{"id":16081,"date":"2022-06-12T15:30:46","date_gmt":"2022-06-12T15:30:46","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/mobballet.org\/?p=16081"},"modified":"2025-04-21T07:16:21","modified_gmt":"2025-04-21T07:16:21","slug":"the-capitol-ballet-1960s-dancers","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/mobballet.org\/index.php\/2022\/06\/12\/the-capitol-ballet-1960s-dancers\/","title":{"rendered":"The Capitol Ballet: 1960s Dancers"},"content":{"rendered":"<h1>1960s Capitol Ballet Dancers<\/h1>\n<figure id=\"attachment_16291\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-16291\" style=\"width: 300px\" class=\"wp-caption alignright\"><a href=\"https:\/\/mobballet.org\/TheConstellationProject\/CapitolBallet\/#60sDancers\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"wp-image-16291 size-medium\" src=\"https:\/\/mobballet.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/06\/littlecapitolThumb-300x163.png\" alt=\"\" width=\"300\" height=\"163\" srcset=\"https:\/\/mobballet.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/06\/littlecapitolThumb-300x163.png 300w, https:\/\/mobballet.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/06\/littlecapitolThumb-230x125.png 230w, https:\/\/mobballet.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/06\/littlecapitolThumb-350x190.png 350w, https:\/\/mobballet.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/06\/littlecapitolThumb-480x261.png 480w, https:\/\/mobballet.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/06\/littlecapitolThumb.png 500w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 300px) 100vw, 300px\" \/><\/a><figcaption id=\"caption-attachment-16291\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">Enter Capitol Ballet Orbit<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/mobballet.org\/index.php\/2017\/01\/14\/sylvester-campbell\/\"><b><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\" wp-image-14793 alignleft\" src=\"https:\/\/mobballet.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/12\/sylvester-campbell-don-quixote-RWB-205x300.jpeg\" alt=\"\" width=\"131\" height=\"192\" srcset=\"https:\/\/mobballet.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/12\/sylvester-campbell-don-quixote-RWB-205x300.jpeg 205w, https:\/\/mobballet.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/12\/sylvester-campbell-don-quixote-RWB-800x1172.jpeg 800w, https:\/\/mobballet.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/12\/sylvester-campbell-don-quixote-RWB-699x1024.jpeg 699w, https:\/\/mobballet.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/12\/sylvester-campbell-don-quixote-RWB-768x1125.jpeg 768w, https:\/\/mobballet.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/12\/sylvester-campbell-don-quixote-RWB-920x1348.jpeg 920w, https:\/\/mobballet.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/12\/sylvester-campbell-don-quixote-RWB-230x337.jpeg 230w, https:\/\/mobballet.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/12\/sylvester-campbell-don-quixote-RWB-350x513.jpeg 350w, https:\/\/mobballet.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/12\/sylvester-campbell-don-quixote-RWB-480x703.jpeg 480w, https:\/\/mobballet.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/12\/sylvester-campbell-don-quixote-RWB-600x879.jpeg 600w, https:\/\/mobballet.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/12\/sylvester-campbell-don-quixote-RWB.jpeg 980w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 131px) 100vw, 131px\" \/>Sylvester Campbell<\/b><\/a><\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p><strong><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\" wp-image-16108 alignleft\" src=\"https:\/\/mobballet.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/06\/Screen-Shot-2022-06-11-at-10.17.58-PM-255x300.png\" alt=\"\" width=\"177\" height=\"208\" srcset=\"https:\/\/mobballet.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/06\/Screen-Shot-2022-06-11-at-10.17.58-PM-255x300.png 255w, https:\/\/mobballet.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/06\/Screen-Shot-2022-06-11-at-10.17.58-PM-800x941.png 800w, https:\/\/mobballet.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/06\/Screen-Shot-2022-06-11-at-10.17.58-PM-870x1024.png 870w, https:\/\/mobballet.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/06\/Screen-Shot-2022-06-11-at-10.17.58-PM-768x904.png 768w, https:\/\/mobballet.