Ingrid Silva is a principal dancer at the Dance Theater of Harlem. The Brazilian beauty is celebrated for merging the rhythm ...

Misty Copeland has grown used to having the spotlight on her at center stage. In 2015, Copeland sprang into the highest echelons of dance when she became the first African American woman to be a ...

Early on in her childhood, Anne Benna Sims, the first African-American ballerina to sign a contract with the American Ballet Theatre (ABT), wanted to take lessons in dance, but she had to wait a ...

She remembers first seeing Misty Copeland dance in a lead role with the American Ballet Theatre in 2015 ... because you don't get to see often African Americans play a lead role," the 22-year ...

During opening night’s performance, the Alonzo King LINES Ballet dancers moved ... performing to the traditional African American spiritual. The dancers formed two lines and began crossing ...

Apart from ballet, the dancers also train in traditional African dance with live drums ... "Black history is American history, so she's a part of that." It's something Smith says she could ...

PHILADELPHIA (WPVI) -- The African American Museum of Philadelphia joined forces with the Philadelphia Ballet for "Day of Dance" on Saturday, under the banner of their theme, "inspiring the next ...

And for Kayla: “It makes me so happy and just fills me with joy to see how excited they are and they have a chance to dance, too.” The African American Ballet Troupe is a creative outlet and ...

This is the African American Ballet Troupe's spin on the Christmas ... will mark the troupe's biggest show yet, with close to 60 dancers spinning into the spotlight. "It brings me a lot of joy ...