On April 11, stars gathered at the Dance Theatre of Harlem for the annual Vision Gala, a fundraiser supporting DTH's 56-year legacy.

In 2015, Misty Copeland became the first African-American woman to be promoted to principal dancer at the American Ballet Theatre ... comes to the background of dancers they have in their companies.

The first African American president and the first black principal dancer at the American Ballet Theater have ... Conversation with Barack Obama and Misty Copeland By his own admission, President ...

World-renowned ballerina Misty Copeland is coming to Drake ... An award-winning ballet dancer, Copeland was the first Black woman to be named a principal dancer with American Ballet Theatre.

An curved arrow pointing right. Ballet prodigy, author and star of the Under Armour commercials, Misty Copeland, was just named one of Time's "100 Most Influential People." She told us the secret ...

Related: Young Ballerinas Celebrate Black History Month with Fierce, Misty Copeland-Inspired ... our group of our dancers are very, very diverse and make sure our group of ballet educators are ...

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The American Ballet Theater promoted the unlikely ballerina to the highest rank, making her the first black principal dancer in the company's 75-year history. We'll be in your inbox every morning ...

the 32 dancers each recorded themselves performing a famous ballet variation called the "Swan." "It's over 100 years old," Copeland says, adding that Phillips chose that variation because he felt ...

Ballet Black, a dance company composed diverse dancers, and Freed ... dancers themselves to the shoes on their feet. In 2015, Misty Copeland became the first African-American prima ballerina ...

At the time, many ballet companies rejected Black dancers altogether. By age 15, Abarca would recall, “I’d become convinced that for a Black girl, ballet was an impossible climb straight to a ...