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The footage offers just a glimpse into Mitchell’s long and illustrious career spent breaking barriers for black ballet dancers. The esteemed performer died this week at the age of 84; according...
Sep 19, 2018 · By Jennifer Dunning. Sept. 19, 2018. 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...
Sep 21, 2018 · Obituaries Arthur Mitchell, Revolutionary Dancer and Founder of Dance Theatre of Harlem, Dies at 84 He broke ground as New York City Ballet’s first African-American principal dancer,...
Sep 19, 2018 · Wilfredo Lee/AP. Mitchell, as artistic director of the Dance Theatre of Harlem, works with dancers in 2003. The dancers, from left, are Ebony Haswell, Amy Johnson and Rejane Duarte. The...
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 company. Mitchell,...
Sep 20, 2018 · Mitchell died on Wednesday at a New York City hospital according to his niece, Juli Mills-Ross. She said he had renal failure that led to heart failure. Born in Harlem, Mitchell started...
Sep 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 according to his niece, Juli Mills-Ross.