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Amie Major Cindy Marsland Mary Beth Martin and Ken Oswald James Matosky William Mense Dr. Karen Meyers and William J. Jones Scott T. Monahan Nora E. Moushey Mr. and Mrs. Brian Neal Ms. Jana Ogilvie Dr. Sanford Osher Mrs. Sylvia Osterday Robert and Karen Ripp Nelson Rosario David Schlaudecker Elaine and Terry Schroeder Joey Shelton Diane and David Sherrard William and Nadya Taylor Phillip Taylor Susan Thornberry Terri Todd Dale Tucker Tricia Underwood Nancy L. Wade Jean and Kurt Whitford Debbie Zimmer Anonymous (3) CAA SPONSORS Ameritas Life Insurance Corporation Cincinnati-Northern Kentucky Honda Dealers Fifth Third Bank Local 12WKRC-TV Procter & Gamble* TriHealth EDUCATION ArtsWave Charles H. Dater Foundation, Inc. Guardian Savings Bank FSB The H.B., E.W. and F.R. Luther Charitable Trust, Fifth Third Bank and Narley L. Haley, Co-Trustees The Hearst Foundations The Greater Cincinnati Foundation The John A. Schroth Family Charitable Trust Koncert IT/Vora Ventures The Louise Taft Semple Foundation Ohio Arts Council Paolo A Modern Jeweler Procter & Gamble Skyline Chili Stillson Foundation
BOARD OF TRUSTEES Rob Chavez J. Stephen Dobbins Matthew J. Geerlings Stephen A. Loftin – President Marvin Hawkins Toilynn O’Neal Turner Benjamin T. Reece, CPA – Vice President, CFO Nathan Paszczykowski Philip J. Schworer Todd J. Duesing Vice President, COO Jeanette Altenau – Special Vice President, Community Relations
EMERITUS Edward G. Marks EX-OFFICIO Mayor Aftab Pureval
ALEXANDRA HUTCHINSON AND DEREK BROCKINGTON | Photo by Rachel Neville
May 17-18, 2022 Aronoff Center • Procter & Gamble Hall
FOUNDERS Arthur Mitchell Karel Shook ARTISTIC DIRECTOR Virginia Johnson
EXECUTIVE DIRECTOR Anna Glass
RESIDENT CHOREOGRAPHER Robert Garland
INTERIM GENERAL MANAGER Melinda Bloom
DANCE ARTISTS Lindsey Donnell Yinet Fernandez Alexandra Hutchinson Daphne Lee Kamala Saara Crystal Serrano Ingrid Silva Amanda Smith Delaney Washington Stephanie Rae Williams Derek Brockington Micah Bullard Kouadio Davis Keenan English Christopher McDaniel Sanford Placide Anthony Santos Dylan Santos David Wright
DTH Company is proud to be supported by: Anonymous, Alphadyne Foundation, Bank of America, Bloomberg LP, Bloomberg Philanthropies, Con Edison, Cornell Family Foundation, Dance/NYC, Davis/Dauray Family Fund, The Jarvis and Constance Doctorow Family Foundation, Dora Donner Ide Core Trust, Downtown Music Holdings, Elephant Rock Foundation, Ford Foundation, Gibson, Dunn, & Crutcher Foundation, Howard Gilman Foundation, The Harkness Foundation for Dance, The DuBose & Dorothy Heyward Memorial Fund, The William Talbot Hillman Foundation, The Jockey Hollow Foundation, The Klein Family Foundation, The Pierre and Tana Matisse Foundation, John L. McHugh Foundation, The Andrew W. Mellon Foundation, Margaret T. Morris Foundation, National Endowment for the Arts, New York State Council on the Arts with support of the Governor Kathy Hochul and the New York State Legislature, New York City Department of Cultural Affairs in partnership with City Council, Paulson Family Foundation, Tatiana Piankova Foundation, Charles H. Revson Foundation, Jerome Robbins Foundation, Shutterfly, The Shubert Foundation, The Thompson Family Foundation, Venable Foundation.
