First black Marie in “The Nutcracker” hopes to empower other girls

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4 жыл бұрын

The holiday classic “The Nutcracker" has been performed by the New York City Ballet for more than 50 years. But this year, the timeless production actually features something new. Charlotte Nebres, 11, is the first black dancer to win the coveted role of Marie, the young heroine of the story. And her story is just one example of the changing face of the world of classical dance. Elaine Quijano reports.
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@dwaltz123 4 жыл бұрын

Miss World, Miss Universe, Miss USA, Miss Teen USA, Miss America and now Marie. You go girl! This beautiful child gets to soar to a place her mother only dreamed about. Beautiful!!!

@biracialawareness.7956 4 жыл бұрын

If mixed people are so called "black" then it would mean that all 'black' men worldwide could totally 'ABANDON' their own fellow 'black' women and strictly 'PROCREATE' with white women only and claim to be 'PRESERVING' the black race / population. And their 50/50 'BIRACIAL' kids with those 'white' women could do the very same thing, and so could their 75% European 'QUADROON' grand kids and 95% European 'OCTOROON' great grand kids. It makes no 'BIOLOGICAL' sense.

@biracialawareness.7956 4 жыл бұрын

She is not black she is biracial / mixed-race.

@commonnobodylulublue790 4 жыл бұрын

Robyn Fulmore biracial and black aren’t synonymous terms, she has black in her but she isn’t a representation of black people she is half Asian, I swear black People have no pride within our race because if we did she would not be labeled as a black girl. She is a small subdivision within but shouldn’t be recognized as African American or Asian American she ASIAN AFRICAN AMERICAN..1/2 doesn’t equal a whole

@commonnobodylulublue790 4 жыл бұрын

El Nubian stop the muthafuckin music...Are u dumb?

@Cinnamon_roll_lover_123 4 жыл бұрын

Robyn Fulmore that is false, just because people spread that lie. It’s just that a lie. Mixed isn’t black. Black is black but when watering down someone background. Ignorant on most people part. The little girl looks mostly Filipina.

@thisawesomeperson7684 4 жыл бұрын

El Nubian So to follow your logic, if someone is only 1% black, then that automatically means that they’re just black because that 1% is the strongest? I guess woahVicky really is just black y’all. Lol

@biracialawareness.7956 3 жыл бұрын

@Robyn Fulmore If mixed people are so called "black" then it would mean that all 'black' men or most 'black' men worldwide could strictly 'PRO-CREATE' with white women only, and claim to be "PRE-SERVING" the black race. And then their 50/50 'BIRACIAL' kids with those same 'WHITE' women could also do the very same thing. And so could their 75% European 'QUADROON' grand kids, and 95% European 'OCTOROON' great grand kids. It makes no 'BIOLOGICAL' sense.

@moei2948 4 жыл бұрын

She is biracial (which is NOT a bad thing!), not black - just because the majority of white Americans may see her as black doesn’t mean AA have to or that she actually is. Very happy for this talented young woman though, congrats!!!

@chessecake578 3 жыл бұрын

Thank you 👏👏👏👏

@4KimballGlaspie 3 жыл бұрын

🎯💯 Exactly! Good for her, but still waiting on REAL progress for REAL black girls, not this "almost" and "kinda" crap that America keeps passing for progress.

@commonnobodylulublue790 4 жыл бұрын

Although we all should be proud of her accomplishments, this girl is sadly not the first black dancer she might be the first Asian African American dancer but certainly not the first black dancer... in order to be black you have to come from TWOOO BLACK parents and that’s just a fact🤧

@egdowe 4 жыл бұрын

Common Nobody Lulu blue exactly you must have 2 black parents. Why are ppl so brainwashed

@margo3367 4 жыл бұрын

I felt my eyes well up with tears. She's lovely! There are good people in the world. ❤️

@cassidyvarg5125 4 жыл бұрын

to help clear up the role of "Marie": the lead girl role in The Nutcracker is most often named Marie, Clara, or Masha depending on where the ballet is coming from and/or is being performed. Marie is French/Dutch typically, Masha is Russian, and Clara is German

@curtthegamer934 3 жыл бұрын

Also, Marie is the original name from ETA Hoffmann's novella.

@samylynch5185 4 жыл бұрын

I’m happy for her, but let this girl be the first biracial Maria. As a black girl I don’t identify with her and still waiting for a Black Maria.

