Glory Van Scott

Glory Van Scott (born June 1, 1947) is an educator, writer, actress and dancer. She is a former principal dancer with the Katherine Dunham, Agnes de Mille and Talley Beatty dance companies and has performed in the United States and around the world.

Early life and education Van Scott was born on June 1, 1947, in Chicago, Illinois, the daughter of Dr. and Ms. Thomas Van Scott, and was raised near Greenwood, Mississippi. She is of African American, Choctaw, and Seminole ancestry.

Van Scott was a student at Oakland Elementary School, Dunbar Vocational High School, and graduated from Ethical Culture High School in New York City. She studied art, dance, and drama classes at The Abraham Lincoln Center, in Chicago, where she met Paul Robeson and Charity Bailey.

She received a BA and MA from Goddard College and a PhD from Union Graduate School, previously known as Antioch College Union Graduate School.

Educator

She taught theater at the Pennsylvania Governor's School for the Arts and Theater as Social Change at Fordham University. In 2002, Van Scott received the Katherine Dunham Legacy Award.

Personal Van Scott's cousin Emmett Till was murdered in 1955.