OVER FIFTY YEARS OF DANCE THEATRE OF HARLEM The fifty-three-year history of Dance Theatre of Harlem is a landscape of peaks and valleys inhabited by a race of dreamers, achievers, and yes, history makers. DTH co-founder Arthur Mitchell was all the above as well as premier danseur, choreographer, and teacher. We used to call him “our fearless leader” because he marched forward never thinking that what he sought to do would have been impossible for anyone else. His passing in 2018 left us bereft but determined that the institution he and Karel Shook incorporated on February 11, 1969, will endure and thrive. Arthur Mitchell believed in the power of art to change lives and open minds. The DTH Company, School, and our arts education program, “Dancing Through Barriers,” became the manifestation of that idea. While the School and DTB served the Harlem community, with the Company, Arthur Mitchell was able to take his vision across the globe. The DTH Company, a mix of African Americans, Hispanics, Asians, and Caucasians, was a vivid demonstration of the premise that the art form of classical ballet belongs to us all. The social impact of Dance Theatre of Harlem’s national and international touring for more than 50 years is often noted, but as significant is the depth and breadth of the company’s artistic prowess. With a repertoire that ranges from Mitchell’s own neoclassical works (he learned his craft at George Balanchine’s knee, after all), historic Ballet Russes, classics such as Scheherazade and Les Noces, to great American narrative works such as Billy The Kid, Fall River Legend, and the groundbreaking productions of Creole Giselle and Firebird that linger in the collective consciousness, throughout its history Dance Theatre of Harlem has expanded the notion of what ballet can be.
HIGHER GROUND (Premiere January 22, 2022, Detroit Opera House) Choreography: Robert Garland Costume Design: Pamela Allen-Cummings Lighting Design: Roma Flowers Look Around May 17, 2022, 7:30PM LINDSEY DONNELL KAMALA SAARA INGRID SILVA ANTHONY SANTOS DAVID WRIGHT DEREK BROCKINGTON May 18, 2022, 7:30PM LINDSEY DONNELL KAMALA SAARA INGRID SILVA ANTHONY SANTOS DAVID WRIGHT DEREK BROCKINGTON You Haven’t Done Nothin May 17, 2022, 7:30PM DAVID WRIGHT Lindsey Donnell Kamala Saara Ingrid Silva Anthony Santos Derek Brockington May 18, 2022, 7:30PM DEREK BROCKINGTON Lindsey Donnell Kamala Saara Ingrid Silva Anthony Santos David Wright Heaven Is Ten Zillion Light Years Away May 17, 2022, 7:30PM ANTHONY SANTOS LINDSEY DONNELL Kamala Saara Ingrid Silva David Wright Derrick Brockington May 18, 2022, 7:30PM CHRISTOPHER CHARLES MCDANIEL KAMALA SAARA Lindsey Donnell Ingrid Silva Derek Brockington David Wright Village Ghetto Land May 17, 2022, 7:30PM LINDSEY DONNELL Kamala Saara Ingrid Silva Anthony Santos David Wright Derek Brockington May 18, 2022, 7:30PM LINDSEY DONNELL Kamala Saara Ingrid Silva Anthony Santos David Wright Derek Brockington Saturn May 17, 2022, 7:30PM KAMALA SAARA DERRICK BROCKINGTON Ingrid Silva David Wright Anthony Santos Lindsey Donnell May 18, 2022, 7:30PM INGRID SILVA DAVID WRIGHT Kamala Saara Anthony Santos Lindsey Donnell Derek Brockington Higher Ground Company The ballet “Higher Ground” represents a Sankofa-esque reflection on our current times. – Robert Garland
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Music Credits: “Look Around” by Stevie Wonder and Syreeta Wright ©1970; “Heaven Is Ten Zillion Light Years Away” & “You Haven’t Done Nothin’” ©1974, by Stevie Wonder; “Higher Ground” ©1973, by Stevie Wonder; “Saturn” by Michael Sembello and Stevie Wonder ©1975; “Village Ghetto Land” by Gary Byrd and Stevie Wonder ©1976 © Jobete Music Co Inc and Black Bull Music. All rights administered by Sony/ ATV Music Publishing LLC, 424 Church Street, Suite 1200, Nashville, TN 37219. All rights reserved. Used by permission. Commissioned by Northrop Auditorium, University of Minnesota, Minneapolis, MN Special thanks to Stevie Wonder and Tracey Rounds. Intermission ODALISQUES VARIATIONS From “Le Corsaire” Choreography: Marius Pepita Staged by: Dylan Santos Music: Adolphe Adam, Cesare Pugni Costumes: Katy A. Freeman Lighting: William E. Cotton AMANDA SMITH CRYSTAL