I Felt Too Big And Too Black For Ballet As A Kid. Then I Signed Up For A Class That Changed Everything.
"I began going to school with white kids for the first time, and my body became subject to discourse and scrutiny. " ...
Philadelphia Ballet premieres Angel Corella’s ‘Boléro’ in the director’s new choreographer era
Following a run of Corella’s "Swan Lake," Philadelphia Ballet returned to the Academy of Music Thursday night for another ...
Misty Copeland opens up about the ‘generational trauma’ of Black ballet dancers
Groundbreaking ballet dancer Misty Copeland continues to advocate for Black talent in the classical ... that the swans should ...
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Why Swan Lake’s Odette-Odile role is so punishing, and how 3 ballet dancers took it on
ballet dancer Unity Phelan stopped just before launching into the famed 32 fouettés – those crowd-pleasing whiplash turns on one leg performed by Odile, the devious Black Swan. “No fouettés ...