Dance Theatre of Harlem #14: Museum Object and Cultural History

The object in the museum catalogue

A color digital image of a photograph by Anthony Barboza of a performance by Dance Theatre of Harlem in 1983. In the left background is a painted backdrop of American flag bunting draped in the window of a building. A high wooden bar set piece is in front of the backdrop, with one dancer behind the bar whose head is only partially visible behind a group of four (4) dancers in street style costumes in front of the bar. At the center frame are two (2) dancers who look back toward the group by the bar, a woman wearing a western costume and a man in a military uniform. A street lamp prop is in the right foreground on the stage, with two (2) male dancers in street style costumes standing near it.

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 Woman or Women
• Subject of: Unidentified Man or Men
• Type: digital images
• Type: digital media - born analog
• Medium: digital
• Dimensions: H x W: 2931 pixels × 4320 pixels
• Dimensions: File size: 23.57 MB
• Place captured: Harlem, New York City, New York, United States, North and Central America
• Topic: African American
• Topic: Ballet
• Topic: Photography
• Object number: 2016.96.6
• 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

Sources and reuse

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.