SERRANO LINDSEY DONNELL While the storyline of the full-length "Le Corsaire", is mired in toxic 19th century social conventions, Marius Petipa’s choreography is some of the finest in the ballet canon. This staging of the "Odalisques Variations" strips away the story to reveal the sheer beauty of classical dancing Pause THIS BITTER EARTH © (World Premiere: August 6, 2012, DTH Premiere March 10, 2018) Choreography: Christopher Wheeldon Music: Clyde Otis Costumes: Katy Freeman Lighting: Will Cotton YINET FERNANDEZ KOUADIO DAVIS Choreographer Christopher Wheeldon’s sublime pas de deux "This Bitter Earth" is set to a mashup of Max Richter’s minimalist “On the Nature of Daylight” and Dinah Washington’s soulful rendition of the 1960s Rhythm and Blues hit, “This Bitter Earth.” The resulting brief encounter between a man and a woman leads one to believe that “…this bitter earth may not be so bitter after all.” Music performed by Max Richter & Dinah Washington Permission by special arrangement with Mute Song Ltd. and Third Side Music Inc. Intermission
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BALAMOUK (World Premiere October 5th, 2018) Choreography: Annabelle Lopez Ochoa Music: Les Yeux Noirs, Lisa Gerrard, René Aubry Costume Design: Mark Zappone Lighting Design: Les Dickert May 17, 2022, 7:30PM INGRID SILVA YINET FERNANDEZ CRYSTAL SERRANO KAMALA SAARA DELANEY WASHINGTON DYLAN SANTOS DEREK BROCKINGTON KEENAN ENGLISH DAVID WRIGHT SANFORD PLACIDE May 18, 2022, 7:30PM INGRID SILVA YINET FERNANDEZ ALEXANDRA HUTCHINSON KAMALA SAARA DELANEY WASHINGTON SANFORD PLACIDE DEREK BROCKINGTON MICAH BULLARD DAVID WRIGHT DYLAN SANTOS KEENAN ENGLISH Commissioned by New York City Center for the Fall For Dance Festival, the development of "Balamouk" recieved 50th anniversary commissioning support from the Seattle Theater Group and the Virginia B. Toulmin Foundation through Dance Theatre of Harlem’s Women Who Move Us Initiative. Support for new dance works at City Center is provided by the Virginia B. Toulmin Foundation and Doris Duke Charitable Foundation.
THE DANCE THEATRE OF HARLEM COMPANY DEREK BROCKINGTON Born: Chicago, IL and raised in Holland, MI. Training: Grand Rapids Ballet School, Interlochen Arts Academy, Ballet West and Pennsylvania Ballet Summer Intensives. Professional Experience: Dance Theatre of Harlem (fourth season), Cincinnati Ballet, Grand Rapids Ballet. Repertoire includes works by Claudia Schreier, Robert Garland, Stanton Welch, George Balanchine, Anabelle Lopez Ochoa, and Darrell Grand Moultrie. Along with DTH’s Alexandra Hutchinson, he coordinates DTH social media. MICAH BULLARD Born: Houston, TX. Training: The Dance Center of Baytown, University of Oklahoma School of Dance (BFA 2019), Jacob’s Pillow Contemporary Ballet Program, Dance Theatre of Harlem Summer Intensive, Texas Ballet Theater Summer Intensive. Professional Experience: Oklahoma City Ballet, Hartel Dance Group, and Dance Theatre of Harlem (first season). Repertoire includes original works by Amy Hall Garner, Trey McIntyre, Colin Connor, as well as Alejandro Cerrudo’s “Lickety Split,” Merce Cunningham’s “How to Pass, Kick, Fall and Run,” and Prince Siegfried in "Swan Lake." KOUADIO DAVIS Born: Oneonta, NY. Training: Holbrook-Wade School of Dance, Fokine Ballet, New York State Summer School of the Arts with Daniel Ulbricht, NYCB, Carolyn Adams, Alvin Ailey, Nutmeg Ballet, Charlotte Ballet, Alonzo King Lines, French Academie of Ballet, Pacific Northwest Ballet, and Springboard Danse Montreal. 2019 Graduate of Ellison Ballet. Awards: Youth America Grand Prix in 2017 and 2018, where he and his partner won second and then first place in the contemporary Pas de Deux category. Professional Experience: Dance Theatre of Harlem (third season). LINDSEY DONNELL Born: Midland, TX. Training: A Petite Dance Studio, Midland Festival Ballet under Susan Clark. Education: cum laude graduate of Butler University, degree in Dance Arts Administration and Journalism. Professional Experience: Dance Theatre of Harlem (tenth season), Nashville Ballet (trainee). Repertoire includes works by Robert Garland, Nacho Duato, Ulysses Dove, George Balanchine, Donald Byrd, Elena Kunikova, and Dianne McIntyre.
