Ballerina Michaela DePrince Danced as if She Were Sprinkled With Pixie Dust
As a professional ballerina, she inhabited the world of fairy tales. It’s tempting to read her real life as one too.
75 years ago, Maria Tallchief made the ballet world reimagine itself and find a place for a Native American prima ballerina
On Nov. 27, 1949, prima ballerina Maria Tallchief waited for her cue in the wings of the City Center in downtown Manhattan, ...
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Houston-area ballerina to compete in prestigious event in Switzerland
Aubrey Daniels, a 15-year-old student in Pearland ISD, is the first Houston-area ballerina in nine years to be selected for ...
Ballet star Michaela DePrince dead at 29. Dancer with remarkable story had beginnings in N.J.
DePrince, from New Jersey via Sierra Leone, was featured as a teen dancer in the documentary 'First Position' and danced in ...
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'The Brooklyn Nutcracker’ Turns a Ballet Classic Into an Ode to the Borough
The show debuted in 2016, but started to come together in 2010, when Brooklyn Ballet choreographed the mechanical doll dance ...
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From class to the stage: How one Ludington teen ballerina balances dance and education
Meet Isabella Hodges, a Highpoint Virtual Academy of Michigan student from Ludington and rising ballet talent training with ...
Year in review: San Diego dance became more inventive and diverse in 2024
This year’s highlights included works by City Ballet, Ballet, Malashock Dance, Ballet Collective SD and Dance Theater ...
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75 years ago, Maria Tallchief made the ballet world reimagine itself and find a place for a Native American prima ballerina
This production was a reimagining of a famous ballet based on a Russian folktale and featured an Osage ballerina who forced the dance world to reimagine who could be one of their biggest stars.