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/06\/Screen-Shot-2022-06-11-at-10.17.58-PM-920x1083.png 920w, https:\/\/mobballet.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/06\/Screen-Shot-2022-06-11-at-10.17.58-PM-230x271.png 230w, https:\/\/mobballet.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/06\/Screen-Shot-2022-06-11-at-10.17.58-PM-350x412.png 350w, https:\/\/mobballet.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/06\/Screen-Shot-2022-06-11-at-10.17.58-PM-480x565.png 480w, https:\/\/mobballet.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/06\/Screen-Shot-2022-06-11-at-10.17.58-PM-600x706.png 600w, https:\/\/mobballet.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/06\/Screen-Shot-2022-06-11-at-10.17.58-PM.png 1052w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 177px) 100vw, 177px\" \/><a href=\"https:\/\/mobballet.org\/index.php\/2017\/02\/26\/sandra-fortune-green\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Sandra Fortune Greene<\/a><\/strong><\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p><b><a href=\"http:\/\/mobballet.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/09\/donna-Lowe-Elmer-ball.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"wp-image-2380 alignleft\" src=\"http:\/\/mobballet.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/09\/donna-Lowe-Elmer-ball-300x238.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"165\" height=\"131\" srcset=\"https:\/\/mobballet.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/09\/donna-Lowe-Elmer-ball-300x238.jpg 300w, https:\/\/mobballet.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/09\/donna-Lowe-Elmer-ball-800x634.jpg 800w, https:\/\/mobballet.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/09\/donna-Lowe-Elmer-ball-768x609.jpg 768w, https:\/\/mobballet.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/09\/donna-Lowe-Elmer-ball-1024x812.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/mobballet.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/09\/donna-Lowe-Elmer-ball-830x658.jpg 830w, https:\/\/mobballet.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/09\/donna-Lowe-Elmer-ball-230x182.jpg 230w, https:\/\/mobballet.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/09\/donna-Lowe-Elmer-ball-350x277.jpg 350w, https:\/\/mobballet.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/09\/donna-Lowe-Elmer-ball-480x380.jpg 480w, https:\/\/mobballet.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/09\/donna-Lowe-Elmer-ball.jpg 2000w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 165px) 100vw, 165px\" \/><\/a><a href=\"https:\/\/mobballet.org\/index.php\/2017\/09\/26\/donna-lowe-warren\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Donna Lowe<\/a> <\/b><\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignleft\" src=\"https:\/\/t8541063.p.clickup-attachments.com\/t8541063\/4df89da4-9f15-4e12-b31f-f23fddd4993b\/image.png\" alt=\"\" width=\"142\" height=\"172\" \/><\/p>\n<p><b><a href=\"https:\/\/mobballet.org\/index.php\/2022\/05\/30\/janise-turner\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Janise Turner<\/a> <\/b><\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p><b><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\" wp-image-16106 alignleft\" src=\"https:\/\/mobballet.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/06\/Screen-Shot-2022-06-11-at-10.08.35-PM-240x300.png\" alt=\"\" width=\"131\" height=\"164\" srcset=\"https:\/\/mobballet.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/06\/Screen-Shot-2022-06-11-at-10.08.35-PM-240x300.png 240w, https:\/\/mobballet.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/06\/Screen-Shot-2022-06-11-at-10.08.35-PM-230x288.png 230w, https:\/\/mobballet.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/06\/Screen-Shot-2022-06-11-at-10.08.35-PM.png 270w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 131px) 100vw, 131px\" \/><a href=\"https:\/\/mobballet.org\/index.php\/2022\/05\/30\/nokomis-jefferson\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Nokomis Jefferson<\/a><\/b><\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignleft\" src=\"https:\/\/www.ellingtonschool.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/06\/Copy-of-Augins-2-scaled.jpg\" alt=\"Department Chair | Duke Ellington School of the Arts\" width=\"139\" height=\"185\" \/><a href=\"https:\/\/mobballet.org\/index.php\/2022\/05\/30\/charles-augins\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\"><b>Charles Augins<\/b><\/a><\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p><strong><a href=\"https:\/\/mobballet.