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Dance Theater of Harlem: Beauty is in the Eye of Holder

By Andrew Blackmore-Dobbyn, 09 April 2018
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“it’s good to see DTH thriving”
Reviewed at New York City Center, New York City on 7 April 2018
Programme
Valse-Fantasie (George Balanchine)
This Bitter Earth (Christopher Wheeldon)
Harlem on My Mind (Darrell Grand Moultrie)
Dougla (Geoffrey Holder)
Performers
Dance Theatre of Harlem
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Andrew Blackmore-Dobbyn
Andrew Blackmore-Dobbyn
Andrew is currently a professional chef in New York City but he began life as a ballet dancer with the Hartford and Ohio Ballet companies. His writing also appears on the Huffington Post Blog and BroadwayWorld.com. His latest work, nominated for a James Beard Award, is “Return to the Rivers”, a Himalayan cookbook.