Brown Girls Do Ballet: Scholarships available to promote diversity in dance

Brown Girls Do Ballet provides resources and scholarships to young dancers of color to support and provide a safe space for ...
Dallas Observer

A Dallas Mom Who Knew Nothing About Dance Started the Brown Girls Do Ballet Movement

A few years ago, photographer Takiyah Wallace was searching for a dance studio in Dallas for her 3-year-old daughter, who had expressed an interest in ballet, when she noticed something. “One of the ...
Rolling Out

Robin Pitts brings Brown girls to the ballet barre

Throughout history, African American dancers, choreographers and instructors (e.g. Kathrine Dunham, Judith Jamison, Alvin Ailey, Cab Calloway, and the Nicholas Brothers) have made major contributions ...
Orange County Register

Golden Girl Dance Troupe strives to bridge cultures with performances in Laguna Woods Village

Getting your Trinity Audio player ready... Ana Shushu remembers the first time she saw a fan of arms extending and retracting in careful, choreographed motion for the Buddha with a Thousand Hands ...
New York Post

My son was assumed to be a girl in ballet class — it’s so wrong

I have a toddler who has shown interest in lots of different activities, forms of play and movies in his big three years. Proudly, he is encouraged to express himself however he likes and we follow ...