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2 days ago · Talk about Arthur Mitchell’s role in birthing DTH. KV: Arthur Mitchell was one of the greatest classical danseurs, and the first principal Black dancer in Balanchine’s New York City Ballet. With Rev. Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr.’s 1968 assassination, Mitchell felt called to be a changemaker in his broken country.
3 days ago · Founded in 1968 by Arthur Mitchell — the man remembered as ballet’s “godfather of diversity” and the first black dancer accepted into the New York Ballet under the direction of renowned...
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4 days ago · The Nutcracker, ballet by Pyotr Tchaikovsky. The last of his three ballets, it was first performed in December 1892. The Nutcracker tells a story about a girl who befriends a nutcracker that comes to life on Christmas Eve and wages a battle against the evil Mouse King.
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3 days ago · By Rachel Sherman. April 15, 2024, 11:30 a.m. ET. New York City Ballet’s 2024-25 season will feature earlier curtain times, fewer intermissions and a tribute to the great American ballerina ...
4 days ago · By: Chloe Rabinowitz Apr. 15, 2024. New York City Ballet’s 2024-25 Season will open on Tuesday, September 17, 2024 and continue for 21 weeks of performances, through Sunday, June 1, 2025, at the ...
4 days ago · New York City Ballet has announced its 2023-24 season, ... November 29 through January 5, the company will present its annual engagement of George Balanchine’s The Nutcracker. The holiday ...
3 days ago · The theater’s company was originally founded by the first Black principal dancer at the New York City ballet, Andrew Mitchell.
