{"id":58150,"date":"2019-05-22T22:43:38","date_gmt":"2019-05-22T22:43:38","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.mixedracestudies.org\/?p=58150"},"modified":"2019-05-22T22:54:06","modified_gmt":"2019-05-22T22:54:06","slug":"a-century-of-times-dance-photos-through-the-lens-of-misty-copeland","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/mixedracestudies.org\/wp\/?p=58150","title":{"rendered":"A Century of Times Dance Photos, Through the Lens of Misty Copeland"},"content":{"rendered":"

A Century of Times Dance Photos, Through the Lens of Misty Copeland<\/strong><\/em><\/a><\/p>\n

The New York Times<\/a>
\n2019-04-13<\/p>\n

Remy Tumin<\/strong><\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n
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\nThe ballerina Misty Copeland<\/a> reviewing photographs for the Past Tense: Dance section in The New York Times\u2019s<\/em> building. Karen Hanley\/The New York Times<\/em><\/small><\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<\/tbody>\n<\/table>\n

Ms. Copeland<\/a>, the American Ballet Theater\u2019s<\/a> first black principal ballerina, served as guest editor for a special section on dance photography.<\/em><\/p>\n

Times Insider<\/a> explains who we are and what we do, and delivers behind-the-scenes insights into how our journalism comes together.<\/em><\/p>\n

There\u2019s one photograph from The New York Times<\/em> archives that stands out to Misty Copeland<\/a>. It\u2019s a black-and-white image of a group of young ballerinas, boys and girls, their dark skin accented by bright tights and tutus<\/a>.<\/p>\n

\u201cThey look so uncomfortable,\u201d Ms. Copeland said in a recent interview. \u201cIn ballet, we\u2019ve never been told there was a place for us to fit in. You can see that within this image.\u201d<\/p>\n

The \u201ctension and awkwardness\u201d that Ms. Copeland said she saw in the photo is familiar to her. She was the American Ballet Theater\u2019s<\/a> first black female principal dancer. Last month, when she visited The Time<\/em>s to serve as a guest editor of a special print section featuring dance images from our archives<\/a>, she saw those threads throughout dance history.<\/p>\n

The section is the latest from Past Tense, which highlights stories and photographs from The Times\u2019s<\/em> archives. Veronica Chambers<\/a>, who leads the team, said that of the six million photos in the archives, at least 5,000 are dance-related. A dedicated section was a natural fit, as was the choice of Ms. Copeland as its guest editor, Ms. Chambers said…<\/p>\n

Read the entire article here<\/a>.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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