Dance Theatre of Harlem
50th Anniversary Tour
7:30 pm Tuesday, November 12, 2019
For fifty years, Dance Theatre of Harlem has provided access to ballet for all. Comprised of an international touring company, a training school, and a celebrated arts education and community engagement program, Dance Theatre of Harlem demonstrates the power of art to transform lives.
The program will include Return (1999), the signature work of the company’s longtime resident choreographer Robert Garland, which is set to funk and soul music; Passage (2019), a ballet inspired by the 400th anniversary of the arrival of the first African slaves in Virginia, choreographed by Claudia Schreier, and performed to music by Catalyst Quartet violinist and composer Jessie Montgomery; and other works.
Compelled to make a positive impact following the assassination of Martin Luther King Jr., the legendary dancer Arthur Mitchell started a school with his teacher, Karel Shook. Mitchell’s idea was to offer children in the Harlem neighborhood, in which he grew up, the opportunity to change their futures by challenging themselves against the rigors of a classical art form. In 1971, only two years after its founding, The New York Times called Dance Theatre of Harlem “one of ballet’s most exciting undertakings.”
Celebrating its fiftieth anniversary this season, the company has an extraordinary legacy based on thrilling performances and artistic excellence predicated on providing opportunity where none had existed. Through performance, training, and education, the impact of Dance Theatre of Harlem continues to be felt across the globe.
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Adult $48
University Park Student $20
18 and Younger $38
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sponsors
Blake and Linda Gall
support provided by
Debra Lee Latta and Dr. Stanley E. Latta Endowment
Sandra Zaremba and Richard Brown provide support for engagement programming related to this performance.
This event is part of a season-long focus, The American Experience: Through an African-American Lens.
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Artistic Viewpoints
6:30 pm Tuesday, November 12, 2019
Eisenhower Auditorium
Artistic Viewpoints, an informal moderated discussion featuring a visiting artist or local expert, is offered in Eisenhower Auditorium one hour before the performance and is free for ticket holders. Artistic Viewpoints regularly fills to capacity, so seating is available on a first-arrival basis.