Donald Williams - Dance Theatre of Harlem

Donald Williams joined DTH as an apprentice in 1977 and was promoted to principal dancer in 1983. He first studied with Larry Long at Chicago's Ruth Page Foundation, then, at age 12, accepted a scholarship to complete his training at DTH.

Mr. Williams has performed many leading roles including Giselle, Swan Lake, Le Corsaire pas de deux, The Moor's Pavane, Fancy Free, Allegro Brillante, Agon, Who Cares, The Four Temperaments, Voluntaries Dialogues and Geoffrey Holder's Banda and Dougla. As a guest artist, he has performed with London's Royal Ballet and at the International Ballet Festival in Cuba. He partnered Cynthia Gregory in the Gala of the Stars in Bilbao, Spain.

Mr. Williams also dances frequently with Complexions, Dance Galaxy and Dances Patrelle. Television credits include the role of the Young Man in PBS' Peabody Award-winning "Kennedy Center Tonight: Stravinsky's Firebird," Mitch in A Streetcar Named Desire and Motown's 30th Anniversary Special. Mr. Williams appeared in the film Cotton Club, and in 1998, made his Broadway debut in the Tony Award-winning musical Ragtime.