tor Karel Shook.
“In terms of the origins, the
Dance Theatre of Harlem was
born out of the crucible of the
civil rights movement and Arthur
Mitchell being inspired by the
loss of Dr. King to return to Harlem and start the company to give
opportunities to young people
in that community,” explained
Keith Saunders, Ballet Master at
the Dance Theatre of Harlem. “To
make that history real for a new
generation — not only of our dancers but for a new generation of
audiences coming to see us — is
very special and very poignantly
tied to the Dr. King holiday.”
The evening program for January 16 consists of three ballets
from the company’s repertoire.
They will be performing Agon, a
ground-breaking 1957 collaboration between two monumental
20th-century artists, choreographer George Balanchine and composer Igor Stravinsky. Agon is universally regarded as a masterwork
that redefined ballet in its time. In
Agon, (ancient Greek for contest),
12 dancers perform a series of solos, duets, trios and quartets based
on 17th-century French court
dances. DTH Founder and Artistic
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