Olivia Bell remembers the first time she saw Black ballet dancers as a child at a performance by the Dance Theatre of Harlem in Fort Worth. Seeing Black ballerinas on stage with flesh tone tights to ...

An organization that promotes diversity among those who participate in ballet is offering year-long scholarships to help girls of color thrive in the Fort Worth area. Brown Girls Do Ballet is a ...

City Gospel Mission's Princesses Ballet program offers free ballet lessons to hundreds of young dancers from low-income families CINCINNATI — A group of under-resourced girls will debut an original ...

SAO PAULO (AP) — Past the graffiti-covered overpass and subway tracks, in a slum penned in by high-rises, 8-year-old Gabriela Aparecida fixes her curly hair into a bun as she waits for a ride to her ...

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Every year, young El Paso ballerinas get both excited and nervous about auditioning for the national touring company of the "Nutcracker! Magical Christmas Ballet." For the ballerinas, it's an ...

Amy Sherman-Palladino and Dan Palladinoare unconcerned that a TV show they create will be too niche, even when it comes to the often-obscure world of ballet. Nearly two years from the last episode of ...

The Internet has reinforced do-it-yourself instincts in practically every conceivable area, especially education. But recent reports of young girls trying to learn ballet from online videos, bypassing ...

Olivia Bell is an alum and mentor for Brown Girls Do Ballet who says her mentors and the community she developed through the program helped in her journey from growing up in the Dallas-Fort Worth area ...