BBCNEWS Influential with Katty Kay June 4, 2024 03:41:00
Dancers that have that have come into professional ballet companies and been the only or been one of maybe two. and it hasnt always been accepted. you know, for the most part, a lot of the black dancers that have been taken into elite professional companies have lighter skin or are biracial because they can more easily fit in. they can pancake their skin to be a lighter colour, to fit in with the rest of the corps de ballet. would it be harder if you had darker skin, would you be... ..misty cope...
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