Glory Van Scott
Producer, performer, educator, and civic activist, Glory Van Scott, was born in Chicago, Illinois, June 1, 1947. Van Scott's parents, Dr. and Ms. Thomas Van Scott, were raised near Greenwood, Mississippi and shared some Choctaw and Seminole ancestry. The trauma of Van Scott's cousin Emmett Till’s murder in 1955 did not diminish the benefit of the art, dance, and drama classes at The Abraham Lincoln Center, where she met Paul Robeson and Charity Bailey. Van Scott spent summers in Ethical Culture Camp in New York. A student at Oakland Elementary School and Dunbar High School, Van Scott finished high school at Ethical Culture High School in New York City.
That summer at the Society for Ethical Culture’s Encampment for Citizenship, Cicely Tyson referred Van Scott to actress Vinette Carroll, who mentored Van Scott in theatrical arts. Soon Van Scott was moving easily between modeling for the Wilhelmina Agency and performing; a principal dancer with the Katherine Dunham, Agnes DeMille, and Talley Beatty dance companies, she also joined the American Ballet Company. Van Scott appeared on Broadway in House of Flowers, with Pearl Bailey in 1954; Kwamina in 1961; The Great White Hope in 1968; Billy No-Name in 1970; and Rhythms of the Saints in 2003. Van Scott played the Rolls Royce Lady in 1974’s film, The Wiz.
While pursuing her career in the performing arts, Van Scott earned her B.A. and M.A. degrees from Goddard College, and her Ph.D. from Antioch College's Union Graduate School. For ten years Van Scott taught theater at Bucknell University’s Pennsylvania School for the Arts, and, later, Theater As Social Change at Fordham University. Van Scott became a Breadloaf Writers Scholar and the author of eight musicals including Miss Truth. Van Scott founded Dr. Glory’s Youth Theatre. Lipincott published Van Scott’s first children’s book, Baba and the Flea.
Van Scott served as coordinator for WNET’s Dance in America - Katherine Dunham: Devine Drum Beats in 2000, and produced The Katherine Dunham Gala at Carnegie Hall, and the 2003 Tribute to Fred Benjamin at Symphony Space. Van Scott was also project director and artistic coordinator for the Alvin Ailey Company’s The Magic of Katherine Dunham/I> and co-producer of the National Black Touring Circuit, with Woodie King, Jr. of New York Dance Divas. Van Scott, immortalized in bronze by Elizabeth Catlett in 1981, was awarded the first Katherine Dunham Legacy Award in 2002.
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Dancer, theater professor, and stage actress Glory Van Scott (1947 - ) has acted in several plays and movies, and has written eight musicals. She has worked on many tributes to Katherine Dunham, and was awarded the first Katherine Dunham Legacy Award in 2002. She is also founded of Dr. Glory's Children's Theater.
Katherine Dunham Dance Company
Talley Beatty Company
Agnes de Mille American Heritage Dance Theatre
Wilhelmina Models
American Jewish Committee
Fordham University
Bucknell University
Dr. Glory's Youth Theatre
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Tape: 1 Story: 1 - Slating of Glory Van Scott's interview, session one
Tape: 1 Story: 2 - Glory Van Scott explains the origin of her name
Tape: 1 Story: 3 - Glory Van Scott remembers the origins of her interest in the Dunham Technique of dance
Tape: 1 Story: 4 - Glory Van Scott explains what makes the Dunham Technique of dance unique
Tape: 1 Story: 5 - Glory Van Scott remembers how the Dunham Technique affected her dance career
Tape: 1 Story: 6 - Glory Van Scott recalls meeting Katherine Dunham for the first time
Tape: 1 Story: 7 - Glory Van Scott remembers the culture of the Katherine Dunham Company in 1959 to 1960
Tape: 1 Story: 8 - Glory Van Scott details the Dunham Technique of dance
Tape: 1 Story: 9 - Glory Van Scott recalls her favorite memories of travelling with the Katherine Dunham Company
Tape: 1 Story: 10 - Glory Van Scott remembers Katherine Dunham as dance pioneer and humanitarian
Tape: 1 Story: 11 - Glory Van Scott describes Katherine Dunham's dancers
Tape: 1 Story: 12 - Glory Van Scott talks about reuniting the Katherine Dunham Company at a gala in Katherine Dunham's honor at Carnegie Hall in New York, New York
Tape: 2 Story: 1 - Glory Van Scott talks about some of HistoryMaker Katherine Dunham's choreographic pieces
Tape: 2 Story: 2 - Glory Van Scott describes lessons she learned from HistoryMaker Katherine Dunham
Tape: 2 Story: 3 - Glory Van Scott reflects upon the legacy of HistoryMaker Katherine Dunham
Tape: 3 Story: 1 - Slating of Glory Van Scott's interview, session two
