“Verbal words isn’t my first language…speak your first language…this came to me through Jawole Willa Jo Zollar, which came to her by way of Nora Chipamuire, speak my mother tongue. Movement is my mother tongue.”
Samantha
“…this idea of heritage…I am a ballet dancer… I am a ballet dancer by heritage because we have been a part of this art form for a good long time…it needs to be amplified…understood. It’s not an exception, but a reality, something that is valid and true and must continue.”
Virginia
Virginia Johnson
Artistic Director
Virginia Johnson, Artistic Director of Dance Theatre of Harlem, was a founding member and principal dancer with the company for twenty-seven years. Born in Washington, DC, she graduated from the Academy of the Washington School of Ballet and briefly attended the School of the Arts at New York University as a University Scholar before...
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