Watters first danced his way into the ballet scene at 16 years old by joining a six-week summer intensive program with Houston Ballet. You may have seen him gracefully dancing on your TikTok timeline, ...

DANCING, BUT HER COMMITMENT TO REPRESENTATION. SHE REALLY WAS AN ADVOCATE FOR WHAT BALLET CAN BE, WHAT DANCE CAN BE AS AS A MUCH BIGGER ART FORM AND AS A MUCH BIGGER SOURCE OF INSPIRATION AND HOPE FOR ...

Ten years ago this month, Misty Copeland sat in front of a hastily arranged news conference at American Ballet Theatre, fighting back tears of pride over her new role: principal dancer. “This is it,” ...

India Bradley is a prima ballerina making history in the dance world. Bradley has become the New York City Ballet's first Black soloist in the company’s history, The New York Times reports. Promoted ...

Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. After a storied, decades-long career, ballerina Misty Copeland — known just as much for her advocacy offstage as her ...

Britain’s first professional black ballerina was left "winded" and "breathless" after witnessing the restoration of her historic pointe shoes on the BBC’s popular programme, The Repair Shop. Julie ...

When Misty Copeland arrived on the red carpet for the American Ballet Theatre Fall Gala, “A Celebration Honoring Misty Copeland,” at Lincoln Center’s David H. Koch Theater on Wednesday night, she wore ...

Black Ballerina Tamisha Guy Brings Trap, Hip-Hop And Caribbean Roots To Future’s Grand Marnier DS2 REMIXED: THE BALLET [Exclusive] Dancer Tamisha Guy's starring role in DS2 REMIXED: THE BALLET is not ...

GREENVILLE — When Whitney Huell started to travel outside of Columbia for ballet, she noticed something. "I was like, 'Wow. There's nobody that looks like me,'" she said. But growing up in Columbia, ...

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 ...

AUSTIN, Texas — Ballet Afrique founder China Smith has been creating a safe space for Black dancers in East Austin for the last 17 years. Her ballet technique classes have all the makings of ...