Excuse my ignorance as I'm not familiar with ballet. I googled her and for a long time she was the only black ballerina in NYC Ballet***.Is this still not common? Is this big in America? Figured it was like a minor thing here and popular in Europe.
For most of her career at the New York City Ballet she was the only African-American ballerina. Aesha retired from ballet in 2008 and started the Swan Dreams Project, a project that encourages African-American girls to become ballet dancers.
She's determined to use her dance background to change the stereotypes and misconceptions that people—including black people—have about women of color. "I want to show it's okay to embrace our softer side, and let the world know we're multidimensional," says Ash.
Zombiac3 on January 26th, 2018 at 17:56 UTC »
Excuse my ignorance as I'm not familiar with ballet. I googled her and for a long time she was the only black ballerina in NYC Ballet***.Is this still not common? Is this big in America? Figured it was like a minor thing here and popular in Europe.
TooShiftyForYou on January 26th, 2018 at 18:01 UTC »
For most of her career at the New York City Ballet she was the only African-American ballerina. Aesha retired from ballet in 2008 and started the Swan Dreams Project, a project that encourages African-American girls to become ballet dancers.
She's determined to use her dance background to change the stereotypes and misconceptions that people—including black people—have about women of color. "I want to show it's okay to embrace our softer side, and let the world know we're multidimensional," says Ash.
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Poemi on January 26th, 2018 at 18:17 UTC »
Ballerinas are right up there with unicorns and princesses, at the top of the short list of things that inspire little girls inordinately.
So I like this.