In 1990, Lauren Anderson was the first African American ballerina to become a principal for a major dance company, Houston Ballet. Anderson, now retired, was onstage at last year’s Swan Lake ...

Shannon Harkins, a 13-year-old ballerina from Silver Spring, MD will dance in this year's production of the Nutcracker. She's practicing at the Washington Ballet studio in NW Washington.

Something rare is happening in the world of ballet: At the Kennedy Center in Washington, D.C., two African-American dancers will be the leads in The Washington Ballet's production of Swan Lake ...

Misty Copeland made history on Tuesday when she was promoted to principal dancer of the prestigious American Ballet Theatre, becoming the first African-American ballerina to reach the elite dance ...

Boodoo’s peers at the Baltimore School for the Arts, meanwhile, were majority-African American, a “strong base,” she says, for a young artist of color. Boodoo earned a scholarship to Chicago’s Joffrey ...

Misty Copeland has been promoted to top dancer at the prestigious American Ballet Theatre in New York. She is the first African-American female principal dancer in the company's history.

The New York City Ballet orchestra then recorded it. "It was awesome, we've done about 30 pieces together, commissions in the past, so it made sense this huge opportunity do it with him,” says Bell.

Anne Benna Sims was the first African-American ballerina to sign a contract with the American Ballet Theatre, and she was inspired by the artistry of Rudolf Nureyev and Margot Fonteyn in "Giselle".

The African American Museum of Philadelphia joined forces with the Philadelphia Ballet for "Day of Dance" on Saturday. 24/7 Live Philadelphia Pennsylvania New Jersey Delaware Welcome, Mickey ...

Mr. Shayer is a soloist with American Ballet Theater, which he joined in 2012. I am a ballet dancer and a Black man, in that order. I left the United States to train at the Bolshoi Ballet Academy ...

We were learning [African American] dance styles from the 1940s and 1920s,” Wilkins says. “The hope was to become a live archive of dance. ...