 "The Register-Guard (Eugene, OR)")
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All in a life's work.(Entertainment)(The untiring Arthur Mitchell brings his thriving Dance Theatre of Harlem to Eugene)
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The Register-Guard (Eugene, OR)
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February 1, 2004
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Byline: Fred Crafts The Register-Guard
Arthur Mitchell - the 69-year-old dynamo behind the Dance Theatre of Harlem - is on a roll. Nothing stands in his way. He gets things done. And fast. Just the way he speaks.
"I was supposed to be twins, and I came out as a single," he says by backstage phone from a tour stop in Albuquerque, N.M. His youthful voice is strong and energized.
``When I used to dance, people would say, `Oh my God, where do you get t...