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- Carmen de Lavallade, a pioneering dancer, died at age 94 in Englewood, N.J., after a short illness.
- Her son, Léo Holder, confirmed the death.
- She began her career in Los Angeles and performed with one of the first multiracial dance troupes.
- Over six decades, she collaborated with Alvin Ailey and Agnes de Mille.
- The Alvin Ailey American Dance Theater announced her death and did not provide further details.