@jocecala435 4 жыл бұрын

Biracial . Not first girl black

@evejohnson3660 4 жыл бұрын

she is black any race mixed with black is black

@PopLife-hb3ks 4 жыл бұрын

Thank you. She doesn’t look like a black person. She looks mixed. And she is mixed.

@samylynch5185 4 жыл бұрын

@@evejohnson3660 She's her own her race.

@samylynch5185 4 жыл бұрын

@Dog jizzing in muhammad's mouth What racism? Because I don't believe in the one drop rule that is effecting black girls?

@itsjustmoss1281 4 жыл бұрын

Why am I seeing so much criticism on rather if she's black enough or not? She is a wonderful start that paves the way for so many other little black girls of varying shades of brown and hair texture. She wouldn't have gotten this part fifty years ago because she looks too black, so can we please just be proud of her and celebrate the progress regardless of how black she looks? Thanks...

@janmichaelasmussen923 4 жыл бұрын

Completely right. Focus on performance, not race

@m.layfette6249 4 жыл бұрын

As a Black woman raising a Beautiful Black daughter, I am teaching her that the Very attributes that make her Amazing Beyond Anything is, unfortunately; the same things that will pull and tear at her core to break her down. The fact that she is a Beautiful, Strong, Intelligent, Sassy, Amazing Black Young Lady should Empower her beyond everything. #BlackGirlsRock #PowerofGIRL

@rona175 4 жыл бұрын

that's because 50 years ago they had the one-drop rule.

@PopLife-hb3ks 4 жыл бұрын

Because there are little black girls who are today still considered “too black” to play this role. I don’t see a biracial girl getting the role, as a “win” for little black girls. For little biracial girls yes, but not black girls.

@itsjustmoss1281 4 жыл бұрын

@@PopLife-hb3ks I don't exspect to be able to change your mind, but I operate under the idea that mix race ppl are black if they are part black, the only genuin difference I see is that they will exsperience a different type of discrimination and the ability to have more than one culture. I just feel like isolating mixed race people as just mixed because they don't look black enough to is incredibly devisive and is often used in an inconsistent way. Like everyone I've heard talk about Barak Obama said he's black despite him being mixed. I understand that society often favors black ppl that look closer than white than not, I get that and it sucks, but this is something posative and I don't believe in defying what someone should or should not identify with if that's an aspect of their exsistenc. Though I do look forward to if progress takes us to a point where a very dark skinned girl with 4c hair gets a part like this aswell as equal/equitable opportunities. But if you don't care to see where I'm coming from that's ok, we can just agree to disagree...

@PopLife-hb3ks 4 жыл бұрын

I’m still waiting to see the first black Maria in The Nutcracker.🤷🏾‍♀️

@janmichaelasmussen923 4 жыл бұрын

ife leigh sp wait....

@janmichaelasmussen923 4 жыл бұрын

ife leigh so wait

@PopLife-hb3ks 4 жыл бұрын

jan michael asmussen You felt the need to comment about my waiting to see someone who looks something like myself on the stage. And you’re response is that I should “keep waiting”. That’s cool I guess. But I’m really not interested in whether you care or not that some people are not represented in the classical arts and would like to see people who look like themselves at least once in awhile. I’m sure you don’t see the importance of that (or you just don’t care about the experiences of people who do not look like you). I’m mean I’m sure you see people who look like you represented in a positive way all the time, so you take that for granted. Don’t worry, I really don’t expect someone like you to understand or even care. I’m not shocked by your response.🤷🏾‍♀️

@The.Whoever 4 жыл бұрын

Girl, me too. Where she at?

@egdowe 4 жыл бұрын

*ALienTaeTae* * amen to that. She does not look like a black girl so black girls cannot expect to identify with her and I think it’s important for people to celebrate 💯 of their ancestry not just half

@lanettehardy2112 4 жыл бұрын

People should fact check the original German story her name is Marie yes it is also Clara but the E.T.A. Hoffman story which is where the ballet is adapted from the child's name is Marie

@sunflowervol.6414 4 жыл бұрын

Lanette Hardy exactly!

@kimisorensen4974 4 жыл бұрын

Not that I’m trying to start something but not only is she black. She’s also Filipino. Why wasn’t that touched upon? Why is it only important that she’s half black?

@jaydapiosen7274 4 жыл бұрын

She's not black. She is a Filipina.

@madisworld7872 3 жыл бұрын

she’s mixed

@hannahhester8376 4 жыл бұрын

I'm so happy for her! Now we need a black Sugar Plum Fairy and Odette!!