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/06\/Screen-Shot-2022-06-12-at-1.29.03-PM.png\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\" wp-image-16136 alignleft\" src=\"https:\/\/mobballet.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/06\/Screen-Shot-2022-06-12-at-1.29.03-PM-229x300.png\" alt=\"\" width=\"143\" height=\"187\" srcset=\"https:\/\/mobballet.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/06\/Screen-Shot-2022-06-12-at-1.29.03-PM-229x300.png 229w, https:\/\/mobballet.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/06\/Screen-Shot-2022-06-12-at-1.29.03-PM-230x302.png 230w, https:\/\/mobballet.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/06\/Screen-Shot-2022-06-12-at-1.29.03-PM.png 276w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 143px) 100vw, 143px\" \/><\/a><a href=\"https:\/\/mobballet.org\/index.php\/2022\/05\/31\/annie-mcbryde\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Annie McBryde<\/a><\/strong><\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p><b><a href=\"https:\/\/mobballet.org\/index.php\/2022\/06\/02\/richard-mcquander\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Richard McQuander<\/a><\/b><\/p>\n<p><b><a href=\"https:\/\/mobballet.org\/index.php\/2022\/06\/02\/paul-queen\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Paul Queen<\/a> <\/b><\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/mobballet.org\/index.php\/2022\/06\/02\/daniel-sloan\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\"><b>Daniel Sloan<\/b><\/a><\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/mobballet.org\/index.php\/2022\/05\/31\/edmere-winfield\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\"> <b>Edmere Winfield<\/b><\/a><\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/mobballet.org\/index.php\/2022\/06\/02\/marc-edwards\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\"><strong>Marc Edwards<\/strong><\/a><\/p>\n<p><strong><a href=\"https:\/\/mobballet.org\/index.php\/2022\/06\/12\/lyndell-walker\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Lyndell Walker<\/a><\/strong><\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/mobballet.org\/index.php\/2022\/05\/27\/lucinda-ransome\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\"><b>Lucinda Ransome<\/b><\/a><\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/mobballet.org\/index.php\/2022\/06\/12\/rose-marie-stevenson\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\"><b> Rose-Marie Stevenson <\/b><\/a><\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/mobballet.org\/index.php\/2022\/06\/12\/laverne-ligon\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\"><b>LaVerne Ligon<\/b><\/a><\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/mobballet.org\/index.php\/2022\/06\/12\/beverly-brown\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\"><b>Beverly Brown<\/b><\/a><\/p>\n<p><b><a href=\"https:\/\/mobballet.org\/index.php\/2022\/06\/02\/james-fairfax\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">James Fairfax<\/a> <\/b><\/p>\n<p><b><a href=\"https:\/\/mobballet.org\/index.php\/2022\/06\/02\/charles-campbell\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Charles Campbell<\/a><\/b><\/p>\n<p><b>1964<\/b><\/p>\n<ul>\n<li style=\"list-style-type: none;\">\n<ul>\n<li aria-level=\"1\">The Capitol Ballet Company performed at the Cramton Auditorium, Howard University.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<ul>\n<li style=\"list-style-type: none;\">\n<ul>\n<li aria-level=\"2\">Mazurka from <i>Suite en Blanc<\/i> by Serge Lifar and <i>Gopak<\/i> by Zakharov danced by guest artist <b>Sylvester Campbell, <\/b>Royal Netherlands Ballet soloist and former student of Jones-Haywood.<\/li>\n<li aria-level=\"2\">A section from George Balanchine\u2019s <i>Agon <\/i>performed by guest artists <b>Arthur Mitchell<\/b> and <b>Marney Morris<\/b>, from the NYCB.<\/li>\n<li aria-level=\"2\">A section from George Balanchine\u2019s <i>Stars<\/i> <i>and Stripes<\/i> performed by guest artists <b>Arthur Mitchell<\/b> and <b>Suki Schorer<\/b>, from the NYCB.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p><b>1965<\/b><\/p>\n<ul>\n<li style=\"list-style-type: none;\">\n<ul>\n<li aria-level=\"2\">\u00a0Cramton Auditorium, Howard University. The company performed with guest artists from New York City Ballet, <a href=\"https:\/\/mobballet.org\/index.php\/2017\/02\/26\/arthur-mitchell\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\"><b>Arthur Mitchell<\/b><\/a> and <b>Kay Mazzo<\/b> who performed Jerome Robbins\u2019 <i>Afternoon of a Faun.