{"id":8672,"date":"2021-01-08T19:25:37","date_gmt":"2021-01-08T19:25:37","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/mobballet.org\/?p=8672"},"modified":"2025-04-21T07:16:26","modified_gmt":"2025-04-21T07:16:26","slug":"roberta-rhinehart","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/mobballet.org\/index.php\/2021\/01\/08\/roberta-rhinehart\/","title":{"rendered":"Roberta Rhinehart"},"content":{"rendered":"
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Roberta Rhinehart<\/strong><\/h2>\n

First Negro Classic Ballet<\/strong>
\nNew York Negro Ballet<\/strong><\/h2>\n<\/div>\n
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\"Yvonne
From left to right: Roberta Rhinehart, Theodore Duncan<\/a>, and Yvonne Miller<\/a>.\u00a0<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<\/div>\n
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Roberta \u201cBobby\u201d Rhinehart was a member of the First Negro Classic Ballet and later the New York Negro Ballet. Rhinehart\u2019s repertoire with the company included Harlot\u2019s House<\/em> (1949) and Pagliacci<\/em>, among others. The Los Angeles Evening Citizen News<\/em> described Rhinehart’s “not inconsiderable comedy talents” in a February 1951 performance of Pagliacci<\/em>.<\/p>\n

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

Vaulted Ambitions: Stories From Where We Were to How We Got Here, Stage Raw<\/a>
\nJoseph Rickard papers, Online Archive of California<\/a>
\nNegro Ballet Group Lures Large Crowd, Los Angeles Evening Citizen News, Feb 26, 1951<\/a><\/p>\n

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

1946: The First Negro Classic Ballet is Founded<\/a>
\n1947: First Negro Classic Ballet Company debuts<\/a><\/p>\n<\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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