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  2. List of African-American ballerinas - Wikipedia

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    Her career started in Dance Theatre of Harlem, and was the youngest dancer there. She then joined the Dutch National Ballet, though at the time she is the only dancer of African origin. She is now a soloist at the company. [13] Michaela has left the Dutch National Ballet, and has joined the Boston Ballet in 2021 as a second soloist. [14]

  3. Black and White (ballet) - Wikipedia

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    Black and White is a ballet made by New York City Ballet ballet master, subsequently ballet master in chief, Peter Martins to some of Michael Torke's eponymous music which was commissioned for City Ballet's American Music Festival; the premiere took place on 7 May 1988 at the New York State Theater, Lincoln Center.

  4. Black women in ballet - Wikipedia

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    Similarly, the establishment of Black ballet companies was essential for professional dancers to choreograph and perform. Katherine Dunham was a significant contributor to the involvement of Black women in ballet. In 1931, Dunham helped establish Ballet Négre, which was one of the first Black ballet companies in the United States. [9]

  5. Petite Mort (ballet) - Wikipedia

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    The ballet is performed by six men and six women, dancing barefooted. The women are dressed in leotards, and the men in shorts and barechested, all in skin colours and with corset lining. [4] [5]: 291 Dance scholar Katja Vaghi noted these costumes "clearly enhance the dance’s sensuality, already hinted at in the title. They add to the general ...

  6. Christian Holder - Wikipedia

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    Dorothy Kincaid, "Dance, Dress, and Design With Flair" (article on Christian Holder), The Milwaukee Sentinel, 16 February 1977. "Ballet and race: black or white?", Londonballetblog, 24 September 2013. With photograph captioned: "Christian Holder takes a jump in Animus (choreographed by Gerald Arpino), with the Joffrey ballet in 1969".

  7. Ballet dancer - Wikipedia

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    Training does not end when ballet dancers are hired by a professional company. Even professional ballet dancers take daily ballet class to keep their technique in check and to warm up and prepare for a day of rehearsals. Ballet is a strict form of art, [3] and the dancer must be very athletic and flexible. [4]

  8. List of female dancers - Wikipedia

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    Merritt Moore (born 1988), ballet dancer, quantum physicist, completing residency at Harvard University's ArtLab; Kathryn Morgan (born 1989), ballet dancer, former soloist with New York City Ballet; Mary Ellen Moylan (1925–2020), ballet dancer, Ballet Russe de Monte Carlo, Ballet Society, Ballet Theatre and Metropolitan Opera Ballet

  9. Rudolf Nureyev - Wikipedia

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    Rudolf Khametovich Nureyev [a] (17 March 1938 – 6 January 1993) was a Soviet-born ballet dancer and choreographer. Nureyev is widely regarded as the most preeminent male ballet dancer of his generation as well as one of the greatest ballet dancers of all time.