Robert Garland, the artistic director of Dance Theater of Harlem who, like Sibley, is from Philadelphia, recently presented a ballet at Lincoln Center.
“O’Shae put his body on the line,” Garland said in an interview.
“And his expression was turned into resistance.
He was just being who he was.”Because of the way he died — and the way that he was dancing when he died — Sibley’s body is now an act of resistance.
That has much to do with vogue, a language that grew out of the Harlem ballroom scene of the 1960s.
Persons:
Robert Garland, Sibley, John Carlos, “ O’Shae, ” Garland, “, —, Joan Myers Brown, remembrances, Jason Rodriguez
Organizations:
Dance Theater of Harlem, Lincoln Center, Philadelphia Dance Company, Ailey, Gliding, Adidas
Locations:
Philadelphia, Mexico City, Sibley, Harlem