A New ‘Paquita’ Is an Echo Chamber of Ballet History
Alexei Ratmansky’s “Paquita” brings Marius Petipa’s 19th-century style to New York City Ballet through two lenses: his own ...
Black Ballerina is one woman’s search for her place in the world of classical ballet
Black Ballerina by Syreeta Hector is not your everyday ballet performance; it’s also one woman’s deeply personal exploration ...
BBC1 个月
BBC Young Reporter on the need for diverse ballet clothing
Image caption, Jemima dyes her own ballet tights and shoes Also many dance schools do not encourage or bring awareness to facilitate their dancers with tights and shoes in varying skin tone colours.
Business Insider5 年
Ballet shoes made specially for brown-skinned ballerinas
Ballet Black, a dance company composed diverse dancers, and Freed, a ballet shoe manufacturer in the UK... Are working together to flip diversity numbers on their heads. From the dancers ...