NEW YORK — Throughout its 50-year history, Dance Theater of Harlem has stood for more than just dancing. Dance Theater of Harlem: Arthur Mitchell's Dream at 50 “We knew we were pioneers,” said ...

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 ...

A founding dancer with the groundbreaking company, she served not only as a principal dancer but also as its first ballet mistress. By Alex Williams The company performed its first New York City ...

HARLEM, Manhattan (WABC) -- The Dance Theatre of Harlem found the perfect way to celebrate its 50th anniversary this week -- by returning to the Apollo Theater, where the group's founder, Arthur ...

NEW YORK — Arthur Mitchell has much to be proud of. But what does he consider his greatest accomplishment? Being a founder of Dance Theater of Harlem. “That I actually bucked society,” he said, “and ...

The Dance Theatre of Harlem has kept ballet in Harlem for 40 years. April 16, 2009 — -- For 40 years the Dance Theatre of Harlem has helped craft African American dancers into classically trained ...

One of my most vivid memories of Arthur Mitchell, who died last week, is of dancing with him in Moscow in 1962. George Balanchine, New York City Ballet’s founding choreographer, had left the Soviet ...

On April 11, a constellation of stars gathered at the Dance Theatre of Harlem–the country’s first Black ballet company–for the annual Vision Gala, a fundraiser supporting Dance Theatre of Harlem’s ...

“We knew we were pioneers,” said Virginia Johnson, a former principal dancer with the company, who is now its artistic director. “We were crossing the prairie in a Conestoga wagon, and the Indians ...