In celebration of the annual Harlem Week festival and African-American Day Parade in the summer of 2020, The Dance Theatre of Harlem danced across the famous neighborhood to the music of Johann Sebastian Bach.
The subway platform at 145th Street and St. Nicholas Subway Station, the neo-Gothic buildings of The City College of New York, Riverbank Statepark, and the Adam Clayton Powell Jr. State Office Building all provide vibrant backdrops for the choreography by Robert Garland.
The piece by Bach is Violin Concerto in A minor, BWV 1041 – III. Allegro assai.
Next, watch Brown Ballerinas: Inside the Dance Theatre of Harlem.
Watch these related dance, ballet, city, New York City, and classical music videos:
• The Culture of Us: Yo-Yo Ma’s crowd-sourced music video
• How ballet dancer Silas Farley finds inspiration in The Met collection
• HEARD NY in Grand Central: Nick Cave’s Soundsuit performance
via Swiss-Miss.
This Webby award-winning video collection exists to help teachers, librarians, and families spark kid wonder and curiosity. TKSST features smarter, more meaningful content than what's usually served up by YouTube's algorithms, and amplifies the creators who make that content.
Curated, kid-friendly, independently-published. Support this mission by becoming a sustaining member today.