In 1969, Arthur Mitchell and Karel Shook founded the Dance Theatre of Harlem. Mitchell was inspired to start a school that would off er children — especially those in Harlem — the opportunity to learn about dance and the allied arts. Now in its fourth decade, Dance Theatre of Harlem has grown into a multi-cultural dance institution with an extraordinary legacy of providing opportunities for creative expression and artistic excellence that continues to set standards in the performing arts. Dance Theatre of Harlem has achieved unprecedented success, bringing innovative and bold new forms of artistic expression to audiences in New York City, across the country and around
the world.

“One of ballet’s most exciting undertakings.”
—The New York Times