There was a moment last year while preparing to do my first Swan Lake, as a soloist with American Ballet Theatre in Australia, that I realized, this is it. This is why I've worked so hard for the last 19 years -- to be the ballerina in this ballet. Of course, a black woman earning the title of Principal Dancer at ABT would make headlines and potentially change the ballet world. But on a much more personal level, for me, this role was everything! I can say without any exaggeration that every rehe...
What Being ABT's First Black Principal Ballerina Means to Me
The Huffington Post - 10 Aug 2015 23:09
There was a moment last year while preparing to do my first Swan Lake, as a soloist with American Ballet Theatre in Australia, that I realized, this is it. This is why I've worked so hard for the last 19 years -- to be the ballerina in this ballet. Of course, a black woman earning the title of Principal Dancer at ABT would make headlines and potentially change the ballet world. But on a much more personal level, for me, this role was everything! I can say without any exaggeration that every rehe...
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