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Here’s What Black Ballet Dancers Really Go Through

DANCE Posted: August 10, 2014 8:00 am

“Racism is less about what happens to you and more about what doesn’t happen to you.” As ABT’s Misty Copeland prepares to dance the White and Black Swans for the first time, she and several of her dark-skineed colleagues (including Carlos Acosta) talk about the challenges they still face (yes, including hate mail and physical threats) and the progress that’s being made.

DANCE Published: 08.09.14

Read the story in The Australian Published: 08.09.14

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