{"id":10305,"date":"2021-03-01T15:19:47","date_gmt":"2021-03-01T15:19:47","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/mobballet.org\/?p=10305"},"modified":"2025-04-21T07:16:25","modified_gmt":"2025-04-21T07:16:25","slug":"bernard-mcclain","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/mobballet.org\/index.php\/2021\/03\/01\/bernard-mcclain\/","title":{"rendered":"Bernard McClain"},"content":{"rendered":"

Bernard McClain<\/h2>\n

Dance Theatre of Harlem (1980-1991)<\/h2>\n
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Photo from McClain’s personal collection, via Brooklyn Ink<\/a>.<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<\/div>\n
Bernard McClain was raised in Pasadena, California and started dancing at age 16. He joined Dance Theatre of Harlem just six years later, in 1980, and was a part of the original DTH casts of Jerome Robbins\u2019 Fancy Free<\/em> (1985), David Gordon\u2019s Piano Movers<\/em> (1985), Bronislava Nijinska\u2019s Les Noces<\/em> (1989), and Gail Kachadurian\u2019s The Cape<\/em> (1989).<\/div>\n
His other repertory included Royston Maldoom’s Adagietto No. 5<\/em>, among others.<\/div>\n
With the company, McClain performed around the world in theaters such as the London Coliseum and festivals like the 1987 Salzburger Festspiele.<\/div>\n
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McClain retired from dancing in 1991, married in 1993, and has worked various managerial and service jobs at performance and sports venues.<\/p>\n

Sources:<\/strong><\/p>\n

Dance Theatre of Harlem Repertory List, Columbia University Libraries<\/a>
\nMeet Bernard McClain: Unemployed in Bed-Stuy, The Brooklyn Ink<\/a>
\n\u2018The Cape\u2019 Full of Hopes, The Washington Post<\/a>
\nDance Theatre of Harlem, Salzburg Festival<\/a><\/p>\n

Social media:<\/strong><\/p>\n

LinkedIn Bernard McClain<\/a><\/p>\n<\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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