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  1. 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 ...

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  2. Sep 19, 2018 · Jack Mitchell/Getty Images. Arthur Mitchell, a charismatic dancer with New York City Ballet in the 1950s and ’60s and the founding director of the groundbreaking Dance Theater of Harlem, died on ...

  3. 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 ...

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  5. Arthur Mitchell obituary. A star of New York City Ballet and the co-founder of Dance Theatre of Harlem, Arthur Mitchell was also the first African American principal dancer in any major ballet ...

  6. Mar 27, 2024 · Arthur Mitchell, American dancer, choreographer, and director who was the first African American to become a principal dancer with a major ballet troupe, New York City Ballet. Some of his best-known roles included those in Agon (1957) and A Midsummer Night’s Dream (1962). He later cofounded Dance Theatre of Harlem.

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  7. 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 ...

  8. 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 ...

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