“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 ...

*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 ...

The Chocolate Ballerina Company is a ballet company whose mission is to create a diverse dance company for African Americans and other underrepresented groups. Founded in 2017 by Chanel Holland-Pierre ...

Sanchel Brown, owner of the Rebearth, leads an Advanced Placement African American studies dance workshop Thursday, May 21, ...

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 ...

Easton Area High School concluded the first year of its Advanced Placement African American studies with a dance and music ...

“What would I have been had I never gone to the Katherine Dunham School of Dance when I was a young dancer in New York?” asked Dr. Glory Van Scott. She spoke at the Missouri History Museum recently to ...

JOHANNESBURG (AP) – Michaela DePrince was little more than a toddler when she saw her first ballerina _ an image in a magazine page blown against the gate of the orphanage where she ended up during ...

Since the early days of Hollywood, the high stakes world of ballet has often made for a compelling onscreen drama. Filmmakers have showcased the dance form in both narrative and non-fiction stories, ...