When Antonio and Kirven Douthit-Boyd took their final bows with the Alvin Ailey American Dance Theater (AAADT) in August 2015, they knew exactly what their next step would be. Within two weeks they moved to St. Louis, Missouri, Antonio’s hometown, to become co-artistic directors of the dance program at Center of Creative Arts (COCA), the […]
Dance Theatre of Harlem’s Lindsey Croop learned the power of positivity in ballet class with Charla Genn. “One of the things that sets her apart is she’s so positive and funny. She comes up with rhymes for everything, like ‘Lift your chest in arabesque to be the best!’ She also makes them individualized. When I […]
On Tuesday, April 11, legendary Ailey dancer Carmen de Lavallade, students from Dance Theatre of Harlem and DTH executive director Anna Glass were guests on “The View.” The students performed, and Glass, de Lavallade and “The View” host Whoopi Goldberg discussed the importance of the arts. Check out what they had to say (and try […]
If you’re a dancer, you’ll totally understand why the members of Dance Theatre of Harlem used their chunk of unexpected time (thanks to a delayed flight) to make a dance video on the Pittsburgh airport’s moving walkway. (If you’re not a dancer, you’ll probably think to yourself, “These people look extremely annoying.”) Luckily, we’re all […]
Santos in Elena Kunikova’s Divertimento When Dance Theatre of Harlem’s Dylan Santos was studying at the Houston Ballet Academy, his teacher Claudio Muñoz gave him the “aha” moment he needed to take his training to the next level. “I remember doing the cavalier variation from The Nutcracker for him. He looked at me and said, ‘You could be amazing.’ […]
Catch the Bill T. Jones/Arnie Zane Company performing Analogy/Dora: Tramontane (2015) in St. Louis; Akron, OH; Fairfax, VA; Pittsburgh; and New York City. Newyorklivearts.org Dance Theatre of Harlem brings mixed repertory this month to Elmira, NY; Charleston, SC; Washington, DC; Atlanta; and San Juan, Puerto Rico. Dancetheatreofharlem.org See one of three different programs, including the […]
Dance Theatre of Harlem’s Michaela DePrince is all too familiar with the paradox of making an artform as difficult as ballet look effortless. It wasn’t until she received a scholarship to American Ballet Theatre’s Jacqueline Kennedy Onassis School and began studying under Franco De Vita that DePrince finally began to grasp exactly what “less is […]
Dance Theatre of Harlem’s Michaela DePrince as the Black SwanOn Wednesday, Dance Theatre of Harlem returns to the New York City stage after a nine-year hiatus. Co-founded in 1969 by Arthur Mitchell (New York City Ballet’s first African-American dancer) and his former teacher Karel Shook, DTH broke barriers by offering black dancers careers in classical […]