Annual Dinner and Tannenbaum Lecture
This event is open to members of The University Seminars community only. Registration is required. TANNENBAUM LECTURE "Arthur Mitchell: The Extraordinary Life of Harlem's Ballet Visionary" Lynn Garafola Professor Emerita of Dance at Barnard College Born in 1934 to parents who came to Harlem during the Great Migration, Arthur Mitchell fell in love with ballet as a teenager and against all odds became New York City Ballet's first African American star. Like Jackie Robinson and other civil rights heroes, Mitchell stood on the front line of integration, even as he left a lasting mark on ballets such as Agon and […]
