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Eddy Thomas

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Jamaican dancer and choreographer who co-founded the National Dance Theatre Company with Rex Nettleford in 1962, having trained in modern dance in New York under Martha Graham and others.

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NDTC official history; Jamaican dance scholarship.

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People & rolesDance, body & movement

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