What is Arthur Mitchell (dancer)?
{{Infobox person | name = Arthur Mitchell | image = Arthur Mitchell.jpg | caption = Arthur Mitchell in 1955 by [[Carl Van Vechten]] | birth_date = {{Birth date|1934|03|27}} | birth_place = [[Harlem]], [[New York (state)|New York]], U.S. | death_date = {{Death date and age|2018|9|19|1934|03|27}} | death_place = [[Manhattan]], New York, U.S. | occupation = Dancer, Choreographer, Artistic Director, and Co-Founder of The [[Dance Theatre of Harlem]] }} '''Arthur Mitchell''' (March 27, 1934 &ndash; September 19, 2018) was an African-American dancer and choreographer. He created a training school and the first African-American classical ballet company, [[Dance Theatre of Harlem]] (DTH). Mitchell was recognized as a [[MacArthur Fellow]]. He was added into the [[National Museum of Dance and Hall of Fame|National Museum of Dance's Mr. & Mrs. Cornelius Vanderbilt Whitney Hall of Fame]], and received the United States [[National Medal of Arts]]. Mitchell died on September 19, 2018 in [[Manhattan]] from [[heart failure]] at the age of 84.<ref>[https://www.nytimes.com/2018/09/19/obituaries/arthur-mitchell-dead.html Arthur Mitchell Is Dead at 84; Showed the Way for Black Dancers]</ref> ==References== {{reflist}} {{DEFAULTSORT:Mitchell, Arthur}} [[Category:1934 births]] [[Category:2018 deaths]] [[Category:Deaths from heart failure]] [[Category:American dancers]] [[Category:LGBT dancers]] [[Category:Gay men]] [[Category:LGBT African-Americans]] [[Category:African-American writers]] [[Category:American choreographers]] [[Category:LGBT people from New York City]] [[Category:Writers from New York City]] {{US-bio-stub}}