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Misty Copeland Launches ‘Be Bold’ Initiative to Improve Diversity in Ballet

Stacy JacksonSeptember 19, 2022September 19, 2022

by Stacy JacksonSeptember 19, 2022September 19, 20221310

Leap into the world of ballet with professional ballerina Misty Copeland....

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Misty Copeland Meets With Trailblazing, Legendary Ballerinas of the 152nd Street Black Ballet

BLACK ENTERPRISE EditorsDecember 6, 2021December 6, 2021

by BLACK ENTERPRISE EditorsDecember 6, 2021December 6, 20215210

Copeland joined — for the first time ever — four pioneering Black ballerinas, Lydia Abarca-Mitchell, Sheila Rohan, Gayle McKinney-Griffith and Karlya Shelton-Benjamin, who made history domestically...

Arts and Culture COVID-19 Entrepreneurship

Meet the Black Ballerina and Entrepreneur Helping People Heal From their Trauma

Lydia BlancoMay 15, 2020May 15, 2020

by Lydia BlancoMay 15, 2020May 15, 202014364

Entrepreneur Tyde-Courtney Edwards, founding director of Ballet After Dark, is a classically trained ballerina, art model, and survivor of sexual assault who is on a...