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.
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]
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