1960s Capitol Ballet Dancers
Sylvester Campbell
1964
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- The Capitol Ballet Company performed at the Cramton Auditorium, Howard University.
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- Mazurka from Suite en Blanc by Serge Lifar and Gopak by Zakharov danced by guest artist Sylvester Campbell, Royal Netherlands Ballet soloist and former student of Jones-Haywood.
- A section from George Balanchine’s Agon performed by guest artists Arthur Mitchell and Marney Morris, from the NYCB.
- A section from George Balanchine’s Stars and Stripes performed by guest artists Arthur Mitchell and Suki Schorer, from the NYCB.
1965
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- Cramton Auditorium, Howard University. The company performed with guest artists from New York City Ballet, Arthur Mitchell and Kay Mazzo who performed Jerome Robbins’ Afternoon of a Faun.
1966
- Sylvester Campbell, Royal Netherlands Ballet soloist and former student of Jones-Haywood, performed as a guest. He danced the Gopak from Taras Bulba and Pas de deux Romantique with ballerina Raven Wilkinson.
1968
- Collaboration by Patricia Sorrell and Llanchie Stevenson of the National Ballet of Washington with Robert Davis. The work was a collaboration between the three dancers and the company’s directors.
- Pocahontas was also remounted with help from a grant from the Regina and Milton Heymann Foundation. Bernard Stanley danced the role of the Medicine Man. Title role was danced by Sandra Fortune and featured dancers included Llanchie Stevenson and Virginia Johnson of the National Ballet of Washington. The Indian Braves were danced by Nokomis Jefferson, Marc Edwards, Richard Moten and Thomas Stevens.
1969
- Asha No. 1 – to live music by the Lloyd McNeill Quartet – danced by Richard Moten and Thomas Stevens