@idontcareidontcare901 Жыл бұрын

She is not black she's beautifully biracial there is no need to change that

@amawarrior7260 4 жыл бұрын

She's not jus the first black dancer but that of Asian descent as well.

@cjenkins8785 4 жыл бұрын

Let the little girl dance. Perhaps attend the ballet this Holiday Season to experience a once in a lifetime event. Next ballet season another little girl may be chosen for this opportunity to dance as "Marie" or "Clare".

@artisthusnatalal3099 4 жыл бұрын

*The girl is ASIAN AFRICAN AMERICAN (Biracial) not Black!* 😊

@thisawesomeperson7684 4 жыл бұрын

Why doesn’t it say first ASAIN as well? You know because she’s mixed? Not just African-American...

@DeepBreathingMeditation 4 жыл бұрын

She might not be the first "Asian", I'm sure theyve had other Asians lol but I agree

@cjenkins8785 4 жыл бұрын

Ethnicity is generally based on the mother's race. "Mama's baby Papa's maybe"! Many citizens in the USA are multiracial and/or multicultural.

@cjenkins8785 4 жыл бұрын

ThisAwesomePerson and Vegansam NYC Ballet Amar Ramasar 2010 was the first Asian dancer. Thanks Google!

@thisawesomeperson7684 4 жыл бұрын

Ç Jenkins Okay, fair enough. Let me rephrase it to the first “Filipina”. I just saw another video finally crediting her other existing race, which is Filipino.

@cjenkins8785 4 жыл бұрын

ThisAwesomePerson "Filipina" is nationality not race.

@spiritualcosmeticss 4 жыл бұрын

Reading the comments is saddening because y’all nitpicking about race. Just be happy for the beautiful young lady gosh! When Obama became president nobody called him the first mixed raced president they called him the first black president. Yes this beautiful talented young lady along with other mixed raced people like Obama and Misty Copeland and others with the title first black such and such in a technical sense are biracial/mixed race and not fully black However All of us African Americans have a mixed background in a technical sense from slavery (unless you came to the U.S. from Africa recently) All I can say is y’all being very petty and missing the whole point! The world is making room for people of color point blank period y’all! Stop pointing out our differences guys plz. We not on the plantation anymore.

@biracialawareness.7956 4 жыл бұрын

@nitabailey426 4 жыл бұрын

They really aren't making room for people of colour . We always have to search for black people who aren't mixed in the spotlight ? Yeah we are happy for her but what about those who don't look mixed ? We're not on the plantations anymore but racism is still alive . So to all those black people who aren't mixed and don't understand why someone of colour who's not mixed never seems to be or last in the spotlight I feel you!

@spiritualcosmeticss 4 жыл бұрын

Biracial Awareness. Yes of course there is definitely a different experience between being black and being biracial. There is also a different experience between being a “black” person with a fairer complexion and a black person with a darker complexion (colorism) And isn’t it peculiar how black people are called black and very few I mean very few (in America at least) actually have skin that is colored black? At the end of the day we all bleed red. But it’s kinda a sticky subject. What is your mission? To change laws and make people call mixed raced( who are mixed with black) biracial instead of “first black such and such..?!” It’s difficult because when you are mixed a lot of factors go into your identity, like your complexion, hair texture how black you look all that but even still a mixed person can look white and still self identify as black. There’s no easy answer... Growing up my grandma was brown skin with hazel eyes and long orange/red hair(she was mixed) but I’m light skin with brown eyes and brown hair so yeah I definitely identify as “black” or “African American” but really I’d like to be called “colored”. But at the end of the day it’s all labels and we should not merely find our identities in our racial makeup. Again we all bleed red.

@spiritualcosmeticss 4 жыл бұрын

Biracial Awareness. Yes it makes no biological sense but...OKAY...So i am going to address the elephant in the room and that is the ancient one drop rule still does still exist in the world today...but it kind of doesn’t. It does and it doesn’t. However your missing the point that in this day and age a mixed raced person for example Megan Markle and Tamera Mowry-Housley and maybe even Halle Berry could marry/procreate with white men and their children could “pass” and a few generations in you’d never guess their great grand mom or dad was black... A good example of this is former actress turned organic products mogul Jessica Alba. Take a look at her kids. They look Latin/ Hispanic but her husband Cash Warren is biracial and his dad is visibly black but their grandkids look Hispanic/ Caucasian... of course this is just one example... And to clarify I didn’t make up the one drop rule but how this video is titled and this country/world seems to hold it tight and it still exists. But some people in the comments are taking it way too far in my personal opinion. Let’s Celebrate wins for people of color and not point out our differences.

