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Karel Shook (August 8, 1920 – July 25, 1985) was an American ballet master, choreographer and writer. He was asked to join the Dance Theatre of Harlem . The Dance Theater of Harlem was formed by Arthur Mitchell, Cicely Tyson and Brock Peters.
Jul 27, 1985 · Karel Shook, an internationally renowned ballet master, author and co-founder of the Dance Theater of Harlem, died Thursday at his home in Englewood, N.J., after a long illness. He was 64 years ...
Jul 28, 1985 · Karel Shook, an internationally known ballet master and co-founder of the Dance Theatre of Harlem, has died at his Englewood, N.J., home after a long illness. He was 64. In the 1950s Shook was one ...
In 1969, at the height of the civil rights movement, Arthur Mitchell and Karel Shook founded Dance Theatre of Harlem. Their vision remains one of the most democratic in dance. In moments of extreme injustice and frustration the most impactful art is born. This is true of the inception of one of the most influential American ballet companies of ...
- Arthur Mitchell and Karel Shook
- Karel Shook and Katherine Dunham
- Karel Shook and The Dutch National Ballet
In 1967, Arthur Mitchell was commuting between New York City and Rio de Janeiro, Brazil to work with two ballet companies there. The assassination of Dr. Martin Luther King Jr. in 1968 inspired Mitchell to start teaching dance back at home at Dorothy Maynor’s Harlem School of the Arts. At the time, dancer and choreographer Karel Shook was in Amster...
Karel Shook danced with the New York City Ballet from 1949 to 1952. After his time with NYCB, he became a member of the faculty at the Katherine DunhamSchool of Dance for two years, before opening his own school Studio Dance Arts, which became a “mecca” for Black dancers.
After teaching at the Dunham School and founding Studio Dance Arts, Karel Shook began his work in Europe. Sonia Gaskell, who established the Nederlands Ballet in 1953 and was the first director of the Dutch National Ballet starting in 1961, sought guidance from George Balanchine, a choreographer she greatly admired. When ballet master Benjamin Hark...
Sep 21, 2018 · At the age of 18, Mitchell started studying with Karel Shook, a renowned white ballet teacher who encouraged black performers to train in classical dance, reports Jennifer Dunning of the New York ...
Karel Shook was an American ballet master, choreographer and writer. He was asked to join the Dance Theatre of Harlem. The Dance Theater of Harlem was formed by Arthur Mitchell, Cicely Tyson and Brock Peters.
