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"Giselle", Dance Theater of Harlem

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Jarzomb, Leo

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Title supplied by cataloger.Photograph caption dated May 11, 1985 reads, "Judy Tyrus leaps in a pas de deux during Dance Theatre [sic] of Harlem's restaging of "Giselle" opening night Thursday at the Pasadena Civic. To make ballet relevant to a black ballet company, the story has been changed from its usual setting in a medieval Rhineland peasant village to a prosperous farm in Louisiana."
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Keywords

  1. Ballet
  2. Ballet Companies
  3. Ballet Dancers
  4. California
  5. Dance
  6. Dance Theatre Of Harlem
  7. Giselle (Choreographic Work)
  8. Herald Examiner Collection Photographs
  9. Los Angeles
  10. Los Angeles Herald Examiner Photographs
  11. Tyrus, Judy
  12. United States

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