Multi-hyphenate entertainer Debbie Allen is very familiar with the healing power of the arts. Dance has been the salve that has helped catapult her to her highest peaks and push her through her lowest days.
“I grew up in Houston, Texas, in the ’50s and late ’60s when segregation was a way of life,” Allen said recently via phone, taking a break from prepping the finale of the medical drama TV series “Grey’s Anatomy,” in which she acts, directs and is an executive producer.
“We weren’t allowed to go to movie theaters or restaurants Downtown, and we could go to the amusement park one day a year on Juneteenth. Dance was what I wanted more than anything in my whole life.” . . .
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Jessica Koslow 