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On a dark stage, a female dancer in a warm orange leotard and short skirt leaps beside a lunging male dancer dressed in a short sleeved shirt and fitted pants in the same color. Both look over their front arms, in first arabesque, towards stage right.

Dance Theatre of Harlem’s Enduring Impact

When Robert Garland becomes artistic director of Dance Theatre of Harlem on July 1, he follows in the footsteps of founder Arthur Mitchell and retiring artistic director Virginia Johnson. He’s stepping into an important role: In addition to being a leading classical company that’s toured worldwide, DTH has had a significant impact on the field of dance and the larger American cultural landscape.

What Dance Theatre of Harlem Means Today

As Dance Theatre of Harlem turns 50, Arthur Mitchell’s company has proven to be just as tenacious and resilient as he was. At times it looked like it wouldn’t make it. But with the spirit of the phoenix it rises again. Rachel Papo “I feel like we are still trying to live up to the […]

Op-Ed: Dance Theatre of Harlem Was My Wakanda

Recently, I went to see Black Panther. When the aircraft penetrated the invisible force-field cloaking the fictional African nation of Wakanda—a country unmolested by European colonization, one that is powerful, prosperous, thriving and the most technologically advanced society in the world—I literally gasped. Evan Narcisse, a pop culture critic who co-writes “The Rise of the […]