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Agnes de Mille and Arthur Mitchell, Dance Theatre of Harlem, NYC

1983

Harlem, New York City, New York, United States, North and Central America

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This description refers to material held by Smithsonian National Museum of African American History and Culture. Visual details below describe the original material.

A digital color image of a photograph by Anthony Barboza of Agnes de Mille and Arthur Mitchell at a rehearsal for Dance Theatre of Harlem in 1983. Mitchell is seated on a high stool or chair and looks off camera with his head tilted slightly toward de Mille. She stands behind and to his left speaking and with both hands raised in gesture. Dancers can be seen reflected in a mirror behind Mitchell and de Mille.

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Catalog reference: 2016.96.1

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