Editing Pearl Primus (section)

{{Short description|American dancer, choreographer and anthropologist (1919–1994)}}
{{Infobox dancer
| name          = Pearl Primus
| image         = Pearl Primus.jpg
| alt           = 
| caption       = Primus performing "[[The Negro Speaks of Rivers]]" in 1944
| birth_name    = 
| birth_date    = {{birth date|1919|11|29}}
| birth_place   = [[Port of Spain]], [[Trinidad and Tobago]]
| death_date    = {{death date and age|1994|10|29|1919|11|29}}
| death_place   = [[New Rochelle, New York]], United States
| height        = 
| occupation    = [[Choreographer]], [[dancer]], [[anthropologist]]
| education     = [[Hunter College]]<br>[[New York University]]
| years_active  = 
| current_group = 
| former_groups = [[New Dance Group]]
| dances        = 
| spouse        = Percival Borde
| website       = <!-- {{URL|website}} -->
}}
'''Pearl Eileen Primus''' (November 29, 1919 – October 29, 1994) was an American [[dancer]], [[choreographer]] and [[anthropologist]]. Primus played an important role in the presentation of African dance to American audiences. Early in her career she saw the need to promote African dance as an art form worthy of study and performance. Primus' work was a reaction to myths of savagery and the lack of knowledge about African people. It was an effort to guide the Western world to view African dance as an important and dignified statement about another way of life.<ref name="genius">{{cite book | first = Gerald E. | last = Myers| title = African American Genius in Modern Dance | publisher = American Dance Festival | location = Durham, N.C. | year = 1993 }}</ref>