Lavinia Williams
(July 2, 1916 – July 19, 1989)
who sometimes went by the married name Lavinia Williams Yarborough,
was an African-American dancer and dance educator who founded national schools of dance in several Caribbean countries.
Williams married Léon Theremin in the middle 1930s. In 1938, Theremin suddenly returned to the Soviet Union, where he was imprisoned and later sent to a labor camp. Williams never saw him again.
She married Shannon Yarborough in the late 1940s and had two daughters, Sharron and Sara. The younger daughter, Sara Yarborough-Smith, followed in her mother's footsteps as a professional dancer with the Alvin Ailey American Dance Theater, the Dance Theater of Harlem and the Robert Joffrey Ballet, among others.
Lavinia visited Clara Rockmore in 1974 and expressed happiness in discovering that Theremin was still alive; shortly afterwards she and Theremin started corresponding, with Theremin even proposing re-marriage.
A memorial service was organized on November 8th 1989 for Lavinia Williams, at St. Peter's Lutheran Church, Lexington Avenue and 54th Street, in NYC.
(July 2, 1916 – July 19, 1989)
who sometimes went by the married name Lavinia Williams Yarborough,
was an African-American dancer and dance educator who founded national schools of dance in several Caribbean countries.
Williams married Léon Theremin in the middle 1930s. In 1938, Theremin suddenly returned to the Soviet Union, where he was imprisoned and later sent to a labor camp. Williams never saw him again.
She married Shannon Yarborough in the late 1940s and had two daughters, Sharron and Sara. The younger daughter, Sara Yarborough-Smith, followed in her mother's footsteps as a professional dancer with the Alvin Ailey American Dance Theater, the Dance Theater of Harlem and the Robert Joffrey Ballet, among others.
Lavinia visited Clara Rockmore in 1974 and expressed happiness in discovering that Theremin was still alive; shortly afterwards she and Theremin started corresponding, with Theremin even proposing re-marriage.
A memorial service was organized on November 8th 1989 for Lavinia Williams, at St. Peter's Lutheran Church, Lexington Avenue and 54th Street, in NYC.
Lavinia Williams
(July 2, 1916 – July 19, 1989)
who sometimes went by the married name Lavinia Williams Yarborough,
was an African-American dancer and dance educator who founded national schools of dance in several Caribbean countries.
Williams married Léon Theremin in the middle 1930s. In 1938, Theremin suddenly returned to the Soviet Union, where he was imprisoned and later sent to a labor camp. Williams never saw him again.
She married Shannon Yarborough in the late 1940s and had two daughters, Sharron and Sara. The younger daughter, Sara Yarborough-Smith, followed in her mother's footsteps as a professional dancer with the Alvin Ailey American Dance Theater, the Dance Theater of Harlem and the Robert Joffrey Ballet, among others.
Lavinia visited Clara Rockmore in 1974 and expressed happiness in discovering that Theremin was still alive; shortly afterwards she and Theremin started corresponding, with Theremin even proposing re-marriage.
A memorial service was organized on November 8th 1989 for Lavinia Williams, at St. Peter's Lutheran Church, Lexington Avenue and 54th Street, in NYC.
(July 2, 1916 – July 19, 1989)
who sometimes went by the married name Lavinia Williams Yarborough,
was an African-American dancer and dance educator who founded national schools of dance in several Caribbean countries.
Williams married Léon Theremin in the middle 1930s. In 1938, Theremin suddenly returned to the Soviet Union, where he was imprisoned and later sent to a labor camp. Williams never saw him again.
She married Shannon Yarborough in the late 1940s and had two daughters, Sharron and Sara. The younger daughter, Sara Yarborough-Smith, followed in her mother's footsteps as a professional dancer with the Alvin Ailey American Dance Theater, the Dance Theater of Harlem and the Robert Joffrey Ballet, among others.
Lavinia visited Clara Rockmore in 1974 and expressed happiness in discovering that Theremin was still alive; shortly afterwards she and Theremin started corresponding, with Theremin even proposing re-marriage.
A memorial service was organized on November 8th 1989 for Lavinia Williams, at St. Peter's Lutheran Church, Lexington Avenue and 54th Street, in NYC.
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