“Diversity doesn’t stop with people onstage,” says Jeremy McQueen, a dancer, choreographer and educator. “We need black stories in classical ballet. “Don Quixote, Swan Lake and Sleeping Beauty are ...

Arthur Mitchell (1934-2018) joined the New York City Ballet as its first African American star in 1955, when people commonly believed that Black dancers couldn't perform ballet. I encountered Mitchell ...

WILMINGTON, Delaware (WPVI) -- "This really is my home," said Benjamin Sterling Cannon. "The teachers who were here, they were all like my parents. And they gave me so much that I had to come back and ...

In his bio, choreographer Alonzo King is said to create works “by the manipulation of energies that exist in matter through laws, which govern the shapes and movement directions of everything that ...

Misty Copeland is a renowned ballet dancer, author and philanthropist who will deliver the 2026 Wake Forest University ...

*Have you ever seen a performance of “The Nutcracker Ballet?” If not, if you live in, or will be in Southern California, here is your opportunity and if you have, here is an opportunity to see it ...

Last summer, African American ballet dancer Misty Copeland starred in an Under Armour commercial that stunned the athletic clothing industry. In the ad, Copeland performs ballet while a narrator reads ...

Early on in her childhood, Anne Benna Sims, the first African-American ballerina to sign a contract with the American Ballet Theatre (ABT), wanted to take lessons in dance, but she had to wait a few ...

Karen Warrington used to be a lead dancer and choreographer with the Arthur Hall Afro-American Dance Ensemble, right from the ...

LEXINGTON, Ky. (LEX 18) — For the second year, the African American Ballet Troupe will perform the Ebony Nutcracker for the Christmas season in Lexington. The director and founder of the dance troupe, ...