Robyn Gardenhire has been committed to diversifying ballet since the beginning of her career. Thank you for challenging the norms and proving that one individual can make a great impact. #BlackBallerinas #MistyCopeland #Ballerina
It’s so important for Black ballerinas to be platformed for their work on and behind the stage. Thank you for all you do, Ms. Robyn! Thank you for highlighting her, Ms. Copeland !❤
Thank you, Robyn❤️! All of the black ballerinas have been my inspirations, why I am proud to have had the black ballerina experience, why I love ballet, and why I take every opportunity to share black ballerina anecdotes with young black dancers (especially those who have not tried ballet, those who think ballet is boring, those who believe it is not for them) why to this day, I beam when meeting people who can't help but ask or confirm that I must be or have been a dancer. Your series remind me of the ballet history class that Dance Theater of Harlem required their pre and professional students to take. Keep spreading the word Misty, this is one of many facets of black history that will not be ignored, changed, or forgotten. Thank you, Misty❤️👍🏾💐 #TeamBlackBallerinas4Ever!
I love Baryshnikov!!! He’s the reason I did ballet as a child for multiple reasons. One being I saw his The Nutcracker he choreographed and dances with Gelsey Kirkland and I absolutely fell in love with Carla and wanted to be her and be a ballerina from then on. And the other reason is the dance company I studied with for most of the 10 years was founded and run by Cynthia Tosh. She was/ is an incredible ballerina that was requested by both Nureyev and Barishnikov. I believe she chose Nureyev and she went to dance for his company but a dancer broke her foot and it ruined her career. So she began a dance school and that’s where I studied at. ❤ 🩰
I never had season tickets enough to have seen someone like her. And even if I had, I know that their roles in a particular ballet were kept secret; that is, they performed and if you saw enter the stage them after you had already bought a ticket, then you knew. But they never put large advertisements in papers despite the fact that their appearance would have drawn large crowds to the halls to see them.
