- Recipient of 22nd Annual Kennedy Center Honors for lifetime contribution to the arts and culture, presented by President Bill Clinton in Washington D.C., on Dec. 5, 1999.
- She was awarded the American National Medal of the Arts in 2001 by the National Endowment of the Arts.
- Widow of Barry Feinstein.
- Grew up in Philadelphia and trained there in ballet from a young age. At a time when Black dancers were rare in ballet, she began with the Alvin Ailey American Dance Theater in 1965.
- A member of Delta Sigma Theta Sorority, Inc.
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