@STRAZ CENTER
SATURDAY, MARCH 3, 8:00PM
MORSANI HALL
Straz Center for the Performing Arts
presents
Dance Theatre of Harlem
FOUNDERS
Arthur Mitchell Karel Shook
ARTISTIC DIRECTOR EXECUTIVE DIRECTOR
Virginia Johnson Anna Glass
BALLET MASTER BALLET MASTER INTERIM GENERAL
Keith Saunders Kellye A. Saunders MANAGER
Melinda Bloom
DANCE ARTISTS
Lindsey Croop Yinet Fernandez Alicia Mae Holloway Crystal Serrano
Ingrid Silva Amanda Smith Alison Stroming Stephanie Rae Williams
Donald Nguyen Davison Da’Von Doane Choong Hoon Lee
Christopher McDaniel Nicholas Rose Anthony Santos Dylan Santos
Jorge Andrés Villarini
ARTISTIC DIRECTOR EMERITUS
Arthur Mitchell
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Support for Dance Theatre of Harlem’s 2017-2018 Tour Program and activities made possible in part by: Anonymous;
The Arnhold Foundation; The Arts Federation; The Dauray Fund; Ford Foundation; Ann and Gordon Getty Foundation;
Howard Gilman Foundation; The DuBose and Dorothy Heyward Memorial Fund; The Hulitar Family Foundation;
Estee Lauder Companies Charitable Foundation; John L. McHugh Foundation; Margaret T. Morris Foundation;
National Endowment for the Arts; New York State Council on the Arts with the support of Governor Andrew M.
Cuomo and the New York State Legislature; May and Samuel Rudin Family Foundation; The Shubert Foundation; The
Harold & Mimi Steinberg Charitable Trust; The Thompson Family Foundation; and Xerox Foundation.
About Dance Theatre of Harlem
Forty-eight years ago, Arthur Mitchell and his mentor, Karel Shook, founded Dance Theatre
of Harlem as a beacon of hope for the youth in the underprivileged neighborhood where
Mitchell grew up. An acclaimed principal dancer with George Balanchine’s New York City
Ballet, Mitchell took the assassination of Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr. as a call to action.
Drawing on his expertise and his prominence as the first African American to be a member
of a major U.S. ballet company, Mitchell’s ground-breaking idea was to transform the lives
of young people in Harlem by providing training in classical ballet. In a few short years, his
response to tragedy became a leading dance institution comprised of a touring company,
training school and arts education program of unparalleled global acclaim. Now a singular
presence in the ballet world, the Dance Theatre of Harlem Company tours nationally and
internationally, presenting a powerful vision for ballet in the 21st century. The 16-member,
multi-ethnic company performs a forward-thinking repertoire that includes classical
and neoclassical works as well as innovative and bold new forms of artistic expression
commissioned to connect to contemporary audiences.
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