Remembering Dancer And Choreographer Arthur Mitchell

Arthur Mitchell was the first African American principal dancer for the New York City Ballet (1956) and in 1969 became the founding director of the Dance Theater of Harlem, the country's first black ballet company, which he charged with diversifying classical dance in the United States. He was 84. Karen Grisgby Bates reports for NPR.
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