@aa-zq2fr 4 жыл бұрын

Spiritual Cosmetics It is a win! But imo, it's a win for mixed girls and not necessarily 100% african girls. Like for your Obama example, that brought about the "paper bag rule". It made all black ppl that were his shade or lighter acceptable, but everyone darker too black under the guise of still accepting blk ppl. So yes, eventually hopefully this will lead to progress for all shades.

@yayadrew 4 жыл бұрын

Change the title please. She is biracial not black. Thank you.

@dwaltz123 4 жыл бұрын

Hamilton's success has spoken to this issue too. The audiences are overwhelmingly white and the cast is overwhelmingly people of color. It is okay to be a POC and a success on this stage too. It is almost 2020 people!

@carmenmarie5975 4 жыл бұрын

Congratulations to her. Looking forward to seeing her mature as a performer.

@theblackpearl7035 4 жыл бұрын

***BIRACIAL

@szaing4029 4 жыл бұрын

shes literally more asian than white or black, but im glad that the nycb is starting to accept people other than white.

@temperature4984 4 жыл бұрын

Joseph Qiao how? Please tell me how she is more one race than another when she looks just like her black mother and she considers herself black

@szaing4029 4 жыл бұрын

@@temperature4984 she is black but her dad is Filipino and her mom is mix of white and black so 50% asian 25% black nd 25% white

@szaing4029 4 жыл бұрын

Temperature inferences

@temperature4984 4 жыл бұрын

Joseph Qiao her mom isn’t half white she’s just light skin. In another video they showed the moms parents and they where both light skin black I believe one or both of her moms parent could’ve been mixed which makes her mom black

@szaing4029 4 жыл бұрын

@@temperature4984 yea light skin is technically mixed, interracial couples

@newjerseyselfdefense6199 4 жыл бұрын

She’s mixed! Not black. (Facepalm) The Race needs to be reorganized...

@LeeBeeDeeTree51 4 жыл бұрын

Yes, she IS mixed. And unlike many other top ballet companies in North America and Western Europe, NYCB has been very slow to train and hire dancers from the Asian diaspora. But let's be honest. The the part of her appearance that has been the biggest hindrance all over the classical dance world, is the fact that she's part BLACK. Black dancers - especially females - were stereotyped as lacking the grace and body types for ballet and in many cases were actively discouraged from studying ballet. By the way, Houston Ballet in the very red state of Texas, cast it's first black Marie/Clara TWENTY years ago. They also promoted Lauren Anderson to the role of principle dancer in the nineties. Years ago, black ballerinas Debra Austin and Tai Jemenez were promoted to principles at Philadelphia and Boston Ballets respectively. And of course, Misty Copeland was promoted to principle at ABT in 2015. Incidentally, all these women were or are exceedingly popular artists in their companies. But in 2019, in a blue state, with countless professional dancers of all types in all genres, in the most cosmopolitan city in the world - New York, we find that New York City Ballet has yet to have a black female principle. You almost have to try NOT to be diverse, for that not to have happened. Good for Charlotte. And good for City ballet for actively trying to diversify their feeder school after having had an atmosphere that was seen by some in the dance world as unwelcoming if not hostile to WOC, especially black women. But what took you so long?

@shana100mckday 4 жыл бұрын

The girl is mixed with black and identifies as black. Why does everyone here feel like they have the right to strip her of that blackness? If she wants to own it let her. You guys are the same people who get big mad when a biracial person doesnt see themself as black or awknowledge their black side. But still get mad when they do. damn cant please black people. Thank god im from the caribbean where we just see unity and love. Yall black americans just be too much trying to deny people of their blackness. You don't have to be mixed with black to be biracial. However in this case she is so let her own her black side. She is being recognised for it. We should be proud that anyone with any amount of black is being awknowledge. All forms of black needs to be uplifted whether its mixed or full black. Because in other countries being mixed with black doesnt do them any justice especially in asian countries where they are called dirty. Leave the girl be.

