by Michael Henry Shavelle | Jul 24, 2025 | Profiles, TBT, Videos
In 1984, Dance Theatre of Harlem presented Creole Giselle, a groundbreaking interpretation of one of ballet’s beloved classics. Imagined by Arthur Mitchell and staged by Frederic Franklin, the production moves the original tale from Austria to Louisiana in the 1840s,...
by Hannah Chang Foster | Jan 13, 2016 | Company Life
If you’ve ever visited a Louisiana bayou at night, with the thick fog and eerie swamp waters, the idea of Wilis floating through the reeds might not surprise you. Dance Theatre of Harlem’s Creole Giselle transplants the Romantic era ballet from Europe to...