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Trailblazing Ballet Dancer Misty Copeland Talks About Her Own Heroes, from Raven Wilkinson to Prince
Misty Copeland inspired the next generation of Black girls as the first Black woman to be named a principal dancer for the American Ballet Theatre. In a wide-ranging interview with LX News host Tabitha Lipkin, she talked about the people who have inspired her — from Raven Wilkinson, who was the first Black ballerina to dance in an all-white company...
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A Night at the Ballet, in Time for ‘Nutcracker' Season
“A Night at the Ballet,” is a free streaming event that premieres on Thursday. The event, filmed in a small New York theater, will treat ballet-starved fans to dancers from America’s top companies performing excerpts of classical ballets like “Romeo and Juliet, “The Nutcracker” and “Don Quixote.”
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City Ballet of San Diego's ‘A Masquerade Nutcracker' Soon Available for Streaming
This holiday season, fine art aficionados can enjoy a performance from the City Ballet of San Diego right from the comfort of their own homes.
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Hill-Stead Museum Brings ‘The Nutcracker' to Life as Pandemic Surges
With families wondering how they will celebrate the holidays during coronavirus shutdowns, the Hill-Stead Museum and Ballet Theatre Company have partnered to bring The Nutcracker to life with a costume exhibition and ballet performances in a life-sized snow globe.
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Wave of ‘Nutcracker' Cancellations Hits Dance Companies Hard
The coronavirus has hit one part of the arts and entertainment world especially hard, and that’s performances of “The Nutcracker.”
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Nigerian Dancer, 11, Receives Scholarship to ABT After Viral Video
Anthony Madu, 11, was invited to study ballet with the best dancers in the world after a viral video of him leaping and pirouetting in the rain-soaked streets of Lagos, Nigeria, caught the attention of the American Ballet Theatre.
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Local Ballet Teacher is a Role Model of Inclusion
Across the country, both the pandemic and now the protests have hurt many businesses, forcing them to close. Many have had to go online and just try to make it through. Lisa McCabe, an African American ballet teacher and business owner in San Marcos, shared with NBC 7 how both have affected her business and her passion to be a…
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Role Model for Inclusion
NBC 7’s Jackie Crea brings us the story of a ballet teacher hoping to make a difference in the world.
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Copeland Leads Dancers in Virtual Ballet for Charity
Thirty-two dancers from 14 countries have performed a ballet for a virtual audience to benefit the struggling dance community