The Capitol Ballet and Robert Davis

Robert Davis and Mimi Paul in Ondine, photo via Jacob’s Pillow

Washington Ballet dancer Robert Davis performed as a guest artist with the Capitol Ballet on two occasions. On May 31, 1968 at the Cramton Auditorium of Howard University in honor of Rev. Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr., he appeared with Patricia Sorrell and Llanchie Stevenson (also Washington Ballet dancers) in Collaboration. On April 22, 1970 at the Henderson A. Johnson Gymnasium of Fisk University, he danced The Nutcracker Grande Pas de Deux with Sandra Fortune.

Sources:

The Washington Post, 30th May 1968, p. C6
‘Admirable’ Top Word For Ballet, The Tennessean
Ondine, Jacob’s Pillow Dance

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