Yvonne Hall
Dance Theatre of Harlem
As a member of the Dance Theatre of Harlem, Yvonne Hall was a part of the original DTH casts of William Scott’s Every Now and Then (1975), Royston Maldoom’s Doina (1978), His Love Is Everlasting (1978), Choo San Goh’s Introducing… (1978), George Balanchine’s The Four Temperaments (1979), Billy Wilson’s Mirage (The Games People Play) (1979), Marius Petipa’s Paquita (1980) and Pas de Dix from Raymonda (1983), Ruth Page and Bentley Stone’s Frankie and Johnny (1981), David Lichine’s Graduation Ballet (1983), Loyce Houlton’s Wingborne (1983), Glen Tetley’s Voluntaries (1984) and Dialogues (1991), and Arthur Mitchell’s John Henry (1988).
She appeared alongside the rest of the company in a 1977 televised production for PBS’s Great Performances: Dance in America: Dance Theatre of Harlem. Hall additionally toured extensively with the company, performing in theaters like the London Coliseum and the Manchester Opera House.
The New York Times’ Jack Anderson called Hall, along with her partner Donald Williams in George Balanchine’s The Four Temperaments, “coolly lyrical.” New York Magazine praised the “dignity and musicality” of one of Hall’s performances in 1983.
Sources:
Dance Theatre of Harlem Repertory List, Columbia University Libraries
Yvonne Hall photo (photo source and credit unknown)
Sheila Rohan, Yvonne Hall, Melva Murray-White and Gayle McKinney in Walter Raines’ “Haiku” (photo)
Debra Varnado and Yvonne Hall (photo)
The Dance: Theater of Harlem Troupe, The New York Times
Where Talent Abounds, Ebony 1974
Great Performances: Dance in America: Dance Theatre of Harlem, Paley Center
Salad Days, New York Magazine
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