Birth Name:

Arthur Mitchell (dancer)

Male

Birth Date:

Tue, Mar 27, 1934

Time of Birth:

Unknown (using Noon)

Place of Birth:

Harlem, New York, United States

Age:

90

Zodiac Sign:

Aries

Astrology Data:

Sun

6°

Ari

20'

About Arthur Mitchell (dancer)

Arthur Mitchell (March 27, 1934 – September 19, 2018) was an American ballet dancer, choreographer, and founder and director of ballet companies. In 1955, he was the first African-American dancer with the New York City Ballet, where he was promoted to principal dancer the following year and danced in major roles until 1966. He then founded ballet companies in Spoleto, Washington, D.C., and Brazil. In 1969, he founded a training school and the first African-American classical ballet company, Dance Theatre of Harlem. Among other awards, Mitchell was recognized as a MacArthur Fellow, inducted into the National Museum of Dance's Mr. & Mrs. Cornelius Vanderbilt Whitney Hall of Fame, and received the United States National Medal of Arts and a Fletcher Foundation fellowship.

Link to Wikipedia biography

External Links:

• Dance Theatre of Harlem

• Arthur Mitchell's oral history video excerpts at The National Visionary Leadership Project

• Tufts E-news (Tufts University) re Arthur Mitchell

• Infoplease (2007)

• The John F. Kennedy Center for The Performing Arts (2007)

• Finding Aid to the Arthur Mitchell Collection at Columbia University. Rare Book & Manuscript Library

• Arthur Mitchell: Harlem's Ballet Trailblazer (2018), an exhibition at Columbia University

• Arthur Mitchell at IMDb

• Arthur Mitchell / New York City Ballet-Principal / Dance Theatre of Harlem- Co-founder Artistic Director Emerita mobballet.org

• Taliah Mancini: Dance Theatre of Harlem at The Broad Stage: A Review ladancechronicle.com 26 April 2018

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Astrological aspects and planetary data / tags for Arthur Mitchell (dancer): Sun 6 Aries, Moon 27 Leo, Mercury 9 Pisces, Venus 21 Aquarius, Mars 10 Aries, Jupiter 19 Libra, Saturn 24 Aquarius, Uranus 26 Aries, Neptune 10 Virgo, Pluto 22 Cancer, Mercury Opposition Neptune, Sun Conjunct Mars, Sun Semi Square Venus, Sun Semi Square Saturn, Mercury Semi Sextile Mars, Mercury Semi Square Uranus, Mercury Sesquiquadrate Pluto, Venus Trine Jupiter, Venus Conjunct Saturn, Venus Quincunx Pluto, Mars Semi Square Saturn, Mars Quincunx Neptune, Jupiter Trine Saturn, Jupiter Square Pluto, Saturn Sextile Uranus, Saturn Quincunx Pluto, Uranus Sesquiquadrate Neptune, Uranus Square Pluto, Neptune Semi Square Pluto

Categories related to Arthur Mitchell (dancer): 2018 deaths, March 27 births, United States National Medal of Arts recipients, Artists from New York City, Fiorello H. LaGuardia High School alumni, MacArthur Fellows, Ballet choreographers, American choreographers, American male ballet dancers, Recipients of the Four Freedoms Award, African-American ballet dancers, 1934 births, Kennedy Center honorees, School of American Ballet alumni, New York City Ballet principal dancers, 20th-century American ballet dancers, Dance Theatre of Harlem

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