Bibliography:
Arthur Mitchell’s Orbit:
Amsterdam News: Cosmopolitan Review: remembering ballerina Tanaquil le Clercq
Ballet Review: Reprint from Ballet Review 41-3 Fall 2013
Dance Magazine: Arthur Mitchell Talks Race and Balanchine
Gale Biography: Katherine Dunham
The History Makers: Louis Johnson’s Biography
Maynard, Olga. “Arthur Mitchell and the Dance Theater of Harlem.” Dance Magazine, March 1970, 52–64.
New York Times:
My Surprising Duet With Arthur Mitchell in Cold War Moscow (Published 2018)
Talley Beatty, 76, a Leader In Lyrical Jazz Choreography (Published 1995)
Louis Johnson, 90, Genre-Crossing Dancer and Choreographer, Dies
Mabel Freeman’s Orbit:
Shapes of American Ballet by Jessica Zeller
Terlene D. Terry’s Dissertation: https://dra.american.edu/islandora/object/thesesdissertations:7839/datastream/PDF/view
Washington Post article on Therrell Smith: https://www.washingtonpost.com/archive/local/1998/06/17/celebrating-elegance-in-a-chaotic-world/5093191f-824f-4cb4-8c29-1d072c0b4eca/
The University of Arizona Vaudeville Museum: https://vaudeville.sites.arizona.edu/node/46
Howard University Wikipedia Page: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Howard_University
Mel Tomlinson’s Orbit:
Amsterdam News:
Mel A. Tomlinson returns with N. C. Dance Theater at Joyce
Mel Tomlinson: The New York City Ballet explosion
The Christian Science Monitor: DANCE: Boston Ballet Artistic Director Earns Kudos for 10 Years of Inclusiveness Bruce Marks is recognized for his embrace of inner-city youth
Greensboro News: BALLET TO BOOM BOXES, N.C. DANCE THEATER HAS IT ALL
The News Observer: Successful dancer from Raleigh returns to teach students
The New York Times:
Dance: Ailey Presents ‘Night Creature’
City Ballet: Tomlinson Makes Debut in ‘Agon’
Salvatore Aiello’s Website
Tomlinson, Mel, and Claudia R. Folts. Beyond My Dreams. TurningPointPress, 2018.
Doris-Jones’ Orbit:
The History Makers: https://www.thehistorymakers.org/biography/doris-jones-39
New York Times: https://www.nytimes.com/2006/04/04/arts/dance/doris-w-jones-92-ballet-dancer-who-founded-school-for-blacks-is.html
Pacific Radio Archives: https://www.pacificaradioarchives.org/recording/wz0117
Lavinia Williams’ Orbit:
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Lavinia_Williams
https://www.jstor.org/stable/41716762?seq=1#metadata_info_tab_contents