Tape: 3 Story: 2 - Glory Van Scott lists her favorites
Tape: 3 Story: 3 - Glory Van Scott describes her mother's family background
Tape: 3 Story: 4 - Glory Van Scott remembers being taught social consciousness by her mother
Tape: 3 Story: 5 - Glory Van Scott recalls the murder of her cousin, Emmett Till, in 1955
Tape: 3 Story: 6 - Glory Van Scott lists her siblings
Tape: 3 Story: 7 - Glory Van Scott describes her father's family background
Tape: 3 Story: 8 - Glory Van Scott remembers being prevented from learning about her father's Seminole heritage
Tape: 3 Story: 9 - Glory Van Scott explains her politics, pt. 1
Tape: 4 Story: 1 - Glory Van Scott explains her politics, pt. 2
Tape: 4 Story: 2 - Glory Van Scott talks about her father
Tape: 4 Story: 3 - Glory Van Scott describes her parents' roles in the community of Chicago, Illinois
Tape: 4 Story: 4 - Glory Van Scott recalls her earliest childhood memory
Tape: 4 Story: 5 - Glory Van Scott remembers visiting the Abraham Lincoln Center while growing up in the Oakwood neighborhood of Chicago, Illinois
Tape: 4 Story: 6 - Glory Van Scott describes the sights, sounds and smells of her childhood in Chicago, Illinois
Tape: 4 Story: 7 - Glory Van Scott remembers her schooling in Chicago, Illinois
Tape: 4 Story: 8 - Glory Van Scott recalls the genesis of Arthur Mitchell's Dance Theatre of Harlem on the night of Reverend Dr. Martin Luther King Jr.'s assassination
Tape: 4 Story: 9 - Glory Van Scott remembers her disposition in elementary and high school
Tape: 4 Story: 10 - Glory Van Scott recalls her orientation toward religion as a child
Tape: 5 Story: 1 - Glory Van Scott recalls her mother and grandmothers' relationship with Reverend Joseph H. Jackson of Olivet Baptist Church in Chicago, Illinois
Tape: 5 Story: 2 - Glory Van Scott explains her transfer from Dunbar High School in Chicago, Illinois to Ethical Culture Fieldston School in New York, New York
Tape: 5 Story: 3 - Glory Van Scott remembers her entree into the performing arts world after attending Encampment for Citizenship in New York, New York
Tape: 5 Story: 4 - Glory Van Scott describes her early performance career in New York, New York
Tape: 5 Story: 5 - Glory Van Scott recalls how her successful performance career evolved
Tape: 5 Story: 6 - Glory Van Scott remembers HistoryMaker Katherine Dunham's influence on her career
Tape: 5 Story: 7 - Glory Van Scott recalls being principal dancer for Agnes de Mille American Heritage Dance Theater and Tally Beatty's company during the 1960s
Tape: 5 Story: 8 - Glory Van Scott talks about learning from senior members of the Katherine Dunham Company
Tape: 6 Story: 1 - Glory Van Scott describes her philosophy of art
Tape: 6 Story: 2 - Glory Van Scott recalls fighting against racist representations of African Americans in the performance art world, pt. 1
Tape: 6 Story: 3 - Glory Van Scott recalls fighting against racist representations of African Americans in the performance art world, pt. 2
Tape: 6 Story: 4 - Glory Van Scott remembers appearing as a principal dancer in 'Porgy and Bess' and as the Rolls Royce Lady in 'The Wiz'
Tape: 6 Story: 5 - Glory Van Scott remembers the dangers of being in the public eye
Tape: 6 Story: 6 - Glory Van Scott talks about the musical she wrote, 'Miss Truth'
Tape: 6 Story: 7 - Glory Van Scott describes her children's theater company, Dr. Glory's Children's Theatre in New York, New York
Tape: 6 Story: 8 - Glory Van Scott explains what drew her to tell Sojourner Truth's story
Tape: 6 Story: 9 - Glory Van Scott talks about her tribute to September 11, 2001 rescue workers, 'Final Ladder'
Tape: 6 Story: 10 - Glory Van Scott recalls a fire in her childhood home in Chicago, Illinois
Tape: 7 Story: 1 - Glory Van Scott talks about her achievements in higher education
Tape: 7 Story: 2 - Glory Van Scott explains the importance of reading and learning for children
Tape: 7 Story: 3 - Glory Van Scott remembers being cast in bronze by HistoryMaker Elizabeth Catlett in 1981
Tape: 7 Story: 4 - Glory Van Scott describes her hopes for the African American community
Tape: 7 Story: 5 - Glory Van Scott reflects upon her life
Tape: 7 Story: 6 - Glory Van Scott reflects upon her legacy
Tape: 7 Story: 7 - Glory Van Scott describes her family's opinion of her success
Tape: 7 Story: 8 - Glory Van Scott reflects upon her religious beliefs
Tape: 7 Story: 9 - Glory Van Scott describes how she would like to be remembered
Tape: 7 Story: 10 - Glory Van Scott narrates her photographs
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