THE DUNHAM LEGACY REVISITED PROGRAM | LEGACY ARTIST IN RESIDENCE
Keith Tyrone Williams is a proud native of East St. Louis, Illinois, and has performed, directed and choreographed throughout the United States and extensively in Europe. As Artistic director, Keith directed, choreographed, and produced “The Ties That Bind”, a riveting theatrical work performed by his company, Innervison Dance Theatre. He has directed Twenty-Six Pebbles and Counting, The Colored Museum, Bubbling Brown Sugar, Once on This Island, Five Guys Named Moe, The Wiz, A Motown Christmas, Little Shop of Horror, and served as choreographer for St. Louis Black Rep, (Raisin, Black Nativity, Sarafina, and Death and King’s Horseman).
As an actor, he co-starred in “The Full Monty” at Stages St. Louis for which he won the prestigious Kevin Kline Award, and his choreography for Sarafina, a musical about South African apartheid, received rave reviews and garnered him another Kevin Kline Award for best choreography. His Broadway, national, and international credits include Once On This Island, Legs Diamond, Five Guys Named Moe(LA Ovation and NAACP nomination) The Music of Andrew Lloyd Webber (British Royal Command Performance), Bubbling Brown Sugar, Starlight Express, On The Town, and Katherine Dunham Gala at Carnegie Hall.
He most recently received the honor of Arts Educator of the Year (2018) from Arts and Education Council of Greater St Louis. Keith is also a distinguished recipient of the NAACP Award for his contributions to the cultural arts and Arts -In –Education, Eminent Educator Award/PHi Delta Kappa, African American Heritage Award/Links inc., 2019 Marquis Inaugural Award, and a 2014 St. Louis Regional Arts Commission Fellow.
As an arts educator, Keith was recently featured in I Am East St. Louis Magazine honoring natives who defy the negative stereotypes associated with the city. Keith is very proud to be among the few people certified by Katherine Dunham to teach the world-renowned Dunham Technique and was selected by Katherine Dunham as instructor for Library of Congress documentary on Dunham Technique. Keith holds a BS (Southern Illinois University at Edwardsville), Master of Arts in Directing, MFA/Directing (Lindenwood University).
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