{"id":13114,"date":"2021-11-02T00:27:35","date_gmt":"2021-11-02T00:27:35","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/mobballet.org\/?p=13114"},"modified":"2025-04-21T07:16:23","modified_gmt":"2025-04-21T07:16:23","slug":"first-negro-classical-ballets-orbit-shirley-vargas","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/mobballet.org\/index.php\/2021\/11\/02\/first-negro-classical-ballets-orbit-shirley-vargas\/","title":{"rendered":"First Negro Classical Ballet’s Orbit: Shirley Vargas"},"content":{"rendered":"

First Negro Classical Ballet and Shirley Vargas<\/h2>\n
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Click above to explore (or go back to) The First Negro Classical Ballet Orbit<\/strong><\/figcaption><\/figure>\n

Shirley Vargas danced for the First Negro Classical Ballet in supporting roles to premier dancers in the company such as Graham Johnson<\/a>, Bernice Harrison<\/a>, Theodore Crum<\/a>, and Yvonne Miller<\/a>. Vargas was noted as a part of the supporting cast who had \u201cdanced their respective parts with an air of cooperative enthusiasm that recalled the mutual give and take of all ballet dancers.\u201d\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n

More about Shirley Vargas<\/h2>\n

Vargas is one of three dancers in the company with Hispanic surnames and also danced under the name “Shirley Valdez”. It is unknown if Vargas was Hispanic herself.<\/span><\/p>\n

Sources:\u00a0<\/strong><\/p>\n

First Negro Classic Ballet Huge Success, Los Angeles Sentinel<\/a>\u00a0<\/span>
\nBallet to be Repeated Fri. Sat. by Demand, Los Angeles Sentinel<\/a><\/p>\n

\"\"Nicole Toney<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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