@newjerseyselfdefense6199 4 жыл бұрын

Shana-Kae McKnight there is no such thing as “all forms of black” Does anyone say “all forms of white?!?” Biracial is what biracial is - mixed race not black. How often do you see whites or any other group claiming their mixed race individuals as being able to claim 100% of their identity to the point of REPRESENTING the racial group. In the system of white supremacy - biracials are, and have been used to claim that the best version of black is WATERED DOWN black whole the best version of white is PURE UNADULTERATED UNMIXED WHITE this is why this is a problem, and NO, a mixed person does not have the RIGHT to claim themselves to be something that they are not. Black people HAVE THE RIGHT to say that people who are indeed 50% another race DO NOT represent them in their BLACKNESS

@LeeBeeDeeTree51 4 жыл бұрын

@@shana100mckday The Caribbean is no racial utopia. There's anti-black racism and colorism in the Caribbean.

@shana100mckday 4 жыл бұрын

@@LeeBeeDeeTree51 once again. Thank god i do not have to deal with anyone stripping me of my blackness in jamaica! You americans can say what represents you sure as black. But other parts of the world don't agree with yall.

@brendaphillips6374 4 жыл бұрын

Congratulations Charlotte 🎉👏

@bettyb1313 4 жыл бұрын

Im crying real tears this is really important! My daughter sees a friend not a little black girl children don't see color they see friends...

@valdie91285 4 жыл бұрын

Well apparently the whole rest of the word sees things in color, otherwise this wouldn't be news.

@theeyeinthesky3854 4 жыл бұрын

The never ending story in USA .the race card for everything.

@rmsmith8098 4 жыл бұрын

What a beautiful, talented young lady. Headed for big things!

@tinasmith5752 4 жыл бұрын

When the get someone who looks Like: MISS UNIVERSE-2019! THEN WE CAN TALK: < D I V E R S I T Y > KNOCK! KNOCK! KNOCK! IS ANYBODY HOME?

@artisticagi 4 жыл бұрын

She’s biracial and calling her black ignores one whole side of her heritage and takes away the honor from truly fully black people.

@pate-wilson6435 4 жыл бұрын

Congratulations to Charlotte and congratulations to her parents and to the rest of the family...

@megbrennand6131 4 жыл бұрын

Isn't the title role always referred to as Clara, not Marie, in Tchaikovsky's Nutcracker?

@Phys1905 4 жыл бұрын

That’s how I understand it as well. I never heard any name but Clara and I’ve been in ballet for over 25 years.

@Osephinejay 4 жыл бұрын

It depends on the version. Traditionally its Clara. But for whatever reason, someone used Marie and it stuck in a few shows.

@cjenkins8785 4 жыл бұрын

Meg Brennand The name "Marie" is multicultural and can resonate with the diversity of people in our nation and the world.

@sunflowervol.6414 4 жыл бұрын

It’s Marie in the original story

@LaurenMca 4 жыл бұрын

Ç Jenkins no it’s Marie in the original.

@jocecala435 4 жыл бұрын

Black????

@chestnutbrown9340 4 жыл бұрын

Black she is NOT

@armymydaycaratnctzenatinyaroha 4 жыл бұрын

Yes she is.

@danakarloz5845 4 жыл бұрын

I am so jealous of that baby’s eyelashes 🤩😍 she’s beautiful! Good job honey, keep working hard for your future!

@ChronicallyCassidy 4 жыл бұрын

It wasn’t because they didn’t want a clara that wasn’t white, they chose her due to her talent. There aren’t many black ballet dancers and that’s just facts, so there’s less of a chance for there to be girls talented enough to be Marie/ clara.

@LeeBeeDeeTree51 4 жыл бұрын

But there are many reasons that many African American girls aren't in the talent pool. One of them was the fact that they were for generations, actively excluded from classical dance. People should look up the biographies of Raven Wilkerson or Delores Brown.

@theeyeinthesky3854 4 жыл бұрын

About time!🙏👏👏👏👏👏👏👏👍

@temperature4984 4 жыл бұрын

Y’all she’s gonna look hella black on stage with all those pale white people. I’m telling you my friend is light skin black but when all the white kids do their makeup they look white as paper and even if you are lighter than a paper bag you look dark on stage that’s why they are saying black.

@voraciousreader3341 3 жыл бұрын

We need to be shown _the best dancers,_ in leading roles, period! And if that dancer is African American, Native American, Asian....whatever and whomever s/he may be....that is exactly who needs to be in that role! I seriously feel sick when I put this in the context of the 21century, and we’re still seeing rampant assaults against and murders of people who aren’t white. There’s so,etching seriously wrong in our country. But I’m thrilled for this Marie, Charlotte!

