Brooklyn Mack Joffrey Ballet- Apprentice American Ballet Theatre Studio Company Orlando Ballet- Principal Washington Ballet- Principal English National Ballet- Guest Artist Brooklyn Mack of Elgin, South Carolina, is in his eighth season with The Washington Ballet. Mack began his dance training at age 12 with the Pavlovich Dance School under Radenko Pavlovich and Milena Leben […]
Marie Mence Ballet Black – Junior Artist (2014-15/16) Phoenix Dance Company (2015-2016) Marie-Astrid was born in Paris, France where she began dancing in a private dance school before continuing to the Higher National Conservatory of Music and Dance in Paris. She was a member of the Junior Ballet of Paris and danced in works by […]
José Alves Ballet Black- Senior Artist (2012-present) Polski Teatr Tańca (2015-2016) Teatr Muzyczny w Łódzi Ballet Company of the Young (2010-2011) Born in Brazil, José started ballet at the age of 13 at the Adalgisa Rolim Ballet School. In 2007 he joined the Bolshoi Theatre School in Brazil and graduated in 2008. In 2010 he […]
Debra Austin New York City Ballet: Soloist (1974) Zurich Ballet: Soloist Pennsylvania Ballet: Principal (1982) Debra Austin (born July 25, 1955) is an American ballet dancer who rose to prominence in 1982 as the first African American female principal dancer of a major American ballet company. She was also the first African American female dancer […]
Jamar Goodman Hartford Ballet American Ballet Theatre (2000-2003) Pennsylvania Ballet (2003-2005) Originally from Waterbury, Connecticut, Jamar Goodman began his dance training when he was eight years old at The School of the Hartford Ballet under a Dance City Youth Scholarship. While studying in the pre-professional program from 1990 to 1998, Mr. Goodman received classical ballet, […]
Jermel Johnson Pennsylvania Ballet-Principal (2004) Originally from Maryland, Jermel Johnson began his dance education by attending the Baltimore School for the Arts’ after school program for four years. He continued training with the Baltimore School for the Arts for another three years. He then studied for one year at The School of American Ballet under […]
On a crystal clear morning in the Daniels and Fisher clock tower in downtown Denver Colorado, two worlds that have long orbited one another collided. The International Association of Blacks in Dance (IABD) extended an invitation to Artistic and Executive directors of major ballet companies to take part in a group audition for female ballet […]
40 Years of Firsts from Dance Theatre of Harlem on Vimeo.