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6 days ago · In 1956 Mitchell became the only Black dancer in New York City Ballet. He was promoted to principal dancer with the company in 1962, and George Balanchine created several roles for him, notably those in Agon (1957) and A Midsummer Night’s Dream (1962).
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1 day ago · In April 2024, Dance Theatre of Harlem marked its 55th anniversary at the New York City Center, also celebrating founder Arthur Mitchell’s 90th birthday and the appointment of Robert Garland as artistic director. Garland’s deep connection with the company, including roles as resident choreographer and director of the professional training ...
Sep 13, 2024 · At the time of the ballet’s premiere, audiences were pleasantly surprised—here was a ballet written much as operas had been for nearly half a century. In a sense, with this unique approach, Delibes opened the door to the rest of ballet music as we’ve known it for the 150 years that followed.
4 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 ...
3 days ago · If you go: “The Joffrey + Ballet in the U.S.,” Sept. 19–March 1, 2025, The New York Public Library for the Performing Arts, 40 Lincoln Center Plaza, New York; Atonement, Oct. 17-27, Lyric ...
Sep 9, 2024 · Photograph by Erin Baiano. When George Balanchine and his friend Alexandra Danilova were young dancers in pre-Revolutionary St. Petersburg, they performed in the rousing Mazurka in Act I of...
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Sep 5, 2024 · New York City Ballet’s 2024-25 Season will begin with a four-week Fall Season that will open on Tuesday, September 17 with a program consisting of works by NYCB’s Co-Founding Choreographers ...