@te9452 4 жыл бұрын

I pray we see a lot more of this.. A LOT more!!! Black breakthrough ALL over the world...in media...in art.....in business......in everything! #BlackExcellenceMovement

@escape608 Жыл бұрын

thats racist

@te9452 Жыл бұрын

@@escape608 says the racist himself.

@escape608 Жыл бұрын

@@te9452 I am but they’re talking about the race of blacks so they’re using race which makes them a racist

@escape608 Жыл бұрын

@@te9452lol like cmon now do you have monkey brain

@maryannedelaney 4 жыл бұрын

This is wonderful! I know white girls who couldn’t even get the part of Marie because they had brown hair and Marie was always portrayed by a blonde girl. I am so happy for this young girl who is beautiful and talented. God bless her!

@curtthegamer934 Жыл бұрын

Funny enough, my copy of the Nutcracker book as a child had illustrations of a brunette Marie, so I always envisioned her that way. People get into such a fuss about consistently portraying a character with specific physical traits, when 99% of kids probably don't care what the characters' hair/eye/skin colors are.

@idontcareidontcare901 Жыл бұрын

Marie was always a brunette tho right?

@shiwan45 4 жыл бұрын

It's amazing to see this

@whitneymunroe5899 4 жыл бұрын

Amazing story.

@Aciz983 Жыл бұрын

What a beautiful, proud mother that glows of pride over her daughter Charlotte.

@holdyourhats 4 жыл бұрын

Brava!!!!!!!

@4KimballGlaspie 3 жыл бұрын

Barely black at all. Stop with these misleading "First Black" headlines and titles. Girl of color and black girl are not always the same. Most black girls do not look like this barely black girl, they suffer MUCH more racism and colorism because they look OBVIOUSLY black surrounded by people who are hostile and biased against blackness, specifically two-black-parent, four-black-grandparent blackness. This is very dishonest to claim an ambiguous child as "progress" in a world that has ALWAYS given the "first" to the least black-looking girls. Its good only for girls who look like her, daughters of a nonblack parent, she does not give hope to black girls who look like Venus Williams - ACTUAL black girls.

@nequahunter9106 4 жыл бұрын

Beautiful ♥️🥳🙏🏾

4 жыл бұрын

THIS IS A STEP FORWARD! BLACK PEOPLE R BEAUTIFUL TOO🥂👎👏 SHE'S A BEAUTIFUL GIRL😍😘🤗! SO IS HER MOTHER😍TY FOR PUTTING HER THERE. I DEFINITELY NEED TO GO SEE THIS PRECIOUS LITTLE GIRL IN SUCH A BIG POSITION!

@hrhrhrhrhr2503 4 жыл бұрын

YES ABSOLUTELY WONDERFUL, BEAUTIFUL STUNNING ELEGANT ALL MY LOVE TO HER AND HER BEAUTIFUL MOTHER, 💕💕💕💕👌

@DeepBreathingMeditation 4 жыл бұрын

Who are y'all talking to, where is all the hating comments???

@LeeBeeDeeTree51 4 жыл бұрын

Coming from people who live to play the denial card.

@HopeWren 4 жыл бұрын

This is awesome! I do hope however that casting is based on dance ability & talent rather than race.

@kirasussane1556 4 жыл бұрын

I hope too that talent not race is the most important that way black girls will not be rejected because they are not white as has been done in ballet for a long time .

@HopeWren 4 жыл бұрын

@@kirasussane1556 YES! Race shouldn't play a part in casting! It should be talent alone! White, Black, Asian, Hispanic. Shouldn't matter! If they're talented then cast them!

@lailapants2345 4 жыл бұрын

Do you really think the prestigious New York City ballet will cast someone based on race instead of talent?? Get a grip.

@muffettuffet8253 4 жыл бұрын

Gorgeous little girl

@metalgrinch 4 жыл бұрын

They only are called Black when it's convenient. They are mixed whenever it does nothing to serve the silly cause. The girl is mixed, not Black. It's a European production anyway taking place over a century ago. It would make sense that the cast reflect that.

@esthernakimbugwe4838 4 жыл бұрын

Honestly she looks like her mum

@mariabelencoronel4879 2 жыл бұрын

So lovely

@ChannelTwoFiftyTwo 4 жыл бұрын

Why does her skin color matter?

@LeeBeeDeeTree51 4 жыл бұрын

Because black dancers were for many, many years actively excluded from ballet.

@MrJm323 4 жыл бұрын

@@LeeBeeDeeTree51 ....many, many years AGO.

