Dance Theatre of Harlem, Company on a Mission > Marbeth's World
Dance Theatre of Harlem company members in front of Church of the Master, 1969. Photograph by Marbeth, New York.
Arthur Mitchell Collection, Rare Book & Manuscript Library, Columbia University
The Dance Theatre of Harlem making its official debut at the Guggenheim Museum, New York City, January 8, 1971. The company performed three ballets choreographed by Arthur Mitchell - Rhythmetron, Tones, and Fête Noire. Reproduced from a DTH souvenir program.
Arthur Mitchell Collection, Rare Book & Manuscript Library, Columbia University
Arthur Mitchell rehearsing Walter Raines and Llanchie Stevenson, late 1960s. Photograph by Marbeth, New York.
Arthur Mitchell Collection, Rare Book & Manuscript Library, Columbia University
Karel Shook demonstrating tendu, Church of the Master, early 1970s. Photograph by Marbeth, New York.
Arthur Mitchell Collection, Rare Book & Manuscript Library, Columbia University
Karel Shook teaching class, Church of the Master, early 1970s. Photograph by Marbeth, New York.
Arthur Mitchell Collection, Rare Book & Manuscript Library, Columbia University
Brenda Mills, Arthur Mitchell's niece, sewing seat covers in the Dance Theater of Harlem costume shop for the Harlem Homecoming Celebration at Loew's Victoria Theater, 1972. Photograph by Marbeth, New York.
Arthur Mitchell Collection, Rare Book & Manuscript Library, Columbia University
Cicely Tyson (center), with Karel Shook (left) and Zelda Wynn (right) in the Dance Theatre of Harlem costume department, 1978. Photograph by Thaddeus Govan, Jr.
A fashion designer who dressed Josephine Baker, Dorothy Dandridge, and Hollywood's biggest starlets (and also designed the Playboy Bunny costume), Zelda Wynn became the company's chief costume designer in 1970. In addition to making costumes for numerous productions, she directed the DTH fashion program.
Arthur Mitchell Collection, Rare Book & Manuscript Library, Columbia University
Arthur Mitchell with Tania León and Walter Raines, 1992. Photograph by Marbeth, New York.
Arthur Mitchell Collection, Rare Book & Manuscript Library, Columbia University