“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 ...

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

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 ...

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 ...

*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 ...

Performances in N.Y.C. Advertisement Supported by Critic’s Notebook Copeland, the first Black female principal at American Ballet Theater, has announced she’s retiring. She made history, and then made ...