@LeeBeeDeeTree51 4 жыл бұрын

@John Johnson I know. But I know enough multiracial people to know that how they self-identify, is highly personal. I know mixed-race people who identify as biracial, some who identify as black and some who at different times in their lives, have identified as both. I have a cousin who has one black and one white biological parent. Yet he was adopted as an infant by my aunt and uncle, a black couple. He grew up with black parents, lived in an upper middle class black neighborhood and attended a black church. He knows that he is technically biracial but he has always identified as black even though he looks more Caucasian than black. Yet he's never been conflicted about it.

@rona175 4 жыл бұрын

because they put it in the title

@ChannelTwoFiftyTwo 4 жыл бұрын

Taipan 1 2 3 do white people get this attention?

@jbschmal 4 жыл бұрын

She is not the first! Houston Ballet had a black Clara years and years ago. Get your facts correct please. Anyone could have found this info. See article Houston Chronicle just last week!

@LeeBeeDeeTree51 4 жыл бұрын

She's the first for New York City Ballet.

@CHENDOdeCOPANDARO 4 жыл бұрын

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@lc2296 Жыл бұрын

So proud

@manuelmorillo8295 4 жыл бұрын

Sad She's Filipina too

@sindeyharriott263 4 жыл бұрын

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@EpitomeofALady22 4 жыл бұрын

Let haters do thier job! Welcome haters! Love you! ♥️

@shiwan45 4 жыл бұрын

Yes let them hate but life is moving regardless of color we are all humans . God made us all and we are here to stay

@shiwan45 4 жыл бұрын

I really feel sad for people that think their skin color is better . So stupid and dumb .Wakeup people because we all have souls and skin and bones and bleed and have issues in life . YOU'RE NO BETTER

@thewonderfulworldofderek6087 4 жыл бұрын

50th anniversary nutcracker New York ballet years History intrvew review

@HB-yw9nf 4 жыл бұрын

Marie?? I thought it was Clara...

@cos2mer2 4 жыл бұрын

it is Clara

@curtthegamer934 3 жыл бұрын

Marie is the original name from ETA Hoffmann's novella. Clara is a later name for the character.

@blueportbeauty Жыл бұрын

Congratulations to Charlotte but we have got to stop playing games, they know what we mean when we say “BLACK” and I will still be waiting for that day when it happens as well as just how much she REALLY doesn’t have to change about her image when it happens

@idontcareidontcare901 Жыл бұрын

Yes it's a biracial achievement not black

@SevenRoses2 4 жыл бұрын

Congrats to Charlotte Nebres ... a very talented DANCER. CBS, why is ethnicity an issue to be highlighted in this report? Will mass media ever allow Americans to move beyond a focus on race? CBS rarely mentions the race of white people in a news report. For others, race seems more important than the event. CBS needs better (non biased) journalism.

@LeeBeeDeeTree51 4 жыл бұрын

It's NEWS because she is black. Pretending that the playing field has always been level for little black girls who wanted to be classical dancers, is an insult. Yes, ballet is hard for everyone. But has a little WHITE woman ever been taken out of a dance line not because she couldn't dance the role, but because her dark skin was deemed too distracting? This happened to Andrea Long at NYCB. Saying that you don't see color doesn't make racism go away. Seeing race and not have it matter is what we should aim for.

@DeepBreathingMeditation 4 жыл бұрын

@@LeeBeeDeeTree51 wow your so knowledgeable about ballet history! Are you a dancer as well?

@thewonderfulworldofderek6087 4 жыл бұрын

50th anniversary years nutcracker New York ballet years 20th anniversary history intrvew review

@pearlgenuine 4 жыл бұрын

O my God, this is not a black girl. Seriously? Why are they selling this story as if this girl is not mixed. She is not black. They know damn well why they chose a light-skinned, and not a dark skin to play this role. They can only tolerate a mixed girl, but clearly they not ready for a full black girl.This young girl looks hawaiian to me..

@idontcareidontcare901 Жыл бұрын

but i don't think she's hawaiin she's mixed. she's beautiful and biracial there is no need to change that

@Phys1905 4 жыл бұрын

The name is Clara.

@sunflowervol.6414 4 жыл бұрын

Jill Marie no it’s Marie in the original story

@annr3800 2 жыл бұрын

Marie?? It's Clara isn't it??

@curtthegamer934 Жыл бұрын

Marie is the original name of the character. Most versions of the play call her Clara (I've also seen her be called Klara, Masha, Mary, and Maria), but the original name is Marie.

