{"id":11373,"date":"2021-04-26T18:36:46","date_gmt":"2021-04-26T18:36:46","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/mobballet.org\/?p=11373"},"modified":"2025-04-21T07:16:24","modified_gmt":"2025-04-21T07:16:24","slug":"terri-tompkins","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/mobballet.org\/index.php\/2021\/04\/26\/terri-tompkins\/","title":{"rendered":"Terri Tompkins"},"content":{"rendered":"
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Terri Tompkins<\/strong><\/h2>\n

Tidewater Ballet
\nDance Theatre of Harlem (1980-?)<\/strong><\/h2>\n<\/div>\n
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Terri Tompkins with Karel Shook. Photo by AP Photos via Detroit Free Press.<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<\/div>\n
Terri Tompkins, a native of Norfolk, Virginia, trained at the Tidewater Ballet Academy along with fellow dancers Lorraine Graves<\/a> and Tyrone Brooks<\/a> and spent the summer of 1978 at Dance Theatre of Harlem\u2019s school. She was a member of the Tidewater Ballet before joining the Dance Theatre of Harlem in 1980. Already a member of the company, Tompkins graduated from the Professional Children\u2019s School that year.<\/div>\n
Tompkins was a featured dancer in the DTH premieres of Bronislava Nijinska\u2019s Les Biches<\/em> (1983), Agnes de Mille\u2019s Fall River Legend<\/em> (1983), Michael Smuin\u2019s Songs of Mahler<\/em> (1984), and Jerome Robbins\u2019 Fancy Free<\/em> (1985).<\/div>\n
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In 1984, the dancer was praised by Louisville, Kentucky\u2019s The Courier-Journal<\/em> as \u201cespecially fine\u201d in George Balanchine\u2019s The Four Temperaments<\/em>.<\/p>\n

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From left to right: Terri Tompkins, Lorraine Graves, and Tyrone Brooks. Photo by Herb Barnes via Virginia’s Daily Press.<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n

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

Dance Theatre of Harlem Repertory List, Columbia University Libraries<\/a>
\nNorfolk: The First Four Centuries, by Thomas C. Parramore, Peter C. Stewart, Tommy L. Bogger<\/a>
\nGran Teatre del Liceu program: Dance Theatre of Harlem<\/a>
\nHarlem dance school steps beyond social reform, Detroit Free Press<\/a>
\nMary Marshall is \u2018Scott Free\u2019, Daily Press<\/a>
\nHarlem dance: Three locals to be in Norfolk show, Daily Press<\/a>
\nDance Theatre of Harlem chooses tamer path, The Courier-Journal<\/a>
\nDancers\u2019 reunion, Daily Press<\/a>
\nShow business kids get diplomas, Dayton Daily News<\/a><\/p>\n

See also:<\/strong><\/p>\n

Hancher Auditorium autograph book, Iowa Digital Library<\/a><\/p>\n<\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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