Helene Posted September 20, 2014 Posted September 20, 2014 Arthur Mitchell has been awarded a Lifetime Achievement Bessie: The New York Dance and Performance Awards (The Bessies), NYC's premier dance awards honoring outstanding creative work in the field, announces Arthur Mitchell, founder of Dance Theatre of Harlem, as the recipient of the 2014 NY Dance and Performance Award for Lifetime Achievement in Dance and Dr. Chuck Davis of DanceAfrica! for Outstanding Service to the Field of Dance. These awards will be presented at the 30th Annual Bessie Awards ceremony at the legendary Apollo Theater on Monday, October 20. http://www.broadwayworld.com/article/2014-Bessie-Award-for-Lifetime-Achievement-Goes-to-Dance-Theatre-of-Harlem-Founder-Arthur-Mitchell-20140918#.VB0CkDcN5gk.twitter The announcement includes a wonderful summary of his life in dance. Congratulations to Mr. Mitchell
leonid17 Posted September 20, 2014 Posted September 20, 2014 Arthur Mitchell has been awarded a Lifetime Achievement Bessie: The New York Dance and Performance Awards (The Bessies), NYC's premier dance awards honoring outstanding creative work in the field, announces Arthur Mitchell, founder of Dance Theatre of Harlem, as the recipient of the 2014 NY Dance and Performance Award for Lifetime Achievement in Dance and Dr. Chuck Davis of DanceAfrica! for Outstanding Service to the Field of Dance. These awards will be presented at the 30th Annual Bessie Awards ceremony at the legendary Apollo Theater on Monday, October 20. http://www.broadwayworld.com/article/2014-Bessie-Award-for-Lifetime-Achievement-Goes-to-Dance-Theatre-of-Harlem-Founder-Arthur-Mitchell-20140918#.VB0CkDcN5gk.twitter The announcement includes a wonderful summary of his life in dance. Congratulations to Mr. Mitchell The Dance Theater of Harlem's earlier performances in London were part of an extraordinary world success and entirely uplifting. I add my congratulations to Mr Arthur Michell.
Drew Posted September 20, 2014 Posted September 20, 2014 Wonderful news--a very deserved award. Congratulations indeed to Arthur Mitchell! (I should say congratulations to Chuck Davis as well--but his work is not known to me. Though I never saw Mitchell dance, I did see his great ballet company! Was introduced to him once as well; felt like I was meeting royalty.)
sandik Posted September 20, 2014 Posted September 20, 2014 Both of these are excellent choices -- Davis has done extraordinary work to link the work of African artists to the rest of the dance community. I'm thrilled to see him get this recognition.
kfw Posted September 20, 2014 Posted September 20, 2014 Wonderful news - which I'm going to celebrate right now by watching the recently released Agon!
Helene Posted October 14, 2014 Author Posted October 14, 2014 The Bessies just tweeted: Breaking news: Jessye Norman will present Lifetime Achievement @bessieawards to @DTHBallet founder Arthur Mitchell! https://www.dancenyc.nyc/partner-resources/the-bessies/news Wow.
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