Lloyd Freeman, a board member of the Philadelphia Ballet, started the "Daddy and Me" initiative to encourage more men — particularly Black men — to bring their children to the ballet. He brought his ...

especially for Black and Brown children,” Copeland tells the New York Times’ Javier C. Hernández. The program will train students in ballet, music and health. BE BOLD’s teaching artists ...

TONIGHT, SUPERSTAR BALLERINA MISTY COPELAND AND HER GROUND BREAKING NEW DANCE PROGRAM FOR NEW YORK CITY KIDS. HOW SHE’S HELPING THE NEXT GENERATION OF BLACK AND LATINO DANCERS CHASE THEIR DREAMS ...

Philadelphia father Lloyd Freeman is starting a new tradition with his children and inviting other Black father figures to do the same. Photo: Getty Images Since joining the Philadelphia Ballet ...

were told so many years that we don’t have the balance for ballet," he said. “Alvin Ailey proved them wrong.” Black kids often don’t see fine arts as a career, he said — not as much as ...

We're always looking for minorities in dance and it's just important for representation. I hope that me stepping into the role of Clara is especially inspiring brown and Black kids in the audience ...

I was like 'Why aren't there Black dancers on stage? Why do all the dancers look the same? Why are they all white?'" Durrett said. "So I hope that kids in Boston are able to come to the ballet and ...

Misty Copeland broke barriers when she was named a principal dancer at the American Ballet Theatre in 2015. It was at this ...

“I spent the first decade of my professional career with American Ballet Theatre, the only Black woman in the company ... so many things that go on and children’s lives but especially ...

On the cover was a portrait of an adolescent ballet dancer ... in scholarly books on Black children’s literature, in children’s literature courses or in research into early Black journalism.