Saluting African American ballet dancers who paved the way for Misty Copeland at American Ballet Theater, from Janet Collins to Desmond Richardson. Skip to main content.

By Cherri Gregg. PHILADELPHIA (CBS) - The Pennsylvania Ballet's first African American male principal dancer will speak at a Philadelphia museum this evening-- to share some of the details of his ...

Misty Copeland is the American Ballet Theater's first female African-American principal dancer. She discusses her book, Firebird. (This piece initially aired on Sept. 9, 2014 on Morning Edition).

Misty Copeland has been named principal dancer by the American Ballet Theater, becoming the first African-American ballet dancer to hold the position in the company’s 75-year history. Copeland ...

HOUSTON – Houston Ballet has established a scholarship fund honoring their first African-American principal dancer Lauren Anderson.. In a release on Thursday, the annual Young Dancer Scholarship ...

This year’s 23rd annual Berkeley/Oakland AileyCamp that recently started and runs through July 25 is setting various spaces ...

The problem in modern ballet is the problem of the color line. Scan the rosters of the nation’s top companies and African American dancers are rare, while African American ballerinas are nearly ...

Misty Copeland broke barriers when she was named a principal dancer at the American Ballet Theatre in 2015. It was at this moment that she became the first Black woman to be promoted to this rank in ...

In 2015, Copeland sprang into the highest echelons of dance when she became the first African American woman to be a principal dancer with American Ballet Theatre, one of the most prestigious and ...

Steve Adubato goes One-on-One with the Founder of the Dance Theater of Harlem, Arthur Mitchell, to discuss his career as the first African American dancer for the NYC Ballet.

The Dance Theatre of Harlem comes to the Aronoff Center on May 11 and 12. Skip to content. NOWCAST WLWT News at 11pm. ... Dancers celebrate African American culture through ballet.