As a child, many girls wanted to be a ballerina. Whether they played with Barbie in her tutu or asked their parents to get them classes, they loved the idea of it. The grace while dancing, the ...
Ballet sustains in this lyrical homage emphasizing the early challenges that dancer Michaela Mabinty DePrince (1995–2024) overcame on her path to the professional stage. As an orphaned child in Sierra ...
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Wait, So What Exactly *Is* A Midnight Ballerina?
If you’ve been watching Love Island USA clips, scrolling through TikTok, or watching dance videos, odds are you’ve seen this comment: “They are never beating those midnight ballerina allegations.” And ...
Fifteen years have passed since I hung up my pointe shoes, and still, Tchaikovsky scores, Balanchine choreography, and the beauty of a quick change in the wings of a theater occupy a good amount of my ...
On Wednesday, Misty Copeland will perform her final show as a professional ballerina after 25 years with American Ballet Theatre. The farewell performance at ABT’s Fall Gala also marks her return to ...
In an impoverished orphanage in Sierra Leone, she longed to dance ballet. After being adopted by American parents, her improbable dream came true. By Alex Traub Michaela DePrince, an acclaimed ...
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