Dance Theatre of Harlem #2: Museum Object and Cultural History
Dance Theatre of Harlem #2: 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 a dress rehearsal for Dance Theatre of Harlem in 1983. The photographer is in the wings of a stage. A row of four (4) female dancers wearing white costumes with long tulle skirts stand with their backs to the camera, one is bent over and all are at rest watching a dancer at center stage who is turning. Four (4) additional dancers wearing the same costumes can be seen in the background at the opposite side of the stage.
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
- Type: digital images
- Type: digital media - born analog
- Medium: digital
- Dimensions: H x W: 2739 pixels × 4087 pixels
- Dimensions: File size: 32.1 MB
- Place captured: Harlem, New York City, New York, United States, North and Central America
- Topic: African American
- Topic: Ballet
- Topic: Photography
- Object number: 2016.96.3
- 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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