Dance Theatre of Harlem #89: Museum Object and Cultural History
Dance Theatre of Harlem #89: 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 performance of Fall River Legend by Dance Theatre of Harlem in 1983. Several couples of dancers dressed in late nineteenth century style costumes dance together on the stage. Behind them is a set piece of the wooden frame of a building and a dark blue backdrop.
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: 2890 pixels × 4248 pixels
- Dimensions: File size: 27.94 MB
- Place captured: Harlem, New York City, New York, United States, North and Central America
- Topic: African American
- Topic: Ballet
- Topic: Photography
- Object number: 2016.96.10
- 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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