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Q | Dec 5, 2012 | 11:53

Why ballet needs more black dancers

Dance Theatre of Harlem's Virginia Johnson on why the ballet world needs to let go of its attachment to 19th-century ideals of beauty (which celebrates paleness), and cultivate more dancers who reflect today's diverse, beautiful world.

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