In 1944, at the climax of World War II, Copland was asked by his New School colleague Martha Graham to write the score for a new ballet. Graham was every bit the modernist and iconoclast that ...

Originally composed in 1942 for a ballet called Rodeo ... The initial melody leaps about - it can’t keep still. Aaron Copland created this music to be danced to inspired by music cowboys ...

Misty Copeland, the first African-American female principal dancer in the American Ballet Theatre's 75 year history, is the only ballerina starring in Disney's The Nutcracker and the Four Realms film.

Groundbreaking ballet dancer Misty Copeland continues to advocate for Black talent in the classical art form. Ten years after ...

The ballet presented views of American country life and incorporated folk traditions. In addition to composing, Copland was a Harvard scholar and worked as a conductor and teacher until his death ...

“I never thought I could make a career out of something I enjoyed doing–something I was passionate about, something that gave me a voice, ” says Copeland, who is one of the first African ...

US ballet dancer Misty Copeland (R) said it was time to "call people out" Russia's Bolshoi Theatre says it will continue using performers who wear blackface make-up despite criticism from US ...

She didn’t even see a ballet production until she was 15. Yet, in 2015, Copeland became the first African-American principal dancer in the highly acclaimed American Ballet Theatre’s 75-year ...

Troublesome librettos and stereotyping have become a concern for both opera and dance, and this year Boston Ballet addressed ...