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Theresa Ruth Howard

Theresa Ruth Howard danced with Dance Theatre of Harlem, and was a founding member of Armitage Gone! Dance. She is the founder and curator of the Memoirs of Blacks in Ballet. She has taught at the American Dance Festival, Sarah Lawrence College, and was an artist in residence at Hollins University. She is a contributing editor to Dance Magazine and has written for Pointe, and the Source magazines as well as the Italian dance Magazine Expressions. Ms. Howard also teaches both Ballet and Contemporary dance internationally.

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Theresa Ruth Howard
Jan 19, 2021

Tokenism vs. Representation: How Can We Tell Them Apart?

Theresa Ruth Howard
Dec 16, 2020

What the Staatsballett Berlin Case Tells Us About the Power of Artistic Staff

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6 Pointe Shoe Manufacturers Commit to Offering More Diverse Shades

Theresa Ruth Howard
Oct 01, 2020
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Op-Ed: Where is Your Outrage? Where is Your Support?

Theresa Ruth Howard
Jun 01, 2020
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Carlos Acosta Is Shaking Up Ballet's Traditions

Theresa Ruth Howard
May 11, 2020
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Has Coronavirus Turned Instagram Into What It Actually Should Be?

Theresa Ruth Howard
Apr 09, 2020
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An Open Letter to the Dance Community: Stay Strong—the Light Comes with the Dawn

Theresa Ruth Howard
Mar 20, 2020

The Kinesthetic Multilingualism of Nikisha Fogo, Vienna State Ballet First Soloist

Theresa Ruth Howard
Aug 06, 2019

What Dance Theatre of Harlem Means Today

Theresa Ruth Howard
Mar 06, 2019
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Theresa Ruth Howard
Mar 06, 2019

Meet 9 DTH Alumni Who Continue to Spread Arthur Mitchell's Legacy

Theresa Ruth Howard
Feb 05, 2019

Nashville Ballet's New Full-Length Shows What Inclusion in Ballet Could Look Like

Arthur Mitchell's Memorial Was Both A Homegoing & A Homecoming

Theresa Ruth Howard
Dec 07, 2018

Is Classical Ballet Ready to Embrace Flesh-Tone Tights?

Theresa Ruth Howard
Oct 16, 2018

Give, Take, Show: Remembering Arthur Mitchell

Theresa Ruth Howard
Sep 26, 2018

Is Instagram Changing The Dance World's Value System?

Theresa Ruth Howard
Jul 16, 2018

Joffrey Ballet Puts Choreographers Of Color In The Spotlight

Theresa Ruth Howard
Jun 19, 2018

A Dancer's Take on "This is America": Is The Dance A Distraction Or Something Deeper?

Theresa Ruth Howard
May 10, 2018

How Kyle Abraham Feels About Being NYCB's First Black Choreographer in More Than a Decade

Theresa Ruth Howard
May 02, 2018