.mistyonpointe said the ballet industry is 'extremely behind' in addressing its use of blackface and the lack of diversity.
."I didn't want to speak, I wanted to express myself through movement." The first decade of her career, she was the only Black woman in American Ballet Theatre, and she described feeling a sense of panic where she questioned if she was ever going to see another Black woman in her company or in her lifetime, even.
across the globe that have made people listen."This has been my life's work as a dancer, speaking about racism in the world and in ballet, speaking about the lack of diversity," she stated.What's different about using her voice today, Copeland said, is she feels"we have true allies in people from other communities and races that we have not had before.
"If you want to keep the art form alive and relevant and growing, you're gonna have to open your doors to everyone.". There are ballet companies in other countries, like the Bolshoi Ballet in Russia, that justify the use of blackface because"their reasoning is that's not their history, so it doesn't have the same meaning to them," she said.
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