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Portrait of Cassandra Phifer, Melanie Person, and Charmaine Hunter performing "Concerto Barocco"

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Schomburg Center for Research in Black Culture, Photographs and Prints Division

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Title
Portrait of Cassandra Phifer, Melanie Person, and Charmaine Hunter performing "Concerto Barocco"
Names
Swope, Martha (Photographer)
Collection

Dance

Dates / Origin
Date Created: 1984
Library locations
Schomburg Center for Research in Black Culture, Photographs and Prints Division
Shelf locator: Sc Photo Dance
Topics
African American women dancers
African American ballerinas
Ballerinas
Phifer-Moore, Cassandra
Person, Melanie, 1965-
Hunter, Charmaine
Dance Theatre of Harlem
Balanchine, George. Concerto barocco
Genres
Photographs
Portraits
Physical Description
Extent: 20.5 x 25.5 cm
Description
Cassandra Phifer (leaping), Melanie Person, and Charmaine Hunter performing "Concerto Barocco," choreographed by George Balanchine with music by J.S. Bach.
Type of Resource
Still image
Identifiers
NYPL catalog ID (B-number): b15866849
NYPL Exhibition ID: SC 26.702.006
Universal Unique Identifier (UUID): 867f8620-f337-013e-b1d0-0242ac110002
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Item timeline of events

  • 1984: Created
  • 2026: Digitized
  • 2026: Found by you!
  • 2027

MLA Format

Schomburg Center for Research in Black Culture, Photographs and Prints Division, The New York Public Library. "Portrait of Cassandra Phifer, Melanie Person, and Charmaine Hunter performing "Concerto Barocco"" The New York Public Library Digital Collections. 1984. https://old-digitalcollections.nypl.org/items/03d756a0-f64b-013e-f6c4-0242ac110002

Chicago/Turabian Format

Schomburg Center for Research in Black Culture, Photographs and Prints Division, The New York Public Library. "Portrait of Cassandra Phifer, Melanie Person, and Charmaine Hunter performing "Concerto Barocco"" New York Public Library Digital Collections. Accessed September 27, 2026. https://old-digitalcollections.nypl.org/items/03d756a0-f64b-013e-f6c4-0242ac110002

APA Format

Schomburg Center for Research in Black Culture, Photographs and Prints Division, The New York Public Library. (1984). Portrait of Cassandra Phifer, Melanie Person, and Charmaine Hunter performing "Concerto Barocco" Retrieved from https://old-digitalcollections.nypl.org/items/03d756a0-f64b-013e-f6c4-0242ac110002

Wikipedia Citation

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Portrait of Cassandra Phifer, Melanie Person, and Charmaine Hunter performing "Concerto Barocco"