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Jan 5, 2018 · From “Arthur Mitchell: Harlem’s Ballet Trailblazer,” a Carl Van Vechten photograph of Mr. Mitchell shortly after he joined New York City Ballet in 1955. Credit...
Sep 24, 2018 · Arthur Mitchell dancing with New York City Ballet, 1963. Photograph: Jack Mitchell/Getty Images. The first African American principal dancer to star in a major ballet company. By Wendy Perron, The Guardian — A star of New York City Ballet and the co-founder of Dance Theatre of Harlem, Arthur Mitchell was also the first African American ...
Sep 19, 2018 · Arthur Mitchell, artistic director of the Dance Theatre of Harlem, working with dancers after a class in 2003. ... He left the New York City Ballet in 1968, worked to establish a dance troupe in ...
Arthur Mitchell (March 27, 1934 – September 19, 2018) [1] was an American ballet dancer, choreographer, and founder and director of ballet companies.In 1955, he was the first African-American dancer with the New York City Ballet, where he was promoted to principal dancer the following year and danced in major roles until 1966.
Sep 21, 2018 · Balanchine’s central pas-de-deux in the ballet was crafted especially for two leading dancers at the New York City Ballet: Diane Adams and Arthur Mitchell. Adams was white. Adams was white ...
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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 ...
