Arthur Mitchell and Dance Theatre of Harlem company members

Arthur Mitchell and Dance Theatre of Harlem company members
(Standing L-R)- Arturo Vivaldo, Gerald Banks, Derek Williams, Walter Raines
(Seated L-R)- Virginia Johnson, Lydia Abarca, Arthur Mitchell, Sheila Rohan and Patsy Ricketts

“Miracles are provoked by necessity, hunger, aspirations, or the need to correct a deranged condition. Miracle workers do not practice sleight- of- hand; they activate atoms in a positive way. Marian Anderson stated it very succinctly when she said, ‘God meant this to be!’”

Karel Shook, from the First Ten Years