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I hate it. Jk jk I love it😭😭

Look up the Black British Ballet project and the work of Dr. Sandie Bourne

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Merci pour ce document très important ❤ .

Cyd Charrise taught my mother. Says something about who she was to willingly teach black students. Sadly, ballet wasn't the only genre of dance that blacks weren't allowed to, encouraged to, acknowledged as being good enough to perform. My grandmother couldn't dance at the Cotton Club because she wasn't NOTICABLY lighter than a paper bag. No was she able to be a Rockette although one of her best friends who could pass danced at Radio City for the longest time. We got tickets every year... some compensation

I love miss Brown. .

The absurdity of racial discrimination...smh

Gorgeous, just lovley. These black ballerinas were beautiful and talented, look what we lost

Not much has changed in the most racist country of the western world.

hello! I know this video is from ages ago but if you happen to see this that would be great! i am doing a project on Raven Wilkinson and I was wondering if there is an online version of this video or if it is just on a vhs tape? all i have found so far is a vhs tape.

Rest in peace Miss Raven.

Delores Brown was a wonderful mentor. She always encouraged my persistence. D, Ingram-Young

What documentary is this taken from?

It would nice if some made a movie about the struggles and triumphs of black ballerinas

What a pity what those dancers had to face. Raven Wilkinson couldn't mention that she was black and ultimately was told there there was no future in ballet and to open a school for African dance--all because of race!

ANSWER: THE DANCE THEATRE OF HARLEM

Wow..

Lovely!!!! Just lovely!!!

it makes me want to cry, also. being treated in such a shitty, unconscionable way by your own damn country.

it's a shame to see same one great and wonderful live there own country did you know what that gone do to the country did any one know what it do to us every time i here great one live there country it make's me cry

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yes, you can. You may not be a principle dancer, but you can start ballet at any age, provided you have the will and the knees.

YES! Its from the PBS Documentary called, "I'll Make Me A World." There are 6 tapes (hour long episodes), I believe these clips came from volume IV, "Dreamkeepers."

is there more of this documentary some where ?

get the magnify glass out...u'll see him...lmao, i got them kind of photos when I went to Africa! smh

Floyd wasnt square at all...lol

big bugs...i feel ya on the roaches and the ants!

we was working it!

thank u for posting

Is that Vanessa Williams narrating?

Its a documentary series - amazing and wonderful, but QUITE LONG. Its called I'll Make Me A World, episode 4 - Dreamkeepers (I believe tape number 4 out of 6, but it could be tape 3). Sometimes you can get it at the library, its an expensive set to get on your own, but sometimes they have some of the tapes on Amazon. Good luck!

Can you tell me where you got this clip from? I would very much like to see the documentary in its entirety, if possible. It's a great video.

``And then the best man in the class walked over to me and said `Ms. Brown``` goosebumps :) And Raven Wilkinson was so brave to do what she did in those times. Both of those dancers were truly pioneers and symbols for Black ballet dancers today. Great video

Sounds like you will be set either way, both are great for that!

nope not as career but as a tool for discipline and structure along with self control.

Well its certainly a great discipline to study at any age. Just wasn't sure if you were talking about a career - but I'm thinking MMA isn't generally taken up for career purposes either.

I am a female and I always had a love for ballet but my parents didn't have the time or the money. It's this or MMA so who knows, but I am guessing it is very rare for females to start this late though.

Well, depends....are you male or female? As unfair as it is, it is easier for men for serveral reasons. If not a man, then yes, but as a amatuer, recreation, or hobby, as for a professional ballerina, 99% percent of the time, you would have had to begin sooner - but never asy never right?

can you start ballet at age 20?

Yes! Its a wonderful documentary. Unfortunately, its rather pricey. Its from a discontinued series on PBS called, "I'll Make Me A World." There are about 4 one hour videos (maybe six?).I've been able to get them from libraries. I have a myself couple too - got on Amazon. They detail the entry of African Americans into film, dance (ballet/modern), literature/poetry, art (sculpture/painting), music (jazz/rap). Its an amazing series, but gets very long for children if you try to show it all.

Hey, wait a minute, wasn't that last speaker before the video ended James Baldwin??? One of my favorite authors!

This is so sad...

It is part of an AMAZING documentary, with 5 or 6 videos called I'll Make Me A World. The portion you watched was an excerpt from the video "Dreamkeepers" (I can't remember if it was video 2 or 3). The series works in chronological order to chronicle Blacks intrance into all of the humanities from the 1920s to the 1980s. It was produced by PBS I believe. Le me know if you need more help finding it, I got a couple of the videos on Amazon.

beautiful!

awesome dance, giving the fact that they learned it in such a short time! good job guys

While your encouragement of the dance form is noted, I should have also included in the description that these students were introduced to the dance form two days prior to the this taping.