The Greene Space at WNYC & WQXR | Dance Legends Misty Copeland, Carmen de Lavallade, and Raven Wilkinson Discuss Diversity in Ballet @GreeneSpaceNY | Uploaded February 2023 | Updated October 2024, 1 day ago.
Looking back to this illuminating conversation with trailblazing ballerina Misty Copeland and dance legends Raven Wilkinson and Carmen de Lavallade. Copeland became American Ballet Theatre’s first African-American female principal dancer less than a week after being the first black ballerina to star in ABT’s Swan Lake at the Metropolitan Opera House.
This discussion discusses what the civil rights triumph means for the future of ballet’s performers and its audience. Watch the full conversation here: youtube.com/watch?v=cfytyTRmarI
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Looking back to this illuminating conversation with trailblazing ballerina Misty Copeland and dance legends Raven Wilkinson and Carmen de Lavallade. Copeland became American Ballet Theatre’s first African-American female principal dancer less than a week after being the first black ballerina to star in ABT’s Swan Lake at the Metropolitan Opera House.
This discussion discusses what the civil rights triumph means for the future of ballet’s performers and its audience. Watch the full conversation here: youtube.com/watch?v=cfytyTRmarI
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Twitter: twitter.com/TheGreeneSpace
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