And so does the company, which revives its lush, fantastical, large-scale production, set in the Caribbean. By Gia Kourlas and Marc J. Franklin A founding dancer with the groundbreaking company, she ...
One of my most vivid memories of Arthur Mitchell, who died last week, is of dancing with him in Moscow in 1962. George Balanchine, New York City Ballet’s founding choreographer, had left the Soviet ...
NEW YORK — Arthur Mitchell has much to be proud of. But what does he consider his greatest accomplishment? Being a founder of Dance Theater of Harlem. “That I actually bucked society,” he said, “and ...
Arthur Mitchell (1934-2018) joined the New York City Ballet as its first African American star in 1955, when people commonly believed that Black dancers couldn't perform ballet. I encountered Mitchell ...
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