Rhonda Sampson, Sheniqua Nolan, Yvonne Hall, Roslyn Sampson, Joseph Wyatt, and Lydia Abarca [5/7] This week @dancetheatreofharlem ...

This footage is from a 1970 TV Special “Ballet with Edward Villella” and shows he and Patricia McBride rehearsing Tschaikovksy Pas de...

“In [the final] scene [of Firebird], the music swells to a glorious finish, but since there’s no movement, and all is still, it’s as if...

Dance Theatre of Harlem opens at Apollo Theater. Arthur Mitchell, instructs audience of senior citizens, groups of children and...

Photo by Marbeth, 1969--70 [3/7] This week @dancetheatreofharlem celebrates Founders’ Week, marking the 56th anniversary of the company....

“In [the final] scene [of Firebird], the music swells to a glorious finish, but since there’s no movement, and all is still, it’s as if...

"George had been serious when he told me the ballet would be difficult. He had me doing everything – turns, balances, jumps, and...

Arthur Mitchell teaching at DTH school 1969-70. Photo by Marbeth. "Despite his own success (indeed, because of it), Mitchell realized the...

Lydia Abarca and Derek Williams perform Balanchine's Agon. Photo by Anthony Crickmay [1/7] This week @dancetheatreofharlem celebrates...

"When we started the pas de deux, I felt secure. Standing up stage, I took an extra breath, and then made the flying leap into Frank’s...

Maria Tallchief on Scotch Symphony: “One effect in the adagio was inspired by the way goddesses, sylphs and fairies were made to fly...

Celebrating 100 Years of Maria Tallchief! In this 1959 footage originally posted by Kurt Froman, we see André Eglevsky and Maria...

“Balanchine’s Sylvia Pas de Deux was designed around Tallchief’s technical virtuosity. Although Nicholas Magallanes was her original...

Maria Tallchief and Francisco Moncion. Photo by Martha Swope. New York Public Library “It was Maria Tallchief’s performance in...

Edwin Denby on Concerto Barocco in 1945: “The correspondence of eye and ear is at its most surprising in the poignant adagio movement. At...

Leon Danielian and Alexandra Danilova 1940s Alexandra Danilova's memories of Danses Concertantes : In the Ballet Russe de Monte Carlo, I...

Patricia McBride and Sean Lavery. Photo by Steve Caras “Sean Lavery’s partnering of a buoyant Patricia McBride in the Intermezzo [of...

Tanaquil LeClercq and Nicholas Magallanes. Photo by Roger Wood, 1952. "The slow movement of Concerto Barocco --one of Balanchine's...

Diana (left) in arabesque. Maria Tallchief teaches cir. 1974-5 Celebrating 100 Years of Maria Tallchief! In this episode, Diana White, a...

Merrill Ashley, Sean Lavery and Mel Tomlinson. Photo by Martha Swope, 1982. Robbins’ “Concertino” was originally the third part of a...