Dance Theatre of Harlem #75: Museum Object and Cultural History

The object in the museum catalogue

A color digital image of a photograph by Anthony Barboza of two (2) young dancers in class at the Dance Theatre of Harlem in 1983. In the foreground is a child wearing a white tank top, behind is an older child in a black leotard. Both children hold their arms out with their hands upward and look off frame to their right. Behind them is a brick wall painted white and blue with a ballet barre against it. The hands and arms of other children in the class can be seen at the edges of the frame.

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 Child or Children
• Type: portraits
• Type: digital images
• Type: digital media - born analog
• Medium: digital
• Dimensions: H x W: 2931 pixels × 4320 pixels
• Dimensions: File size: 20.81 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: 2016.96.9
• 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.