Mura Dehn

She also worked as a producer and documenter up until her death, and was co-artistic director of Traditional Jazz Dance Theater, along with vaudeville performer James Berry.

Dehn was raised in Russia where she was schooled in ballet and modern dance by Ellen Tels, a student of Isadora Duncan.

At that time in Paris, Baker was regarded as one of the best jazz dancers in the country, and was extremely popular.

She also believed that African-Americans, through authentic jazz dancers, changed the way the world experienced rhythm and viewed the dancing body.

Mura Dehn collection Jerome Robbins Dance Division, The New York Public Library for the Performing Arts.