Virginia Johnson

Valentina Kozlova International Ballet Competition Now Underway
by Josh Sharpe - Apr 9, 2025

Valentina Kozlova is currently hosting the 14th edition of the Valentina Kozlova International Ballet Competition, with 150 entrants from around the world, dancing for scholarships and company contracts before a jury of international dance figures. 

Jacob's Pillow Dance Festival Reveals Week 9 Programming
by Chloe Rabinowitz - Jul 29, 2024

Jacob's Pillow Dance Festival has revealed Week 9 performances. Learn more about the lineup and see how to purchase tickets.

Library of Congress Awards More Than $500,000 In Community Collections Grants
by A.A. Cristi - Mar 14, 2024

The Library of Congress American Folklife Center has announced the 2024 recipient cohort of the Community Collections Grant program.

The Bessies Reveal Recipients of Lifetime Achievement and Outstanding Service to the Field of Dance
by Stephi Wild - Jul 18, 2023

The New York Dance and Performance Awards, The Bessies, New York City’s premier dance awards honoring outstanding creative work in the field, have announced that Virginia Johnson, founding member and former artistic director of Dance Theatre of Harlem, will receive the 2023 Bessie Award for Lifetime Achievement in Dance. 

Review: DANCE THEATRE OF HARLEM Brings Glorious Ballet to New York City Center
by Marina Kennedy - Apr 21, 2023

Dance Theatre of Harlem is taking the stage at New York City Center for their annual homecoming season through Sunday, April 23.

Misty Copeland Named 2023 Jacob's Pillow Dance Award Recipient
by Stephi Wild - Mar 22, 2023

Jacob's Pillow has announced Misty Copeland as the recipient of the 2023 Jacob's Pillow Dance Award. Copeland will accept this award at Jacob's Pillow's Season Opening Gala in the Berkshires on Saturday, June 24.

Dance Theatre of Harlem to Return to Lesher Center for the Arts With Works by William Forsythe, Stanton Welch & More
by Chloe Rabinowitz - Feb 14, 2023

Lesher Center for the Arts will host the return of Dance Theatre of Harlem to the West Coast, presenting the globally acclaimed company for two nights only.

Review: GISELLE at Opera House/Kennedy Center
by Mary Lincer - Feb 3, 2023

What did our critic think of GISELLE at Opera House/Kennedy Center? Giselle, like Hamlet for actors, Carmen for mezzo-sopranos, and Mrs. Lovett for musical theatre singer/actors of a certain age, brings audiences to the theatre to get to know the skills of the latest acclaimed ballerina. (Previous Giselles include: Makarova, Fracci, Julie Kent, Gelsey Kirkland, Alonso, Markova, Misty Copeland, Fonteyn, Virginia Johnson, Pavlova.) Ukrainian-Russian choreographer Alexei Ratmansky, former director of the Bolshoi Ballet, current artist in residence for American Ballet Theatre, soon to be artist in residence for New York City Ballet, has brought three ballerinas to dance Giselle with a company of exiled, excellent Ukrainian dancers to the Kennedy Center through February 5.

TCU School For Classical & Contemporary Dance To Present Dance Theatre Of Harlem Residency
by Chloe Rabinowitz - Jan 30, 2023

Dance Theatre of Harlem, a renowned American ballet company, is returning to the TCU campus almost 50 years after its first three-day residency in 1975.