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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 ...
Sep 21, 2018 · Conwill first met Mitchell after moving to New York in 1980 to work as the deputy director of the Studio Museum in Harlem. They were part of a group of cultural organizers who advocated for the ...
Sep 19, 2018 · 1 of 15. CNN —. Arthur Mitchell, the trailblazing African-American dancer who called himself “ the grandfather of diversity ,” has died, according to the Dance Theatre of Harlem’s Facebook ...
Sep 19, 2018 · Sept. 19, 2018. Arthur Mitchell broke the color barrier in ballet — twice. He was the first African-American principal dancer at New York City Ballet and the founder of the first major black ...
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 ...
Apr 3, 2019 · With the ballet teacher Karel Shook, he formed Dance Theater of Harlem in 1969. “Mr. Mitchell was peanut butter,” said Iris Cloud, a former dancer, “and Mr. Shook was jelly.”. Together ...
Sep 20, 2018 · Arthur Mitchell Obituary. Arthur Mitchell (1934 – 2018) was a ballet dancer who achieved international acclaim as the first African-American principal dancer at the New York City Ballet. He ...
