Kentucky State University News October 3, 2012 Dance Theatre of Harlem To Perform October 21 At KSU Kentucky State University will again present one of America's most colorful and innovative dance companies. The Dance Theatre of Harlem, which wowed the Frankfort community last year, will perform at 7 p.m. Sunday, Oct. 21, 2012, in KSU's Bradford Hall. KSU also invites the community to attend a master class at 11 a.m. Thursday, Oct. 18, in Bradford Hall's Carl H. Smith Auditorium. The master class will be led by Virginia Johnson, the current artistic director, a founding member and a former prima ballerina with the Dance Theatre of Harlem. "The Dance Theatre of Harlem brought an exciting production to our campus last fall. It was standing room only. And virtually everyone - from the adults to the small children in the audience - was moved by the beautiful performances of the dancers," said Dr. Mary Evans Sias, president of Kentucky State University. The Oct. 21 performance of the Dance Theatre of Harlem and the master class on Oct. 18 are presented free of charge. "We are bringing back the Dance Theatre of Harlem in recognition of our partnership with the City of Frankfort and in appreciation of the support the university receives from the surrounding community," Dr. Sias said further. The internationally acclaimed company uses the art form of classical ballet to change people's lives. Founded in 1969 by Arthur Mitchell and Karel Shook, Dance Theatre of Harlem was considered "one of ballet's most exciting undertakings" (The New York Times, 1971). Shortly after the assassination of Dr. Martin Luther King Jr., Mitchell was inspired to start a school that would offer children -- especially those in Harlem, where he was born -- the opportunity to learn about dance and the allied arts. Dance Theatre of Harlem had its debut at the Guggenheim in 1971. The company's Creole Giselle production premiered in 1984 at the London Coliseum. DTH subsequently became the first American ballet company to win the Laurence Olivier Award as best new dance production of the year. Besides its dance productions, the DTH runs a school that trains aspiring dancers and has a multifaceted arts education program. SANDRA M. PHOENIX Executive Director HBCU Library Alliance sphoenix@hbculibraries.org<mailto:sphoenix@hbculibraries.org> www.hbculibraries.org<http://www.hbculibraries.org> 800-999-8558, ext. 4820 404-520-0593 Skype: sandra.phoenix1 1438 West Peachtree NW Suite 200 Atlanta,GA 30309 Toll Free: 1.800.999.8558 (LYRASIS) Fax: 404.892.7879 www.lyrasis.org<http://www.lyrasis.org> Honor the ancestors, honor the children. Register now http://www.hbculibraries.org/html/2012meeting-form.html for the October 21-23, 2012 HBCU Library Alliance 5th Membership Meeting and the Photographic Preservation Pre-Conference in New Orleans, LA. The Pre-Conference and Membership meeting are open to directors and other librarians.