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Misty Copeland says she played with Barbie dolls until she was 13 — the same year she started ballet.
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“A lot of people see ballet as being highbrow,” says Judith Gani, the executive director of Alamo Arts Ballet Theatre. “Of course nothing could be farther…
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Misty Copeland talks body image, ballet and blackness in the new PBS documentary A Ballerina's Tale.
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We revisit our 2011 conversation with the acclaimed French ballerina, who died on Monday at the age of 82.
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Artistic leadership and choreographers of ballet companies are almost exclusively white and men -- and that's not likely to change anytime soon.
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Misty Copeland didn't begin ballet until she took a free class at a Boys & Girls Club. Today she became the first black female principal dancer with the premiere U.S. dance company.
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Drawing on letters, oral histories and interviews, Irina Baronova’s daughter, actress Victoria Tennant, warmly recounts her mother’s dramatic life, from…
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One of the country’s most sought-after choreographers has teamed up with Shepard Fairey, one the country’s most famous street artists.
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Andrew Litton is a world-renowned orchestra leader, but doesn't have much experience conducting for dancers.
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Despite being long, convoluted and sometimes sleep-inducing, Swan Lake is a reliable ticket-seller for dance companies. The version most often performed today premiered in Russia in 1895.