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KEENAN ENGLISH Born: Randallstown, MD. Training: Baltimore School for the Arts, Boston Ballet, and School of American Ballet. Professional Experience: Boston Ballet, Cincinnati Ballet, Oregon Ballet Theatre, Carolina Ballet, and Dance Theatre of Harlem (second season). Repertoire includes ballets by Nacho Duato, George Balanchine, William Forsythe, Ulysses Dove, Helen Pickett, Robert Garland, Darrell Grand Moultrie, Val Caniparoli, Alvin Ailey, Septime Webre, Nicolo Fonte, Francesca Harper, Lynn Taylor Corbett. YINET FERNANDEZ Born: Mariano’ La Habana, Cuba. Training: Provincial School of the Arts, National School of Ballet, Ballet Nacional de Cuba. Professional experience: Dance Theatre of Harlem (fifth season), Connecticut Ballet, Ballet Nacional de Cuba. Repertoire includes "Sleeping Beauty," "The Nutcracker," "Swan Lake," "Giselle," "Coppélia," "La Fille mal gardée," "Don Quixote," and works by George Balanchine, Robert Garland, Christopher Wheeldon, Darrell Grand Moultrie and Dianne McIntyre. ALEXANDRA HUTCHINSON Born: Wilmington, DE. Training: The Washington School of Ballet, Wilmington Academy of Dance, and summer intensives with Alvin Ailey, Alonzo King, Carolina Ballet, Ballet Chicago, and Nashville Ballet 2. Education: Bachelor of Science in Ballet, Indiana University, Jacobs School of Music. Professional Experience: Dance Theatre of Harlem (fourth season), Nashville Ballet. Repertoire includes "Orange" by Stanton Welch; "Return" and "New Bach" by Robert Garland; "Balamouk" by Annabelle Lopez Ochoa; "Harlem on My Mind" and "Vessels" by Darrell Grand Moultrie; George Balanchine’s "Valse Fantasie," "Western Symphony," "Swan Lake," "Concerto Barocco," "Divertimento No. 15," "Emeralds," "Rubies," and "Giselle;" Paul Vasterling’s "Sleeping Beauty;" Septime Webre's and Michael Vernon's "The Nutcracker." Alexandra is the recipient of The Pierians Foundation Incorporated 2018 Emerging Young Artist Award, Virginia Johnson Scholar, Washington School of Ballet Professional Training Program tuition stipend, 2010, 2011, and 2012. Along with DTH’s Derek Brockington, she shares the position of DTH Social Media coordinator. DAPHNE MARCELLE LEE Rahway, NJ. Training: Rahway Dance Theatre by her late mother Jay Skeete-Lee, and the Dance Theatre of Harlem School. Education: BFA in Dance, Ailey/Fordham University, and MFA from Hollins University. Professional Experience: Dance Theatre of Harlem (third season), Collage Dance Collective, Oakland Ballet, Alvin Ailey II, Black Iris Project. Repertoire includes works by Jessica Lang, Benoit Swan-Pouffer, Nicolo Fonte, Dwight Rhoden, Jennifer Archibald, George Balanchine, Amy Seiwart, Joyce Trisler, and Darrell Moultrie. CHRISTOPHER CHARLES MCDANIEL Born: East Harlem, NY. Training: Dance Theatre of Harlem School, LaGuardia School of Performing Arts, Ballet Academy East, Boston Ballet, Jacob’s Pillow. Professional Experience: Dance Theatre of Harlem (fifth season), Ballet San Antonio, Los Angeles Ballet. Repertoire includes works by Robert Garland, Ulysses Dove, Darryl Grand Moultrie, Colleen Neary, Thordal Christensen, George Balanchine, Jiri Kylian, Gerald Arpino, Christopher Stowell, and Kitty McNamee. Christopher is an accomplished ballet teacher and DTH Social Media Manager. SANFORD PLACIDE Born: Port-au-Prince, Haiti. Training: Ballet Etudes of South Florida, Manhattan Youth Ballet, The French Académie of Ballet, Nadege Hottier, American Ballet Theatre, Dance Theatre of Harlem, Ballet Austin, Ballet Hispanico, Lines Ballet, and Miami City Ballet. Professional Experience: Dance Theatre of Harlem (third season), Alberta Ballet in Canada, Ballet West, Charlotte Ballet (formerly NCDT), Ballet Etudes of South Florida, Vorhees Ballet Theatre, Ballet Des Amériques, Fjkdance, Collage Dance Collective, Black Iris Dance Project, Boca Ballet Theatre, Ballet Northwest, Traverse City Dance Project, and Accent Dance. Special Honors: In commemoration of Haitian Flag Day 2018, Sanford partnered with the Consulate General of Haiti in New York to organize and produce UNI, an art collective where he premiered the riveting ballet MAGA. In 2019, Sanford produced Sans-Souci, the second staging in the UNI series and was honored by the Consulate General of Haiti in New York for his work in preserving Haitian culture. Repertoire includes works by George Balanchine, Nacho Duato, Glenn Tetley, Desmond Richardson, Robert Garland, Mark Diamond, Yukicchi Hattori, Wen Wei Wang, Aszure
