The birth of a pioneering Black dance company comes alive in Karen Valby’s “The Swans of Harlem.” A Dance Theater of Harlem performance of Balanchine’s “Serenade” in 1979.Credit...Jack ...
A founding dancer with the groundbreaking company, she served not only as a principal dancer but also as its first ballet mistress. By Alex Williams When Gayle McKinney-Griffith was an aspiring ...