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This Black-owned ballet school empowers young dancers

At the beginning of the year, Alishia Abodunde joined her friend, a former ballet dancer from New York, on a trip to the ballet at the Royal Opera House in London. It was her first time going to the ...
Black Enterprise

Harper Watters Shatters Barriers As Houston Ballet’s First Black, Gay Principal Dancer

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, ...
The Grio

Misty Copeland opens up about the ‘generational trauma’ of Black ballet dancers

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 ...
The Grio

9 Black women who made history in the world of dance

Over the last decade, Black women have made some major strides in dance. In 2015, Misty Copeland made history when she became the first Black principal dancer in the American Ballet Theatre’s 75-year ...
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Harper Watters Shatters Barriers As Houston Ballet's First Black, Gay Principal Dancer

You may have seen him gracefully dancing on your TikTok timeline but now Harper Watters is dancing into a new position as the first Black and gay principal dancer at the Houston Ballet, KHOU 11 ...