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KAMALA SAARA Born: Los Angeles, CA. Training: Yuri Grigoriev School of Ballet, School of American Ballet. Professional Experience: Dance Theatre of Harlem (first season). Kamala is a recipient of the Grow Annenberg Fellowship and a full scholarship for the School of American Ballet. She received the 1st place Award Training/Performance Scholarship at the 2018 Bolshoi Ballet Academy and placed 2nd in the classical category at the 2016 Youth American Grand Prix Paris, France. ANTHONY SANTOS Born: New York, NY. Training: Rosie’s Theatre Kids, North Carolina School of the Arts, Jacobs Pillow, Alonzo King LINES, Joffrey Ballet. Professional experience: Dance Theatre of Harlem (fifth season), Kaatsbaan, Zest Collective, La Spezia Jazz Festival and Caitlin Trainor Dance. Repertoire includes Susan Jaffe's "Polivestian," Doug Varone's "Democracy," Christopher Wheldon's "This Bitter Earth," Lucinda Child's "Concerto," Ulyesses Dove's "Dancing on the Front Porch of Heaven," Robert Garland's "Return," "New Bach," and "Braham’s Variation," Darrell Grand Moultrie's "Vessels," "Harlem on my Mind," Geoffrey Holder's "Dougla," Paul Taylor's "Esplanade," Merce Cunningham's "Sounddance," Annabelle Lopez Ochoa's "Balamouk," Stanton Welch's "Orange," and Sasha Jane's "Lascia la Spina." DYLAN SANTOS Born: São Paulo, Brazil. Training: Centro de Artes Pavilhao D under Ricardo Scheir and Harid Conservatory. Professional experience: Dance Theatre of Harlem (eighth season), Houston Ballet trainee, Orlando Ballet, Joffrey Ballet, Ballet Chicago, and Paris Opera Ballet. Repertoire includes works by George Balanchine, Nacho Duato, Robert Garland, Ulysses Dove, and Marius Petipa. CRYSTAL SERRANO Born: Denver, CO. Training: Pacific Northwest Ballet, School of American Ballet, and Olympic Ballet Theatre. Professional experience: Dance Theatre of Harlem (fifth season), Ballet San Antonio, Oregon Ballet Theatre, Sacramento Ballet, Pacific Northwest Ballet. Repertoire includes "Don Quixote," "The Nutcracker," "Peter Pan," "Firebird," "Donizetti Variations," "Cinderella," "The Four Temperaments," "Allegro Brillante," "The Sleeping Beauty," "Cinderella," "Serenade," and "Swan Lake," and works by Robert Garland, Christopher Wheeldon and Darrell Grand Moultrie. INGRID SILVA Born: Rio de Janeiro, Brazil. Training: Projeto Dan-cando Para Nao Dancar, Escola de Danca Maria Olenewa, and Centro de Movimento Debora Colker. Education: Universidade da Cidade. Professional experience: Dance Theatre of Harlem (tenth season), Grupo Corpo (apprentice), Dance Theatre of Harlem Ensemble, Dançando Para Não Dançar, Armitage Gone! Dance, and the Francesca Harper Project. Repertoire includes works by Arthur Mitchell, Donald Byrd, George Balanchine, Dianne McIntyre, John Alleyne, Darrel Grand Moultrie, Francesca Harper, Robert Garland, David Fernandez, Carol Armitage, Deborah Colker, Rodrigo Pederneiras ans Annabelle Lopez-Ocha. In 2017, Silva was the first African Brazilian to be on the cover of Pointe Magazine and appeared on the cover of Vogue Brasil, November 2020. She is the Founder of EmpowHerNY & Co. and Blacks in Ballet. AMANDA SMITH Born: Orange County, CA. Training: Charlotte Ballet, SUNY Purchase, Joffrey Ballet School, Anaheim Ballet, Pointe of Grace, Ballet Pacifica. Professional Experience: Dance Theatre of Harlem (fifth season), Charlotte Ballet, New York Theatre Ballet, Black Iris Project. Repertoire includes works by George Balanchine, Mark Diamond, Sasha James, Dwight Rhoden, Alonzo King, Jiri Killian, Dianne McIntyre, and Helen Pickett. DELANEY WASHINGTON Born: San Francisco Bay area. Training: Lise la Cour's LaCademy, The Ailey School/Fordham University, and Jacob's Pillow Summer Program 2021 under the direction of Helen Pickett and Milton Myers. Professional Experience: Palm Beach Dance Festival, Dance Theatre of Harlem (first season). Repertoire includes works by Dwight Rhoden, Helen Simoneau, Yusha Marie-Sorzano, Maurya Kerr, Pedro Ruiz, and Andre Zachery. Delaney is the recipient of the Alvin Ailey Artistic Scholarship. STEPHANIE RAE WILLIAMS Born: Salt Lake City, Utah. Training: Dallas Dance Academy with Lyndette Galen and Fiona Fairrie, Hubbard Street Dance Chicago, Springboard Danse Montreal, The Juilliard
