Misty Copeland talked in a recent interview about the challenges of being a Black woman in the dance word. Above, she is shown at the 55th NAACP Image Awards on March 16 in Los Angeles. (Photo by ...
On a December evening, audiences looked on, amused, as the senior class of Juilliard students clamored over one another to grab a microphone onstage. The dancers stumbled around, some manic, others ...
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 ...