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[3] [4] He had also participated in the Royal Ballet's community outreach program. [5] Throughout his time in the Royal Ballet, he was one of the few black dancers in the company. [6] In 2017, Underwood left the company. [7] In 2015, Underwood posted a video of him applying make up to ballet shoes, as there were only pink and beige options.
Debra Austin. Debra Austin was the very first African-American ballerina to receive a principal dancer contract with a major American ballet company [3] in 1982 with the Pennsylvania Ballet. There she danced the principal roles in Swan Lake, Giselle, Coppélia, and La Sylphide. Dancing these roles with a white partner was a further breakthrough.
Johaar Mosaval. Johaar Mosaval (8 January 1928 – 16 August 2023) was a South African ballet dancer who rose to prominence as a principal dancer with the Royal Ballet. [1] He was among the first "persons of color" to perform major roles with an internationally known ballet company during the 1960s. [2][3]
Website. nureyev.org. Rudolf Khametovich Nureyev[a] (17 March 1938 – 6 January 1993) was a Soviet-born ballet dancer and choreographer. Nureyev is widely regarded as the greatest male ballet dancer of his generation. [1][2][3][4][5][6][7] Nureyev was born on a Trans-Siberian train near Irkutsk, Siberia, Soviet Union, to a Tatar family.
The Royal Ballet. The Royal Ballet is a British internationally renowned classical ballet company, based at the Royal Opera House in Covent Garden, London, England. The largest of the five major ballet companies in Great Britain, the Royal Ballet was founded in 1931 by Dame Ninette de Valois. [1] It became the resident ballet company of the ...
Carlos Acosta. Carlos Yunior Acosta Quesada CBE (born 2 June 1973) is a Cuban-British ballet director and retired dancer who is director of the Birmingham Royal Ballet. He danced with many companies, including the English National Ballet, National Ballet of Cuba, Houston Ballet and American Ballet Theatre. He was a permanent member of The Royal ...
Ross Stretton. Successor. Kevin O'Hare. Dame Monica Margaret Mason DBE (born 6 September 1941) is a former ballet dancer, teacher, and director of The Royal Ballet. In more than a half-century with the company, she established a reputation as a versatile performer, a skilled rehearsal director, and a capable administrator. [1][2]
Vaslav or Vatslav Nijinsky (/ ˌ v ɑː t s l ɑː f n ɪ ˈ (d) ʒ ɪ n s k i /; Russian: Вацлав Фомич Нижинский, romanized: Vatslav Fomich Nizhinsky, IPA: [ˈvatsləf fɐˈmʲitɕ nʲɪˈʐɨnskʲɪj]; Polish: Wacław Niżyński, IPA: [ˈvatswaf ɲiˈʐɨj̃skʲi]; 12 March 1889 [1] [2] /1890 [3] – 8 April 1950) was a Russian [4] ballet dancer and choreographer of ...