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Dance Theatre of Harlem’s New Leadership: A Conversation With Virginia Johnson and Robert Garland

Caitlin Sims

Tai Jimenez grins at the camera as she sits, legs folded under her, on a green velvet couch. She rests her chin in her hand, elbow propped on top of her knee. Her grey and black hair is shaved to a fade on the sides, the tight curls short on top. She wears a grey striped dress, white sneakers with black laces, and bright green socks.

Tai Jimenez on Leading the DTH School

djassi daCosta johnson

On a dark stage, a female dancer in a warm orange leotard and short skirt leaps beside a lunging male dancer dressed in a short sleeved shirt and fitted pants in the same color. Both look over their front arms, in first arabesque, towards stage right.

Dance Theatre of Harlem’s Enduring Impact

djassi daCosta johnson

Chun Wai Chan, a 30-year-old Chinese man, is captured in an off-kilter balance against a white backdrop. A beautifully arched foot tucks behind his standing knee as he tips off of relevé. His arms sculpt a rectangle in the space beyond his supporting hip. He lowers his chin to gaze intently at the camera. He wears a purple-pink unitard with an airy white stripe down the hip that fades into black at the calf.

Chun Wai Chan, New York City Ballet’s First Chinese Principal, Brings Hunger and Humility to His Multinational Career

Margaret Fuhrer

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Ballet Academy East Auditions

Ballet Academy East

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SLAM! A Festival of Ballets

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SLAM! A Festival of Ballets

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The Young Choreographer’s Festival

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SLAM! A Festival of Ballets

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New York, New York cast members Clyde Alves, Akina Kitazawa and Ashley Blair Fitzgerald pose together against a white backdrop. Alves raises one foot to parallel passé, arms curling across his chest and overhead as he smirks over his shoulder. Fitzgerald stands with a beveled foot, smiling over her shoulder in his direction as she sits into her hip. Between them, Kitazawa gives a close-mouthed smile to the camera, bent knees knocking together in an exaggeratedly cutesy pose, one hand at her chin and the other stretching down toward her knees. All three wear varied black outfits that wouldn't be out of place in a jazz class.

Susan Stroman and Her Team Put the “New” in New York, New York, Reimagining the Movie for Broadway Today

Sylviane Gold

Chyrstyn Fentroy poses in tendu effacé devant, standing leg in plié. Her gaze is downturned as her épaulement shifts her torso over her working leg, downstage arm extending elegant and long beside her. She wears a pale purple classical tutu over tights and pointe shoes that match her skin tone.

Boston Ballet Principal Chyrstyn Fentroy Steps Into Her Power

Lydia Murray

Lloyd Knight is a tall, muscular Black man here wearing red leggings with silver bands at the calves. He poses against a white backdrop in forced arch, the leg closest to the camera raised in parallel attitude front. His torso arches back, nearly parallel to the ground, as he raises his arms in a purposefully bent third position. His head turns toward the camera with an easy, open smile as he tips off-balance.

Lloyd Knight Illuminates the Stage at Graham and Beyond

Marina Harss

A collage showcasing the 2023 "25 to Watch," who span genres, races, and genders.

Introducing Our 2023 “25 to Watch”

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