The first Black woman to become principal dancer for the American Ballet Theatre told those attending the MLK Commemoration ...

Copeland joined the New York City ballet company in 2000 and in 2015 was promoted to principal dancer — a first for an African-American woman in ABT’s 75 year-old history. Signing with Range Media ...

Her revisited versions of the great classics of romantic ballet drew on African dance to speak of the society in which she lived and of tolerance across borders, the award announcement said.

Ailey II, the second company of the Alvin Ailey American Dance Theater, will perform at the Aspen District Theater at 7:30 p.m. Saturday. Their performance of Ailey’s iconic “Revelations” is part of ...