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Dance Theatre of Harlem #109

1983

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

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Source catalog description

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

A color digital image of a photograph by Anthony Barboza of Arthur Mitchell and three (3) unidentified women at the Dance Theatre of Harlem in 1983. Mitchell stands at the left side of the frame wearing a tan colored jacket with jeans and holding paper in his right hand. He looks toward a woman who sits in a chair at the far-right side of the frame wearing a light blue shirt. Between them in the background are an unidentified woman in street clothes and an unidentified female dancer in a black leotard and tights. Other dancers can be seen sitting on the floor around the studio in the reflection of the mirror behind the seated group.

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Catalog reference: 2016.96.12

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