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Anniversary. it is notjust about being perfect on balance in a tutu. that is just a sliver of what ballet can say. virginia johnson is now the dance theatre of harlems artistic director. remember, you can watch us every month on the bbc news channel, or catch up on all our films along with more than 1,000 radio programmes in our online archive. now to a story of courage and adventure. as a 16—year—old, tete—michel kpomassie ran as far away from west africa as he could, when he was pressure...

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But it is the most loving thing a parent can do. the former child refugee, dame stephanie shirley. now to america, and a pioneering dance company that defied the prejudice that kept black people out of ballet. the dance theatre of harlem was the first classical ballet company for black dancers. it was founded by arthur mitchell in a converted garage in harlem in 1969. virginia johnson was one of the first to join. it wasnt until i was graduating from the washington school of ballet that the dire...

And painful, those first years, nothing that we did was right. he was driving us, he was pushing us every minute. so there were black people who didnt want us to do the white mans art form, and white people who thought we could never understand it or have the talent or the bodies. and we were really fortunate, for our first new york performances, the big critic from the new york times said "this is the most exciting thing in ballet," so he gave us the little nod, and people were saying, ok, lets...

To dominate the primary in the month leading up to the iowa cogs and the candidates reaction came just one day after new fundraising numbers were released. senator bernie sanders brought in $34.5 million, nearly 10 million more than pete buttigieg and more than joe biden and senator elizabeth warren. but those pale in comparison to the 46 million donald trump raised and at the does not include any money raised by the rnc. it was his best fund raising quarter to date. when we come back, were join...

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