Where Are All of the Black Ballerinas?

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6 жыл бұрын

Isabella has dreams of becoming a professional ballerina but being a black girl in a white ballet world is anything but easy.
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@jenniferhagan2513 6 жыл бұрын

There are roles for us. All of the characters are fictional. We can do these roles. My daughter is the only Black girl in her pre-professional company. It takes grit and a supportive parent. She has to fight for her place. The gentleman is right, we have to be the best. It is like that in all sectors. We all have to be the best.

@queenliyah5162 3 жыл бұрын

Yea 👸🏿

@FranPett 2 жыл бұрын

Confidence (not arrogance) & poise makes a person of color really stand out when they're the only fly in the buttermilk.

@aubreylynch2051 6 жыл бұрын

The video is truly inspiring. The grace these ballerinas show is bound to take them far.

@Maz-zb9uf 3 жыл бұрын

It's not just about racism but it also the question of how many black parents encouraged this

@pontevedraballetandfusionp8220 6 жыл бұрын

Isabella, I am proud of who you have become ! Bravo and see you in NYC in 2018- Miss Dawn

@strawberryfraisier6446 6 жыл бұрын

ive always wanted to take ballet since i was little, i grew up watching angelina ballerina and barbies swan lake and i desperately wanted to take it. but i asked my mom and she said that i was too fat and that i would never be accepted because im not as small as the white girls that took ballet, and i felt so ashamed that i never asked her again (i wasnt fat at all. i was only 7 when i asked her) im 16 now and im scared now that i might be too old to take ballet all the way from the beginning, and i feel upset because deep down ive always loved ballet and ive supressed it because my mom wants me to become a doctor :(

@wynter2644 5 жыл бұрын

You can do it! Prove to your mom that you can do it. Your 16 almost 18. Look for some ballet classes or watch tutorials on KZfaq and exercise! Its never too late.

@sa-raimejia102 3 жыл бұрын

go for it!!! its never too late to start learning ballet

@cheezandbees6934 3 жыл бұрын

It's never too late to take ballet! I feel similar because I also started ballet late, but watching adults on youtube who started as adults or late teens has been very motivating :)

@tammygant4216 2 жыл бұрын

I started at 47 (almost 5 years ago now) and fat. No, I'm never going to be professional. . . .but most people who start at 5, 6 or 7 won't be either. I'm in the studio 6 days a week and I love it more every day. It's really never too late to start. Really.

@Neecee57 2 жыл бұрын

Look for online ballet classes for beginners, KZfaq, instagram and Facebook. There are fees for some.

@miasfairytales 3 жыл бұрын

I believe in you Isabella

@mermaidopulence8539 2 жыл бұрын

As a black ballet dancer myself I constantly have to push myself to be taken seriously because not only am I a black dancer I'm also the biggest one at my studio so I work harder to prove that I can do just the same as the fair skinned tiny dancers. I'm not gonna lie, it does take a toll on me knowing I have to constantly push myself just to prove that I'm just as good.

@grarycat1984 3 жыл бұрын

Keep dancing Isabella...my daughter needs a ballerina like you to look up to

@bookaholicblue2169 6 жыл бұрын

Shine bright like a diamond!!

@shanshan6948 4 жыл бұрын

Very beautiful!!!! I live to see this , we need to know that we can be what ever we want to be!

@michellefizer6863 6 жыл бұрын

This piece is very nicely done! Bravo Harlem School of the Arts and The Root!!

@teniciawilliams6087 4 жыл бұрын

I want see some who looks like me doing these white dominated stuff too

@aldonamijalska2554 2 жыл бұрын

I want to see more white people in brown dominated dances like bharatanatyam.

@tammygant4216 2 жыл бұрын

This is great. And look up Michaela DePrince's story for an even more inspiring story of a Black Ballerina (Spoiler alert: She just joined Boston Ballet as a second soloist!)

@akwaabab8504 6 жыл бұрын

less roles for us? baby! let's create our own!!! we add flair to everything and make it better anyway!

