Ballet
Benjamin Millepied to Step Down at Paris Opera Ballet and Return to Los Angeles
Misty Copeland's 'A Ballerina's Tale' Contends Race in Ballet, Debuts on PBS
The sphere of ballet is often associated with seemingly emaciated, white ballerinas. As is the focus with the latest documentary about the world of dance--which premiered tonight, Feb. 8 at 10 p.m. on PBS--ballerina Misty Copeland shows what racism pervades the landscape and how being a black woman contends what the art's aesthetic. BRIEF: Septime Webre Leaves Washington Ballet, DGA Awards Winners, Raphael Schumacher Dies
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