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Title John Henry / composed and conducted by Milton Rosenstock ; directed and choreographed by Arthur Mitchell, performed by Eddie J. Shellman, Yvonne Hall, Felicity De Jager, Lowell Smith, Gregory Jackson, Ronald Perry, Leon Bibb & Dance Theatre of Harlem
Published [Place of publication not identified] : ArtHaus Musik, ℗1989

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Description 1 online resource (22 min.)
Series Dance in video.
Summary The 'Dance Theatre of Harlem's birthplace was in a disused garage in Harlem, a black district of New York. Arthur Mitchell, the founder who still acts as its artistic director, set up the ballet school with the aim of giving black dancers the opportunity of sound training, as their skin color meant that they often encountered difficulties finding employment with existing companies which consisted mainly of white dancers. Since its humble beginnings in 1969 - it was founded shortly after the murder of Martin Luther King - the "Dance Theatre of Harlem" has attained worldwide status. Today the repertoire is performing a representative cross section from the history of artistic dancing. Alongside classics of the Russian school such as "Swan Lake" and 'Sheherazade' are shown the successful neoclassical dance routines from the years following the First World War as well as works by contemporary choreographers
Notes Previously released on DVD
Event Recorded 1989
Notes Original language in English
Subject Railroads.
Ballets.
Blue collar workers.
Dance -- Performances
Labor movement -- United States
Legends.
Modern dance.
blue collar workers.
Ballets.
Blue collar workers.
Dance -- Performances.
Labor movement.
Legends.
Modern dance.
Railroads.
United States.
Genre/Form Short films.
Nonfiction films.
Short films.
Nonfiction films.
Courts métrages.
Films autres que de fiction.
Form Streaming video
Author Bibb, Leon, 1922-2015, singer.
De Jager, Felicity, dancer.
Grimm, Thomas, 1942- director, producer.
Hall, Yvonne, dancer.
Jackson, Gregory, dancer.
Mitchell, Arthur, 1934-2018, choreographer (expression), director.
Perry, Ronald, 1955- dancer.
Rosenstock, Milton, composer (expression), conductor (expression)
Shellman, Eddie J., dancer.
Smith, Lowell, 1951-2007, dancer.
Dance Theatre of Harlem, performer.