@jessii7642 5 жыл бұрын

@@cult_of_odin stfu ballet is for everyone🙄

@carbinfootprint159 4 жыл бұрын

That is so true. That what I was tninking. We do everything better.

@wasgudbaby9366 4 жыл бұрын

Gio Srb culture appropriation is when you take something and claim it as your own. But I mean nice try I guess...

@aliviablue9085 4 жыл бұрын

Gio Srb it is not exactly a culture it was just something made by white people. However anyone can do ballet . There are many things black people created but white people still do it .

@aliviablue9085 3 жыл бұрын

MoCo well ballet is not exactly White people’s culture . It might be created by them but it is not their culture . However braids have a culture and ethnic background . In Africa people had braids for many things.

@shantepowell2977 4 жыл бұрын

Unfortunately its extremely hard for colored women to break into especially darker skin women. Ballet can be physically and emotional demanding on dancers most ballet dancers are perfectionist

@lenirasusana5693 3 жыл бұрын

they will have to erase their color i guess to be perfectionists

@t.w.8174 6 жыл бұрын

hiplet is not the answer! stay in the classic form, and we will come through

@delitashields3929 5 ай бұрын

🎉

@aldonamijalska2554 2 жыл бұрын

Where are all the white bharatanatyam dancers?

@kuromitsu6669 2 жыл бұрын

Alot of BW and BG aren't interested in ballet 🤷🏿‍♀️

@HendersonNoMore Жыл бұрын

and a lot are.

@lena6827 Жыл бұрын

It’s because they never see someone like them do ballet and ballet tend to be forgotten a lot

@kuromitsu6669 Жыл бұрын

@@lena6827 thats not it. alot of black girls and women aren't interested in ballet, there are lots of black women who dance ballet.

@lena6827 Жыл бұрын

@@kuromitsu6669 many black girls who do ballet have said that they rarely see other black girls do ballet or do ballet on tv and like I said ballet is a forgotten sport most of the time.

@krystalannawilliams2653 3 жыл бұрын

black

@izabelle106 2 жыл бұрын

what??

@worldwideugly3753 3 жыл бұрын

Ballet is not for black ppl from USA, its not their culture. They have no connection to it.

@ShinigamixEater 3 жыл бұрын

Lol what do you mean by that? Elaborate

@lenirasusana5693 3 жыл бұрын

they can dance ballet better than you for sure, i bet all my money you know nothing about connection to ballet

@worldwideugly3753 3 жыл бұрын

@@ShinigamixEater Americans should frick off from ballet, especially those who have no european heritage. Its not their culture, its not for them. Its really disrespectful.

@leandriamae 3 жыл бұрын

@@worldwideugly3753 it’s dance.....that’s like saying no one should be able to listen to music because it’s black culture it’s very disrespectful 😐sounds dumb right

@kaydod3190 3 жыл бұрын

So what idiot

@Dilbert1999 6 жыл бұрын

Ballet was invented in Italy, so would black ballerinas not be cultural appropriation?

@jolenejohnson2732 5 жыл бұрын

cultural appropriation is only when a dominant culture that continues to invisibilize other cultures, appropriates and borrows movement, art, ideas from those cultures and claim as their own

@d-logan5280 4 жыл бұрын

@Gio Srb The French appropriated it from the Italians! Will the cycle of pain never end??????

@d-logan5280 4 жыл бұрын

@Gio Srb And Kenya and Uganda are still black & African, don't mean they're the same thing champ x

@d-logan5280 4 жыл бұрын

@Gio Srb Jeeze louise chief, I didn't mean to upset you. Are you okay? I'm always here to talk if something's up?

@therealgodessisis 4 жыл бұрын

And Ancient Africans invented the concept of the omnipotent God.

@lazarocedeno5270 2 ай бұрын

Really enjoyed you. You can do it. Do not let anyone or anything stop you ❤from doing ballet or anything else you want to do. You will get there. One tendu at a time.