<\/i><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p><b>1966<\/b><\/p>\n<ul>\n<li aria-level=\"2\"><b>Sylvester Campbell<\/b>, Royal Netherlands Ballet soloist and former student of Jones-Haywood, performed as a guest. He danced the Gopak from <i>Taras Bulba <\/i>and <i>Pas de deux Romantique <\/i>with ballerina <a href=\"https:\/\/mobballet.org\/index.php\/2021\/12\/09\/raven-wilkinsons-orbit-the-capitol-ballet-company\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\"><b>Raven Wilkinson<\/b><\/a>.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p><strong>1968<\/strong><\/p>\n<ul>\n<li><i>Collaboration <\/i>by <b>Patricia Sorrell<\/b> and <a href=\"https:\/\/mobballet.org\/index.php\/2017\/12\/27\/llanchie-stevenson\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\"><b>Llanchie Stevenson<\/b><\/a> of the National Ballet of Washington with <b>Robert Davis<\/b>. The work was a collaboration between the three dancers and the company\u2019s directors.<\/li>\n<li aria-level=\"2\"><i>Pocahontas <\/i>was also remounted with help from a grant from the Regina and Milton Heymann Foundation. <b>Bernard Stanley<\/b> danced the role of the Medicine Man. Title role was danced by <b>Sandra Fortune<\/b> and featured dancers included <b>Llanchie Stevenson<\/b> and <a href=\"https:\/\/mobballet.org\/index.php\/2017\/02\/26\/virginia-johnson\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\"><b>Virginia Johnson<\/b><\/a> of the National Ballet of Washington.\u00a0 The Indian Braves were danced by <b>Nokomis Jefferson, <a href=\"https:\/\/mobballet.org\/index.php\/2022\/06\/02\/marc-edwards\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Marc Edwards<\/a>, <a href=\"https:\/\/mobballet.org\/index.php\/2021\/06\/01\/richard-moten\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Richard Mote<\/a>n<\/b> and <a href=\"https:\/\/mobballet.org\/index.php\/2022\/05\/31\/thomas-stevens\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\"><b>Thomas Stevens<\/b><\/a>.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p><b>1969<\/b><b><\/b><\/p>\n<ul>\n<li><i>Asha No. 1 \u2013 <\/i>to live music by the Lloyd McNeill Quartet \u2013 danced by <b>Richard Moten<\/b> and <b>Thomas Stevens<\/b><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>1960s Capitol Ballet Dancers Sylvester Campbell &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; Sandra Fortune Greene &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; Donna Lowe &nbsp; [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"universe-template.php","format":"standard","meta":{"_jetpack_newsletter_access":"","_jetpack_dont_email_post_to_subs":false,"_jetpack_newsletter_tier_id":0,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paywalled_content":false,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paid_content":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[286],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-16081","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-capitol-ballet-constellation"],"jetpack_sharing_enabled":true,"jetpack_featured_media_url":"","_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/mobballet.org\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/16081","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/mobballet.org\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/mobballet.org\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/mobballet.org\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/mobballet.org\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=16081"}],"version-history":[{"count":8,"href":"https:\/\/mobballet.org\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/16081\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":16332,"href":"https:\/\/mobballet.org\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/16081\/revisions\/16332"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/mobballet.org\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=16081"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/mobballet.org\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=16081"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/mobballet.org\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=16081"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}