May 26, 2010
Los Angeles Times
'Dance Theatre of Harlem: 40 Years of Firsts' recalls a groundbreaking history
By Debra Levine
Nostalgia prevailed at the California African American Museum in Exposition Park, where a group of dancer-alumni gathered on Saturday to remember the vivacious New York ballet company, Dance Theatre of Harlem. Charismatic pioneering black ballet star Arthur Mitchell launched the troupe in 1969 in response to Martin Luther King's assassination....
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