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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 21, 2018 · Arthur Mitchell, who blazed a trail as New York City Ballet’s first African-American principal dancer and went on to found Dance Theatre of Harlem, died September 19 at age 84. Born March 27 ...
Sep 20, 2018 · 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 danced with the company from ...
He was 84. Mitchell died Wednesday at a New York City hospital according to his niece, Juli Mills-Ross. She said the death came after renal failure led to heart failure. Born in Harlem, Mitchell started dancing with the New York City Ballet in 1955 under famed choreographer George Balanchine. Balanchine put him in several leading roles ...
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 ...
Feb 7, 2005 · ARTHUR MITCHELL 9/21/39-2/7/04 1st Anniversary in Heaven Each day there are thoughts of you. I will never forget the friendship forged and all of the road trips. Say hello to Mick for me! "Wimpy"
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 ...
