ATLANTA, February 14, 2003 -- The world-renowned Dance Theatre of Harlem returns to the majesty of the Morehouse College Martin Luther King Jr. International Chapel stage.

The performance, the first at Morehouse in four years, will be part of the 136th anniversary of the founding of the College.

This year, under the direction of the artistic director Arthur Mitchell, the troupe will engage the audience in another command performance featuring several acts, one of which will be the South African Suite, a piece co-commissioned by the John F. Kennedy Center for Performing Arts, with support from BMG Records/South Africa as well, as by Philip Morris Companies.

In 1992, Dance Theatre of Harlem made history as the first American dance troupe to perform in South Africa, after the 30-year cultural ban was lifted. Then, the company performed for an unprecedented six weeks before sold-out houses.

Doors open at 7:30 p.m. for an 8 p.m. performance. Tickets are $40 general admission and $50 VIP and can be purchased through TicketMaster, by calling 404-817-8700 or logging onto TicketMaster.com.

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Ranked twice as the number one college in the nation for educating African American students by Black Enterprise magazine, Morehouse College is the nation’s largest, private liberal arts college for men. Founded in 1867, the College enrolls approximately 3,000 students and confers bachelor’s degrees on more black men than any other institution in the world.
Morehouse offers a number of programs and activities to enhance its challenging liberal arts curriculum through the Leadership Center at Morehouse College, Morehouse Research Institute, and Andrew Young Center for International Affairs. Morehouse is one of only two Historically Black Colleges or Universities to produce two Rhodes Scholars.

Prominent alumni include Martin Luther King Jr., Nobel Peace Prize laureate and civil rights leader; Dr. David Satcher, former U.S. Surgeon General and director of the National Center for Primary Care at the Morehouse School of Medicine; Sheldon “Spike” Lee, filmmaker and president of 40 Acres & A Mule Productions; Maynard H. Jackson, president of Jackson Securities and the first African-American mayor of Atlanta; and Nima A. Warfield, the first African-American Rhodes Scholar from an Historically Black College or University.