“Keep the rhythm going,” calls Robert Garland, Dance Theatre of Harlem’s resident choreographer, from the front of the studio. Five company women pulse through a series of syncopated pony steps, upright arabesque sissonnes and funky, Motown-inspired dance moves. It’s an open rehearsal in early September, and the company is giving curious audience members a sneak […]
Not only is Daphne Lee a member of Dance Theatre of Harlem and a graduate student, but she’s also a pageant queen who just finished her reign as Miss Black USA. Lee became involved in pageants to win scholarship money for school and promote cancer awareness. She’s currently getting her MFA in dance at Hollins […]
You don’t need to convince us that dance can be a powerful vehicle for change. But in case you had any doubts, Dance Theatre of Harlem‘s new promotional video is all the proof you need. As part of their 2018 New York season, DTH will be hosting a gala on April 4 to commemorate the […]
There’s nothing more satisfying than witnessing young dancers take their artistry to the next level. During Dance Theatre of Harlem’s spring season at New York City Center, Chyrstyn Mariah Fentroy and Da’Von Doane—two dancers who had grown up at DTH since the company relaunched in 2013—brought joy and sophistication to Robert Garland’s Brahms Variations. Costumed […]
This is Pointe’s June/July 2017 Cover Story. You can subscribe to the magazine here, or click here to purchase this issue. Thumb through Ingrid Silva’s Instagram and you’ll see plenty of beautiful professional photos of her dancing. But her profile feels much less curated than what’s usually found online. She’s hanging out with her brindle-coat […]
Ballet and hip-hop are not always a natural combination, but director Christopher Hawthorne’s video “En Pointe” to Chance the Rapper’s “All We Got” smoothly combines these two genres. This atmospheric film stars Dance Theatre of Harlem’s Lindsey Croop and Dylan Santos. Though we wish she wasn’t smoking a cigarette in the beginning of the film, […]
This story originally appeared in the April/May 2015 issue of Pointe. You could say that Alison Stroming is a model ballerina, literally. This spring, when the Dance Theatre of Harlem member appeared in store signs and a TV commercial for Tumi luggage with dancer-contortionist RubberLegz, she joined an exclusive list of ballet dancers who star […]
Forty-plus years of history mixed together in one traveling exhibition—can it really be done? Dance Theater of Harlem took on the task, and is now touring Dance Theatre of Harlem: 40 Years of Firsts around the country for fans to enjoy. Founded in 1969, Dance Theater of Harlem disproved the idea that dancers of […]