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Ethnic Diversity

Ballet Nouveau Academy of Dance – Maryland

Ballet Teacher April 26, 2016September 13, 2016 Ballet Schools, Ethnic Diversity

Ballet Nouveau Academy of Dance’s BALLET PROJECT is committed to educating today’s youth in a complete training program that generates the accessibility of ballet to multi-cultural communities within Maryland, Virginia and the District of Columbia. The Ballet Project partners directly…

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Brown Girls Do Ballet – Empowering Young Girls With Ballet

Ballet Teacher February 27, 2016March 31, 2016 Ballet Charities, Ethnic Diversity, Female Empowerment

Brown Girls Do Ballet is a start-up organization dedicated to promoting ethnic diversity in ballet programs through various media platforms, training resources, and an exclusive network in the world of ballet. Brown Girls Do Ballet is part of Brown Girls…

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Project Plié – American Ballet Theatre

Ballet Teacher February 16, 2016 Ethnic Diversity

In September 2013, American Ballet Theatre announced the formation of Project Plié, a comprehensive initiative to increase racial and ethnic representation in ballet and diversify America’s ballet companies. Project Plié seeks to combine training and support of ballet students from…

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Black Ballerina – Classical Ballet Documentary Film

Ballet Teacher February 15, 2016February 15, 2016 Ballerinas, Ethnic Diversity

BLACK BALLERINA, a feature length documentary-in-progress, is a story of passion, opportunity, heartbreak and triumph of the human spirit. Set in the overwhelmingly white world of classical dance, it tells the stories of several black women from different generations who fell…

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Project Plié – Tackling Ballet’s Ethnic Diversity Problem

Ballet Teacher February 15, 2016February 15, 2016 Ethnic Diversity

Ballet has a lily-white reputation. The great “ballet blanc” works glorify white swans, white shades and white sylphs. And ballet goers might expect some progress in racial diversity onstage, especially in the U.S., where populations of color are growing. But comb the…

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Pointe Magazine Features Black Ballerinas On Cover

Ballet Teacher January 15, 2016February 15, 2016 Ballerinas, Ethnic Diversity

For its annual career issue, Pointe enlists Dance Theatre of Harlem’s Ashley Murphy, Cedar Lake Contemporary Ballet’s Ebony Williams and the American Ballet Theater’s Misty Copeland to discuss an ongoing problem in ballet communities: lack of ethnic diversity. This isn’t…

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The Gambia Ballet Factory community ballet development programs introduces participants to ballet and identifies girls suitable for formal training through our annual ballet scholarships and ballet mentor program. We are always happy to receive volunteers, sponsorship or funding from the world of ballet, music, dance and the performing arts.

We are extremely grateful to have the support of Karla Bray and the staff of Capezio in London and their kind donation of pointe ballet shoes. more on Capezio

We are thrilled to receive the kind donation of dancewear from Olivia Graham of Move Dance in the UK.  more on Move Dancewear

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