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Sep 19, 2018 · Updated 4:07 PM PDT, September 19, 2018. NEW YORK (AP) — Arthur Mitchell, who broke barriers for African-Americans in the 1950s as a ballet dancer with the New York City Ballet and who would go on to become a driving force in the creation of the Dance Theatre of Harlem, has died. He was 84. Mitchell died Wednesday at a New York City hospital ...
Apr 3, 2019 · After the assassination of the Rev. Dr. Martin Luther King Jr. in 1968, Arthur Mitchell, the first African-American principal dancer at New York City Ballet, decided that a change needed to be ...
Oct 5, 2016 · October 5, 2016. Biography. Digital Archive. Dancer, choreographer and artistic director Arthur Mitchell was born on March 27, 1934 in Harlem, New York to Arthur Mitchell, Sr. and Willie Hearns Mitchell. He attended the High School of Performing Arts in Manhattan. In addition to academics, Mitchell was a member of the New Dance Group, the ...
Sep 21, 2018 · The New York City Ballet family mourns the passing of Arthur Mitchell, a brilliant and charismatic artist who electrified audiences with his unforgettable performances in George Balanchine's "Agon ...
Sep 20, 2018 · MITCHELL--Arthur. The School of American Ballet mourns the passing of Arthur Mitchell, a member of our SAB family for almost 70 years. Mr. Mitchell first walked through our doors in 1951 as a ...
Sep 19, 2018 · Arthur Adams Mitchell Jr., whose father was a janitor, was born in New York on March 27, 1934. He was the eldest of five siblings and ran a paper route as a boy to help his family make ends meet.
Jan 5, 2018 · He paused for a moment and sat up a bit straighter in his chair at the Miriam and Ira D. Wallach Art Gallery, where he is the subject of an exhibition opening Jan. 13. “I am the grandfather of ...
