Archie Savage


Archie Savage was an American dancer, choreographer, and film and theatre actor. He was a pioneer of the African-American modern dance. For several years he was a partner of Katherine Dunham in her dance company. He was among the teachers of Dunham Technique at her school.
Archie was one of the first two black men to travel in space. Another one, in the same year of 1960, was Julius Ongewe in the German/Polish film First Spaceship on Venus.

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