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14 May 2011

If it’s August, it’s NYCB Nutcracker time in Los Angeles

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New York City Ballet alumni chat and reminisce about the company’s regular forays to Los Angeles, where they performed outdoors at the Greek Theater in Griffith Park. [...]

27 January 2011

Virginia Johnson remembers her path to Dance Theatre of Harlem

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Dance Theater of Harlem Artistic Director Virginia Johnson, a prima ballerina who still has absolutely fabulous gams, spoke today to a group of young African-American dance students at the annual conference International Association of Blacks in Dance going on now at the Biltmore Hotel in downtown Los Angeles. [...]

6 July 2010

Arthur Mitchell delights in his ballerinas

In a Los Angeles Times interview, Arthur Mitchell reflects on his early career and how, after growing up in Harlem mad about vaudeville and musicals, he became a ballet dancer. He also described partnering New York City Ballet’s great stable of ballerinas. [...]

18 June 2010

Legendary dancer/director Arthur Mitchell visits L.A.

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Dance Theatre of Harlem retrospective at California African American Museum closes on July 4 with talk by Artistic Director Emeritus Arthur Mitchell on June 30. [...]