#geoffreyholder

[worldofwilbekin]

LISTEN TO YOUR SPIRIT

“We are too quick to put labels on things. It is my profession. I get up and paint. Everyone wants to put a label on it, but I am a free spirit, so I fight against that.” -- GeoffreyHolder

[blesseddaddy]

"We are too quick to put labels on things. It is my profession. I get up and paint. Everyone wants to put a label on it, but I am a free spirit, so I fight against that." #GeoffreyHolder #Actor #CostumeDesigner #Choreographer #Painter #Artist #TonyAward #RenaissanceMan #ClassicMan #Culture #FreeSpirit #Legend #BlackHistoryMonth #BHM #WorldOfWilbekin #WOW

[trascapades]

🎨#ArtIsAWeapon

Last chance to see "Geoffrey Holder: Saturday Night" exhibition before it closes at James Fuentes Gallery tomorrow, January 17, 2026.

📍@james_fuentes_llc, 52 White Street, NYC 10013.

I pray that Geoffrey and his beloved wife @carmendelavallade have reunited in the next life. ✨️🕊

🖼✍️🏾reposted from @james_fuentes_llc Spanning the early-1980s onward, the exhibition spotlights [Geoffrey] Holder’s recurring series of nightlife paintings, which pay homage to the artist’s youngest memories of Trinidadian dancehalls. These spaces of music, movement, and collective joy sparked Holder’s earliest imagination and remained foundational threads in his later work. Saturday Night traces this enduring influence and highlights Holder’s own lasting impact on New York’s dance and cultural landscape.

Leo Holder discusses father Geoffrey Holder's paintings, now on display at James Fuentes Gallery

Geoffrey Holder’s art is currently displayed at the James Fuentes Gallery featuring an exhibit of his, “Saturday Night.”

#GeoffreyHolder #BlackGenius #BlackGirlArtGeeks

[trascapades]

🕯✨️🕊 #ArtIsAWeapon

HERO!

Peaceful journeys to the captivating, graceful goddess of movement @carmendelavallade, who transitioned 12-29-2025 at age 94. Eternally grateful for her artistry and example.

📷 1 Julieta Cervantes (2011)

📷 2-13 and ✍️🏾 reposted from @alvinailey “You can take a lifetime to discover what you want to say in your art.”

— #CarmendeLavallade

 

It is with heavy hearts that we share the passing of the incomparable Carmen de Lavallade (age 94)—actor, dancer, choreographer, mother, and a true luminary of American dance and theater. We honor and give thanks for her extraordinary life, boundless artistry, and the generations she shaped through her work, her wisdom, and her presence.

 

A Los Angeles native, Ms. de Lavallade began her remarkable career at 17 with the Lester Horton Dance Theater. She attended high school in Los Angeles alongside Alvin Ailey, marking the beginning of a lifelong friendship rooted in deep admiration and artistic kinship. Mr. Ailey was always enamored with her beauty and loved watching her dance, a reverence that would echo throughout their lives and work. In 1954, she made her Broadway debut in “House of Flowers” alongside Mr. Ailey, inaugurating their two legendary careers.

 

Ms. de Lavallade went on to inspire works by many of the most influential choreographers of the 20th century, including Alvin Ailey, Geoffrey Holder, Agnes de Mille, and John Butler. Beyond dance, she was a powerful and enduring force in theater and film, appearing in classics such as “Carmen Jones” and “Odds Against Tomorrow.” As a teacher and mentor, she shaped artists at Yale, the American Repertory Theatre, and far beyond, leaving an imprint that cannot be measured.

 

Together with her beloved husband Geoffrey Holder, she embodied a lifetime of creative partnership, love, and legacy. As a mother, artist, and cultural icon, Carmen de Lavallade showed us what it means to live fully and truthfully in one’s art.

 

We send our deepest love and condolences to Ms. de Lavallade’s son Leo Holder, her family, friends, and all who were moved by her light. Her spirit will live on, forever woven into the fabric of our history.

[lawrencefineart]

Another favorite at the ADAA Art Show was Geoffrey Holder’s “The Bathing Suit” James Fuentes. @james_fuentes_llc @the_adaa #geoffreyholder #modernart #paintingoftheday #blackartist #blackartists #figurativeart #figurativeartist #artadvisory #tonyawards #dancer https://www.instagram.com/p/CkmMmb5rtKX/?igshid=NGJjMDIxMWI=

[thecurvycritic]

The Wiz is of my favorite Broadway musicals, so of course I had to honor Haitian born Broadway Baby - Geoffrey Holder. Born on August 1st - the late, great Geoffrey Holder designed the costumes and directed himself into two Tony’s for The Wiz! With a bigger than life persona, booming voice and mega watt smile, he touched every corner of the entertainment biz as a Bond villain, painter, dancer, 7up Spokesperson and of course iconic roles in Annie and Boomerang. #august #leo #thewiz #geoffreyholder #annie #dancer #broadway #boomerang #costume #director https://www.instagram.com/p/CSEN2a4LhCy/?utm_medium=tumblr

[rosesilverangel]

#Repost @nevecarolvickifan84 • • • • • August 1: Happy Birthday Geoffrey Holder (1930-2014) #geoffreyholder #actor #annie #bornonthisday #happybirthday #AugustBirthdays #August #Biography (at Darlington, South Carolina) https://www.instagram.com/p/CSDg7CnD_8P/?utm_medium=tumblr

[uptownbill]

Geoffrey Holder (1930-2014), his wife Carmen de Lavallade, and Pearl Bailey (1918-1990) #BlackExcellence #geoffreyholder #pearlbailey #carmendelavallade https://www.instagram.com/p/CIOSyn6j_y-/?igshid=rnwm8ln72wob