Take a vibrant tour through the Harlem Renaissance era in all its boisterous, swinging glory. In this new ballet by the magnificent, 18-year Company veteran Matthew Rushing, legends like Langston Hughes, Zora Neale Hurston, Josephine Baker and their contemporaries come alive to the music of Fats Waller, Nat King Cole and more.

Judith Jamisons stunning, Emmy Award-winning 1993 tribute to Alvin Ailey uses explosive, full company dances and quiet solos to illuminate Aileys humanity and the dancers unique qualities. Narrative recollections from dancers are arranged by the multi-talented actor/playwright Anna Deavere Smith, who appeared live onstage with the Company at select performances.

UPTOWN NIGHTS AT HARLEM STAGE
AN AFRO-CUBAN DANCE REMIX
Yosvany Terry
Featuring Terrence “Sub-Z” Nicholson & DJ Asho

Uptown Nights at Harlem Stage featuring Marc Cary
2012: The Hip Hop Experiment
September 26 2009
Harlem Stage Gatehouse

The New York Public Library for the Performing Arts and Dance Theatre of Harlem are proud to collaborate on a multi-media exhibition that brings these 40 years of art and accomplishment to Lincoln Center and then to museums and performance centers across the country.

Biography of Director Titus Walker of NYC famous Ujamma Black Theatre.

The 2007 African-American Day Parade, in New York’s Harlem Community:

The unveiling of the African Burial Ground Memorial, in lower Manhattan: