Performing Arts Training Center Explained

The Performing Arts Training Center (PATC) was opened in 1967 in East St. Louis, Illinois by world-renowned 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]}

External links

• SIUE East St. Louis Center
• SIUE

Notes and References

1. Web site: Katherine Dunham and Dance . 2014-07-15 . dead . https://web.archive.org/web/20140720011535/http://www.siue.edu/graduate/iur/history/dunham-dance.shtml . 2014-07-20 .
2. Web site: Southern Illinois University Edwardsville East St. Louis Center - St. Louis Business Journal. dead. https://web.archive.org/web/20140729180616/http://www.bizjournals.com/stlouis/feature/Giving_Guide_2011/2011/12/southern-illinois-university.html?page=all. 2014-07-29.
3. Web site: SIUE News - March 2014 Archives . www.siue.edu . dead . https://web.archive.org/web/20140310234909/http://www.siue.edu/news/archives/ArchivesMAR2014.shtml . 2014-03-10.
4. Web site: SIUE East St. Louis Performing Arts Program continues its legacy of black history productions .