“Many [Black] dancers never had the platform and the freedom to speak the way I do — and still have a job,” Misty Copeland told ArtsATL recently. Much has been written about Copeland, the first Black ...

Raven Wilkinson, one of the first African-American dancers to perform with a major ballet company, the Ballet Russe de Monte Carlo, died Monday at her home in Manhattan. She was 83. The Ballet Russe ...

A Sunday, March 19 performance by dance students at The Ebell Club Los Angeles will celebrate and pay tribute to a pioneer in the ballet world. Raven Wilkinson was the first African American woman to ...

"Hearst Magazines and Yahoo may earn commission or revenue on some items through the links below." When I met her, she changed the course of my life,” says Misty Copeland, referring to the late Raven ...

Bestseller and renowned ballerina Copeland (Bunheads) recounts her friendship with and mentoring by the late Raven Wilkinson (1935–2018), who in 1955 became “the first Black woman to receive a ...

Misty Copeland, 40, is a principal dancer at the American Ballet Theatre and the author of the new book “The Wind at My Back,” which shares the story of Copeland’s mentor, Raven Wilkinson, and her ...