Mixed Race Studies
Scholarly perspectives on the mixed race experience.
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- You were either Black or white. To claim whiteness as a mixed child was to deny and hide Blackness. Our families understood that the world we were growing into would seek to denigrate this part of us and we would need a community that was made up, always and already, of all shades of Blackness.
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How should a dancer look? Ask Misty Copeland and Stella Abrera The Melissa Harris-Perry Show MSNBC 2015-07-18 Melissa Harris-Perry, Host Dancers Misty Copeland and Stella Abrera discuss their pioneering work as, respectively, the first African American and Filipino American principal ballerinas at the American Ballet Theater. Watch the video (00:07:46) here.
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Black Dancers, White Ballets The New York Times 2015-07-15 Laurie A. Woodard New York University MISTY COPELAND’S elevation to principal dancer with American Ballet Theater is a tremendous accomplishment for her as a ballet dancer and as an African-American ballerina. Neither her talent nor her achievement should be underestimated. But even as she reaches the…
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I am interested in black and mixed-race dancers, ballerinas in particular, because I see almost none in the major classical companies. Like me, the gay boy who didn’t want to be Prince Siegfied but Odette, they too are “other.” Now, when I am teaching “swan arms” to my students I think of Darci Kistler and…
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Misty Copeland is first black dancer to lead US ballet group BBC News 2015-07-01 Misty Copeland has become a breakout star for ballet The American Ballet Theatre has named Misty Copeland its principal dancer – the first time a black ballerina has held the prestigious role. Ms Copeland, 32, made her debut this month, starring…
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Misty Copeland Is Promoted to Principal Dancer at American Ballet Theater The New York Times 2015-06-30 Michael Cooper Misty Copeland, whose openness about race in ballet helped to make her one of the most famous ballerinas in the United States, was promoted on Tuesday by American Ballet Theater, becoming the first African-American female principal dancer…
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Review: Misty Copeland Debuts as Odette/Odile in ‘Swan Lake’ The New York Times 2015-06-25 Alastair Macaulay, Dance Critic Misty Copeland and James Whiteside in “Swan Lake.” Julieta Cervantes for The New York Times When Misty Copeland made her New York debut in the double role of Odette/Odile in “Swan Lake,” the most epic role in…
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Misty Copeland: meet the ballerina who rewrote the rules of colour, class and curves The Telegraph 2015-06-21 Jane Mulkerrins Facing opposition about her race, shape, even her hair, the ballet dancer Misty Copeland battled the establishment – and her own mother – to make it to the top Misty Copeland can pinpoint the precise moment…
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Take the current Irish dance “it” girl, Julia O’Rourke. She was born in New York, and has Filipino and Irish ancestry. At age 15, she is a two-time world champion and star of the Irish dance documentary “Jig.” That film follows dancers from around the world who are training for and traveling to the 2010…
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Contesting Identities Through Walker Dance: Mestizo Performance in the Southern Andes of Peru Repercussions: a journal dedicated to all areas of music studies University of California, Berkeley Fall 1994, Volume 3, No. 2 pages 50-80 Zoila Mendoza-Walker This article analyzes an event in the city of Cusco, Peru that reverberated throughout the entire region during…
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Dance explores diversity in ‘Exodus Project II’ Jan. 24-25 Middle Tennessee State University Murfreesboro, Tennessee 2013-01-18 Topics ranging from biracial identity to physical disabilities will be explored through movement as MTSU Theatre and Dance presents “The Exodus Project II: Understanding Diversity Through Dance” next week. The performance will run two nights, at 7:30 p.m.…