@idontcareidontcare901 Жыл бұрын

First *BIRACIAL* marie no need to hide it I'm biracial and she's biracial not black

@atheistconservative6211 4 жыл бұрын

Why are you people so obsessed with race?

@EpitomeofALady22 4 жыл бұрын

Who is obsessed? Just mentioning something new makes people obsessed?

@atheistconservative6211 4 жыл бұрын

@Tuka Chgw "cry"? You must have the wrong comment

@cjenkins8785 4 жыл бұрын

Atheist Conservative Do you know God?

@atheistconservative6211 4 жыл бұрын

@Tuka Chgw haha uh yeah uncontrollably I mean you wouldn't believe it I just can't stop

@atheistconservative6211 4 жыл бұрын

@@cjenkins8785 I stopped believing in fairy tales and magic, as a child. Only believe in the hard factual data of Science. If it can be measured, it can be scienced

@justines7722 4 жыл бұрын

I'm sorry, but ballet is about AESTHETICS regardless of skin color (& body type). EVERY brown, beige, or black child does not have the right body type or is AESTHETICALLY suited to be a ballerina. It is obvious that Charlotte Nebres is a very cute/attractive young girl from head to toe.

@kirasussane1556 4 жыл бұрын

And neither is every white girl the right type or has the right bidy shape so let's not pretend that racism has nothing to do with the fact that black people had and have a hard time getting cast into roles.

@idontcareidontcare901 Жыл бұрын

@@kirasussane1556 Exactly 💯

@idontcareidontcare901 Жыл бұрын

You said regardless of skin color but then proceed to say that every beige black or brown child can't do ballet?...Yeah just say your racist it's easier that way mate

@helenaandrioupoulos3486 4 жыл бұрын

Ummmm this is not the first???

@O.tyJ. 3 жыл бұрын

🙄🙄...

@idontcareidontcare901 Жыл бұрын

Are you mad?

@MrSnuffinum 4 жыл бұрын

Here we go folks! Race card again!!!! What happened to just talk about talent?!

@LeeBeeDeeTree51 4 жыл бұрын

Oh let's do! Look up Raven Wilkerson why don't cha! She had plenty of talent. Admitting that things haven't always been fair isn't playing the race card. But pretending like they have been is certainly playing the denial card. Here we go again, playing the denial card!

@annayudakhina1416 4 жыл бұрын

Totally agree with you!!! We are all people!!!! What about talent????? It doesn't metter which colour you are!!!! World gone crazy!

@LeeBeeDeeTree51 4 жыл бұрын

@@annayudakhina1416 You are discounting painful history of blatant discrimination experienced by black classical dancers. It's insulting to those people who lived through it. Using the "denial card" and saying things like. 'we're all just people," is a not-so-subtle way of telling people to shut up about a history of unfair treatment just because YOU don't want to hear it. That's NOT going to happen.

@annayudakhina1416 4 жыл бұрын

I am Russian . Russia did not discriminate people from Africa. not poroposal them!!! what difference does it make what color you are if you are talented... and what about the Asian dancers???? maybe you should stop playing this card. love each other . talent will win regardless of skin color. it is not necessary aggression.

@LeeBeeDeeTree51 4 жыл бұрын

@@annayudakhina1416 African students studying in your country frequently complain about the racist treatment they receive at the hands of some Russian citizens. And what is so astounding, is that many Russians have no idea how racist they are or they know and are proud of their racism. They justify it by claiming that it protects their country's national character and ethnic purity. You should read articles about Precious Adams who studied ballet in Russia and had to deal with her teachers' bias against dark skin. I don't understand why people of African ancestry would set foot in your country to study anything. Why would anyone want to go to a foreign country where they aren't wanted? France, England and Germany aren't free of racism but at least they aren't proud of their racial bias.

@chosenoneamerukanindian3405 4 жыл бұрын

She is not a pure BLOOD

@nataliewalters2759 4 жыл бұрын

No person is pure of any ethnicity ! Black people are probably the most mixed group their is!! I have two black parents but in my DNA do to the Slavs trade and migration of my ancestors I am the following ; Irish, middle eastern, Nigerian , Cameroon , and parts of Great Britain . News flash no black person is purely one ethnicity. That’s why blacks are called blacks because we are a mixture of African and other ethnicities . Please get educated !!

@idontcareidontcare901 Жыл бұрын

Neither are whites or any other race really

@idontcareidontcare901 Жыл бұрын

@@nataliewalters2759 💯 agree with you this person must be full of themselves