SEATTLE, Wash. — While celebrating 50 years as a ballet company, the Pacific Northwest Ballet is making history. “This is a moment for us,” dancer Jonathan Batista told KUOW while describing ...

Copeland, the first Black female principal at American Ballet Theater, has announced she’s retiring. She made history, and ...

“Being the first Black dancer in 50 years of Pacific Northwest Ballet, this is a moment for ... volleyball you name it.” Reflecting on his career, he believes it has had a specific purpose.

Where have They Gone?" At the end of the piece, Howard asked readers to submit the names of Black ballet dancers in the comments section. It was an effort, she says, to make "the invisible visible." ...

“The concept was to bring the three Black ballet companies that exist in the U.S. — Dance Theatre of Harlem ... you might not know their names because, historically, the contributions of ...

Étoile’s end credits might as well be a list of the ballet world’s most elite: an A-list lineup of names from New York City Ballet, San Francisco Ballet, Dance Theatre of Harlem, Boston ...

They changed our name from Ballet Americana to New York ... couldn't find work because they still weren't hiring black ballet dancers. Murphy: When, um, the company went in hiatus in 2004, I ...

McKinney is the Pittsburgh Ballet ... of dance in ballet. Being the first African American artistic director is special, he said "Now I join the ranks of many senior arts leaders who are Black ...