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School, Alonzo King’s LINES Ballet, and Houston Ballet Academy. Professional experience: Dance Theatre of Harlem (12th season), The Francesca Harper Project, ARC Dance Seattle, Complexions Contemporary Dance Company, Ballet Black, and Texas Ballet Theatre. Repertoire includes works by Pam Tanowitz, Nacho Duato, Jose Limon, Helen Pickett, Arthur Mitchell, Donald Byrd, George Balanchine, John Alleyne, Dianne McIntyre, Darrel Grand Moultrie, Francesca Harper, Liam Scarlett, Robert Garland, and David Fernandez. Stephanie is the recipient of The Dallas Dance Council’s 2017 Natalie Skelton Award, 2013 Dance Magazine “On the Rise,” 2006 National Foundation for the Arts Award, 2006 Youth America Grand Prix finalist, Oprah Winfrey Fellowship recipient at the Ailey School, 2004 Texas Commission on the Arts Young Master. DAVID WRIGHT Born: Ft. Polk, Louisiana. Training: Infiniti Performing Arts Center, Indiana Ballet Conservatory, Orlando Ballet School. Professional Experience: Orlando Ballet, Dance Theatre of Harlem (first season). Repertoire: Jorden Morris’ "Moulin Rouge," Val Caniparolis’ "Lamberna," Orlando Ballet’s "Nutcracker," and "Carmina Burana." David was Finalist at Beijing International Ballet and Choreography Competition 2019. VIRGINIA JOHNSON (Artistic Director) A founding member of Dance Theatre of Harlem, Virginia Johnson was one of its principal ballerinas over a career that spanned nearly 30 years. After retiring in 1997, Ms. Johnson went on to found Pointe Magazine and was editor-in-chief for ten years. A native of Washington, D.C., she began her training with Therrell Smith. She studied with Mary Day at the Washington School of Ballet and graduated from the Academy of the Washington School of Ballet and went on to be a University Scholar in the School of the Arts at New York University before joining Dance Theatre of Harlem. Ms. Johnson is universally recognized as one of the great ballerinas of her generation and is perhaps best known for her performances in the ballets "Giselle," "A Streetcar Named Desire," and "Fall River Legend." She has received such honors as a Young Achiever Award from the National Council of Women, Outstanding Young Woman of America and the Dance Magazine Award, a Pen and Brush Achievement Award, the Washington Performing Arts Society’s 2008-2009 Pola Nirenska Lifetime Achievement Award, and the 2009 Martha Hill Fund Mid-Career Award. ARTHUR MITCHELL (Co-Founder) Arthur Mitchell was known around the world for creating and sustaining the Dance Theatre of Harlem, the internationally acclaimed ballet company he co-founded with Karel Shook in 1969. Following a brilliant career as a principal artist with the New York City Ballet, Mr. Mitchell dedicated his life to changing perceptions and advancing the art form of ballet through the first permanently established African American and racially diverse ballet company. Born in New York City in 1934, Mr. Mitchell began his dance training at New York City's High School of the Performing Arts, where he won the coveted annual dance award and subsequently a full scholarship to the School of American Ballet. In 1955, he became the first male African American to become a permanent member of a major ballet company when he joined New York City Ballet. Mr. Mitchell rose quickly to the rank of Principal Dancer during his fifteen-year career with New York City Ballet and electrified audiences with his performances in a broad spectrum of roles. Upon learning of the death of Reverend Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr., and with financial assistance from Mrs. Alva B. Gimbel, the Ford Foundation, and his own savings, Mr. Mitchell founded Dance Theatre of Harlem with his mentor and ballet instructor Karel Shook. With an illustrious career that has spanned over fifty years, Mr. Mitchell is the recipient of the Kennedy Center Honors, a National Medal of the Arts, a MacArthur Foundation Fellowship, the New York Living Landmark Award, the Handel Medallion, the NAACP Image Award, and more than a dozen honorary degrees.
