After exam fun continued… This is my friend Valeria Sokolova
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After exam fun continued… This is my friend Valeria Sokolova
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According to the comments on the Source video this is Lauren Anderson.
Lauren Anderson is an American ballet dancer and a former principal dancer with the Houston Ballet. In 1990, she was the first African American ballerina to become a principal for a major dance company, an important milestone in American ballet. Anderson joined the Houston Ballet in 1983 and became a principal dancer in 1990
“My favorite story out of this is Malia, when she was 4, she had a little dance thing. Well, Michelle was gone that weekend so I’m taking her to ballet. And I get her in her little leotard and her little stuff. I did her hair, put it in a little bun.
We get to the dance studio and one of the mothers there right away comes up to Malia – she thinks she’s out of earshot of me and she says, ‘Sweetie, do you want me to redo your hair?’ And Malia who she’s 4 says, ‘Yes please, this is a disaster’. You know, she didn’t want to hurt daddy’s feelings.”
“My favorite story out of this is Malia, when she was 4, she had a little dance thing. Well, Michelle was gone that weekend so I’m taking her to ballet. And I get her in her little leotard and her little stuff. I did her hair, put it in a little bun.
We get to the dance studio and one of the mothers there right away comes up to Malia – she thinks she’s out of earshot of me and she says, ‘Sweetie, do you want me to redo your hair?’ And Malia who she’s 4 says, ‘Yes please, this is a disaster’. You know, she didn’t want to hurt daddy’s feelings.”
Misty Copeland Promoted to Principal Dancer at American Ballet Theatre
The ballerina is the first African-American female principal dancer at the venerable New York dance company.
Read WSJ. Magazine’s profile of the dancer here
Kevin Jackson and Vivien Wong (Australian Ballet) via Colorado Conservatory of Dance
We love seeing the growth and progress of our Redbirds. Practice makes better.❤️ #DADA #ballet #dance #browngirlsdoballet #DebbieAllen #MistyCopeland by therealdebbieallendanceacademy https://instagram.com/p/7glJMrO75v/
Carrie Ann Inaba gave Simone Biles mixed comments on her second dance of the night of Dancing With The Stars, host Tom Bergeron said: “I was waiting for you to smile at some of the compliments…you didn’t.”
@taylorswift13: The highlight of our friendship thus far @HAIMtheband
PS WE LOVE YOU @Nelly_Mo
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Shoutout to the black boys who do ballet.
Shoutout to the black boys who are gymnasts.
Shoutout to the black boys who are acrobats.
Shoutout to the black boys that do yoga.
Shoutout to the black boys who are cheerleaders.
Shoutout to the black boys that play soccer.
Shoutout to the black boys that play volleyball.
Shoutout to the black boys that play tennis.
Rugby.
Golf.
Hockey.
Shoutout to the black boys who are models.
Shoutout to the black boys who are poets/writers.
Shoutout to the black boys who cook/bake.
Shoutout to the black boys that are opera singers.
Shoutout to the black boys that are fat.
Shoutout to the black boys that are skinny/bony.
Shoutout to the black boys with eating disorders.
Shoutout to the black boys with mental illnesses.
Shoutout to the black boys with disabilities.
Shoutout to the black boys who are gay.
Shoutout to the black boys who are trans.
Shoutout to the black boys who are bisexual.
Shoutout to the black boys who are asexual.
Shoutout to the black boys with crooked teeth.
Shoutout to the black boys with huge/tiny ears.
Shoutout to the black boys with weird belly buttons.
Shoutout to the black boys that are short.
Shoutout to the black boys that can’t grow facial hair.
Shoutout to the black boys that are afraid to be themselves.
Shoutout to the black boys that never feel like they are enough.
You are enough, and we love you. If they don’t, I sure as hell do. Don’t let anyone tell you that you aren’t talented or beautiful, or “not black enough” or “man enough” because of the things you enjoy or deal with in live. You are valid. You are loved. You are important. And that’ll never change.
Dancers of Paris Opera Ballet in rehearsal for Paquita
Photo by Laurent Philippe
Alice Catonnet and Lucie Mateci
