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- Nov 07, 2020
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- Nov 07, 2020
'The Firebird' just symbolizes a lot for me and my career. It was one of the first really big principal roles that I was ever given an opportunity to dance with American Ballet Theatre, and it was a huge step for the African-American community, I think, within the classical ballet world.
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- Nov 07, 2020
It's hard to be the one that stands out when, you know, in a ballet company, you're trying to create unison and uniform when you're in a corps de ballet.
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- Nov 07, 2020
When people meet me in person, they're usually surprised at how petite I am because there's this idea that because I'm black, I just look a certain way.
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- Nov 07, 2020
Depending on the level you're at in your company, the higher you go up in rank, usually the longer you can dance.
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- Nov 07, 2020
I think that having a platform and having a voice to be seen by people beyond the classical ballet world has really been my power, I feel.
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- Nov 07, 2020
That something that I fought so hard for throughout the beginning of my career is I didn't want to pancake my skin a lighter color to fit into the... ballet. I wanted to be myself. I didn't want to have to wear makeup that made my nose look thinner.
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- Nov 07, 2020
Being the only African American at this level in American Ballet Theater, I feel like people are looking at me, and it's my responsibility for me to do whatever I can to provide these opportunities in communities to be able to educate them.
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- Nov 07, 2020
It's a European art form, and you're used to seeing a certain type of person as a ballerina. And I don't look like a lot of the girls around me.
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- Nov 07, 2020