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KAREL SHOOK (Co-Founder) Karel played a key role as teacher and mentor to African American dance artists in New York in the 1950s. In addition to co-founding Dance Theatre of Harlem with Arthur Mitchell in 1969, he also was a ballet master, choreographer, and author. Born in 1920, Mr. Shook was a native of Renton, Washington. Encouraged to study ballet, at age 13 he was a protégé of Nellie Cornish and received a scholarship to the Cornish School of Allied Arts in Seattle. While his performance career was brief, he appeared on Broadway and danced with the Ballet Russe de Monte Carlo and New York City Ballet. Mr. Shook’s brief performance career led to teaching and choreographing, mainly in Europe but also in New York. In the early '50s he opened Studio Arts, one of the few dance studios in the city where African Americans could study ballet. Among his students were Carmen de Lavallade, Pearl Primus, Geoffrey Holder, Louis Johnson, Alvin Ailey, and Arthur Mitchell, who first came to him at age 17. Mr. Shook left New York in 1959 to become the ballet master of the Dutch National Ballet, where he was when his former student, Arthur Mitchell, asked him to return to New York to help create the Dance Theatre of Harlem. Mr. Shook was an advocate of the universality of classical ballet. His book, Elements of Classical Ballet, explores the development of classical ballet in such countries across the globe as China, Turkey, Iran, Japan, Cuba, and Mexico. In 1980 he was awarded the United States Presidential Award for “Excellence and Dedication in Education.” ROBERT GARLAND (Resident Choreographer) Robert Garland was a member of the Dance Theatre of Harlem Company, achieving the rank of principal dancer. After creating a work for the DTH School Ensemble, Arthur Mitchell invited Mr. Garland to create a work for the Dance Theatre of Harlem Company and appointed him the organization’s first Resident Choreographer. He is Director of the DTH school. In addition to choreographing several ballets for DTH, Mr. Garland has also created works for New York City Ballet, Britain's Royal Ballet, Oakland Ballet, and many others. His commercial work has included music videos, commercials, and short films, including the children’s television show Sesame Street, a Nike commercial featuring New York Yankee Derek Jeter, the NAACP Image Awards, a short film for designer Donna Karan, and the “Charmin Cha-Cha” for Procter and Gamble. Mr. Garland holds a Bachelor of Fine Arts Degree from the Juilliard School in New York City. ANNA GLASS (Executive Director) Anna has been involved in the performing arts as both an artist and arts administrator for over twenty years. She produced Carmen de Lavallade’s solo show, "As I Remember It," an intimate portrait of this legendary artist. Anna previously served as the Managing Director of 651 ARTS, a presenting/producing arts organization dedicated to celebrating contemporary performing arts of the African Diaspora. While at 651 ARTS, she co-produced numerous projects, including the highly regarded national tour of "FLY: Five First Ladies of Dance." Anna has served as a consultant providing strategic planning and fundraising guidance to various non-profit arts organizations, including Urban Bush Women and the Weeksville Heritage Center. She currently serves on the board of the Association of Performing Arts Presenters. She has served as a Hub Site for the New England Foundation for the Arts’ National Dance Project grant program. After receiving her Juris Doctor from the University of Dayton School of Law, Anna became the Artist Representative for the Dayton Contemporary Dance Company, a company she performed with for three years (DCDC2). She is a licensed attorney in the State of New York and lives in Harlem with her husband and daughter.
