Dance Theatre of Harlem #128: Museum Object and Cultural History
Dance Theatre of Harlem #128: Date: 1983. Photograph by: Anthony Barboza, American, born 1944. Subject of: Dance Theatre of Harlem, American, founded 1969.
The object in the museum catalogue
A color digital image of a photograph by Anthony Barboza of students in class at the Dance Theatre of Harlem in 1983. At the left frame is a man in a red sweatshirt with white printed text reading "DANCE THEATRE / OF HARLEM" and black tights. He holds the right arm of a girl in the correct position as she stands with her left hand on the barre. Other students, most wearing black leotards and white tights, stand at the barre watching the teacher demonstrate.
Materials, dates and provenance
- Date: 1983
- Photograph by: Anthony Barboza, American, born 1944
- Subject of: Dance Theatre of Harlem, American, founded 1969
- Subject of: Unidentified Man or Men
- Subject of: Unidentified Child or Children
- Type: portraits
- Type: digital images
- Type: digital media - born analog
- Medium: digital
- Dimensions: H x W: 2914 pixels × 4270 pixels
- Dimensions: File size: 20.64 MB
- Place captured: Harlem, New York City, New York, United States, North and Central America
- Topic: African American
- Topic: Ballet
- Topic: Children
- Topic: Photography
- Object number: 2016.96.13
- Credit Line: Collection of the Smithsonian National Museum of African American History and Culture, Gift of Anthony Barboza
- Data Source: National Museum of African American History and Culture
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Catalogue descriptions and facts adapted from National Museum of African American History and Culture through the Smithsonian's official Open Access dataset. This record explicitly marks its metadata CC0 1.0; formatting and selection have been changed. The underlying object's rights statement is: © Anthony Barboza Permission required for use. Proper usage is the responsibility of the user.
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