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, ...

At the 2025 World Economic Forum in Davos, ballet icon Misty Copeland shared how dance shaped her resilience and leadership. The first Black woman principal dancer at the American Ballet Theatre, ...

"Hearst Magazines and Yahoo may earn commission or revenue on some items through these links." In 2019, Alexandra Basmagy, then a corps de ballet dancer with American Ballet Theatre (ABT), one of the ...

Misty Copeland broke barriers when she was named a principal dancer at the American Ballet Theatre in 2015. It was at this moment that she became the first Black woman to be promoted to this rank in ...

September 10, 1982., Missouri. In 2015, she became the first African-American principal dancer with the prestigious American ...

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 ...

Early on in her childhood, Anne Benna Sims, the first African-American ballerina to sign a contract with the American Ballet Theatre (ABT), wanted to take lessons in dance, but she had to wait a few ...

PHILADELPHIA (WPVI) -- The African American Museum of Philadelphia joined forces with the Philadelphia Ballet for "Day of Dance" on Saturday, under the banner of their theme, "inspiring the next ...

Plus, get the best of BroadwayWorld delivered to your inbox, and unlimited access to our editorial content across the globe. Léa Fleytoux began studying ballet at the age of four with Nicole Chouret ...

The dance world mourned Tuesday the internationally acclaimed South African dancer and choreographer Dada Masilo, who died in the hospital over the weekend at age 39. Masilo died unexpectedly on ...