The dancer with the Staatsballett Berlin says being directed to use white makeup to perform in “Swan Lake” was one of the racially insensitive incidents she has faced. — Roslyn Sulcas, The New York Times Chloé Lopes Gomes had done her hair and makeup and fixed the feathered swan headdress in place before the rehearsal […]
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Why Aesha Ash is Wandering Around Inner City Rochester in a Tutu | Dance Magazine
Growing up in inner city Rochester, NY, Aesha Ash was just one of the neighborhood kids. She’d imagine people driving by, judging her by her black skin. [mc4wp_form id=”6042″] “They’d never know that I was dreaming of becoming a professional ballet dancer. No one would think, Some day she’s going to make it into New […]
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Russian Ballet Refuses to Stop Using Blackface | The Cut
Last week, American ballerina Misty Copeland posted a a photo to her Instagram of two ballerinas posing in blackface. “This is the reality of the ballet world,” she captioned the post, kicking off an international debate about racism in ballet. [mc4wp_form id=”6042″] The photo was an image reposted from the Instagram of a dancer in […]
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Breaking Barriers in Ballet: Misty Copeland Set to Receive Trailblazer Award | Black Press USA
Lauren Poteat, Black Press USA Photograph of author, entertainer, and American ballet dancer Misty Copeland photographed for Time on February 24th, 2015 at the American Ballet Theater in New York. Sebastian Kim for TIME. Featured Image [dropcap]N[/dropcap]NPA NEWSWIRE — Determined to shatter the glass ceiling of the ballet world, on Sep. 11, the Congressional Black […]
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How Alicia Graf Mack became Juilliard’s first black director of dance | The Undefeated
William C. Rhoden, The Undefeated [dropcap]Alicia[/dropcap] Graf Mack knew since she could utter her name that she was born to become a ballerina. But as her dreams came within reach, she faced obstacle after obstacle that made her consider walking away from dance for good. [mc4wp_form id=”6042″] For Women’s History Month, The Undefeated highlights the […]
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Another first for Misty Copeland, and many in ballet say it’s about time | The Undefeated
She and Calvin Royal III are the first black couple to perform lead roles for American Ballet Theatre
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Raven Wilkinson, 83, Is Dead; Black Ballerina Braved Segregated South | The New York Times
Raven Wilkinson, one of the first African-American dancers to perform with a major ballet company, the Ballet Russe de Monte Carlo, died on Monday at her home in Manhattan. She was 83.
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How Misty Copeland is empowering at-risk youth through dance | The Guardian
To see Misty Copeland dance is to witness seemingly physics-defying strength and utmost grace in action.
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Misty Copeland Becomes a Face of Estée Lauder, and Ballet Takes Note | The New York Times
Supermodels and actresses have generally been the ones to land high-profile, lucrative modeling contracts to promote major cosmetics companies. Enter the ballerina.
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Black Iris Project Soars Into Its Debut Season With a Plan to Buck Ballet’s Traditions
The two dancers belong to a ballet collaborative called Black Iris Project, which aims to create and perform pieces that tell stories about black history and culture.
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