Lloyd Freeman, a board member of the Philadelphia Ballet, started the "Daddy and Me" initiative to encourage more men — particularly Black men — to bring their children to the ballet. He brought his ...
Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. Arthur Mitchell (right) introduces dancers from the Dance Theatre of Harlem at the White House, 2006 - Jim Watson/AFP When, in ...
It’s a Tuesday evening in May, and three rows of Black girls ages 11 through 17 are lined up on the second floor of the Dance Loft on 14. The girls are students of the Jones-Haywood Dance School in ...
Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. Misty Copeland talked in a recent interview about the challenges of being a Black woman in the dance word. Above, she is shown at ...
An alum of Beyoncé’s media and management company will lead one of the country’s most prestigious ballet companies – a significant move in a historically White-dominated world. Janet Rollé, formerly ...
The fall dance calendar began with English National Ballet under new leadership. Then came Royal Ballet’s “Don Quixote” and “Black Sabbath: The Ballet.” By Roslyn Sulcas Reporting from London As the ...
Ten years after Misty Copeland made history as the first Black woman to perform Odette, the lead role in the classical ballet “Swan Lake,” she is recalling the tremendous self-doubt leading up to the ...