Dance Theatre of Harlem, Inc. Center for the Performing Arts 466 West 152nd Street, New York, NY 10031 1814 (212) 690 2800, (212) 690 8736 fax
Board of Directors Ackneil M. Muldrow III, Chairman Leslie Wims Morris, Vice Chairman Zandra Perry Ogbomo, Treasurer R. Moore, Secretary Nancy Pforzheimer Aronson Kendrick F. Ashton Jr. Reverend Dr. Calvin O. III Kevin M. Cofsky Richard E. Constable III Isabel Kallman Erika Munro Tangela Richter Simpson Don M. Tellock, Esq China White
Dance Theatre of Harlem, Dr. Ruby Herd Leontyne Price Alex Radin Morleen Rouse Jackie Rush Kerry E. Edward I. Tishelman, Esq. Ben Vereen Lena Horne * Jessye Norman* Judith Peabody Cicely Tyson*
Advisory Board
*IN MEMORIUM
Virginia Johnson, Director Director Anna Glass, Directors Jordan Oldham, Assistant to the Ebonie C. Sr. Director of Development Sharon Duncan, Director of Individual Giving Giving David Levine, Director of Jessica Frazier, Development Associate Manager Keyana K. Billy Zavelson, General Press Alexandra Hutchinson & Derek Brockington, Social Media Coordinators Accountant Mark Rowan, Hero Doucas, Human Resources Manager Kenneth Thomas, Building Manager Alberto Recinos, Marco Recinos, Maintenance Company Guest Rehearsal Director Resident Choreographer Company & Interim General Manager Stage Manager Supervisors Wardrobe Supervisor Booking Manager Physical Therapy & Wellness
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ABOUT CINCINNATI ARTS ASSOCIATION Founded in 1992, the Cincinnati Arts Association (CAA) is a not-for-profit organization that oversees the programming and management of two of the Tri-state’s finest performing arts venues – the Aronoff Center for the Arts and Music Hall – and is dedicated to supporting performing and visual arts. Each year, CAA presents a diverse schedule of events; serves upwards of 700,000 people in its venues; features the work of talented local, regional, and national artists in the Weston Art Gallery (located in the Aronoff Center); and supports the work of more than one dozen resident companies, including Cincinnati Ballet, Cincinnati May Festival, Cincinnati Opera, Cincinnati Symphony/Pops Orchestras, and Fifth Third Bank Broadway in Cincinnati, presented by TriHealth. Since the inception of its acclaimed arts education programs in 1995, CAA has reached more than 1.9 million students and adults. Please consider giving back to future generations through a bequest to Music Hall or the Aronoff Center as part of your estate planning. We encourage you to contact our Planned Giving Office at (513) 977-4135 for any assistance.
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For more information or to make your Name-A-Seat donation, please call CAA's Development department at (513) 977-4188 or scan the QR code.
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We have made every effort to be as accurate as possible in compiling our list of donors. If your name has been incorrectly listed or omitted, please contact the Development Department at (513) 977-4112. Please accept our apologies for any errors.
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