May 2010), was a dancer, choreographer and first generation Pilates instructor.
Because of her colour it wasn't as easy to work on Broadway as a dancer but she began in the night clubs of Harlem including Zanzibar and Club Ebony before later getting roles in the Broadway productions of Finian's Rainbow and Kiss Me, Kate.
[1][2][3] Grant toured Europe, the Middle east, African and South America with Claude Marchant from 1950 to 1954.
[1][2] Eventually in 1954 Grant required surgery on her knee due to an injury.
[1][2][6][7][3][9][10] Apart from Pilates, Grant was administrator and company manager of the Dance Theatre of Harlem and director of the Clark Center for the Performing Arts.