I wish I was as brave as her back when I was 13 years old. I also started taking ballet classes quite late. Definitely regret to not go to a professional ballet school. Now I'm 22 and still doing ballet in an amateur school. It's getting quite boring now that everyone is complaining all the time. I can't even do pointes anymore.
Misty I gave a book of u and read it all the time over and over . U really inspired me keep doing what ur Hart wants because ....... ........any one can be ant thing
The reporter forgot to mention that young girls of all colors and that includes white girls have a difficult time trying to get accepted by the Ballet Companies!
its easier to say its because of race though. better get on board or be labeled a racist lol...the media and rich white people love holding black people that do "white" things on their shoulders so they can try and say they aren't racist. like, "see we have one how could we be racist?" well, probably because you care so much. i'd be way more impressed if she was a break dancing ballerina myself because my sister teaches ballet and most of those girls could most likely dance circles around this chick, or at the least be just as good. no one will be holding them on their shoulders though
verbaledge What I don't understand is why she's claiming she's "black" when she is bi-racial? Clearly, she's a fantastic ballerina, but she's not the first bi-racial or black balerina! I remember going to L.A. to get onto Soul Train and because I was white I was turned away! All races are racist!
verbaledge If, King Obama and his Royal Subjects keep it up with allowing illegals a free pass it won't matter if you're black or white, but you will become the minority!
Maybe, but contrary to what Misty said, her skin color didn't prevent her from getting promoted. She was promoted to a soloist relatively quickly, and as to the promotion to principal, at the time she was one of several very talented, very deserving soloists, none of whom were getting promoted because of ABT policy at the time of relying on guest artists at the expense of their own dancers who weren't getting opportunities. But Misty while talented was no better than Stella Abrera (who was promoted at the same time, who was a soloist for longer, and who has much better technique), Yuriko Kajiya (who left ABT because of lack of opportunities), Maria Ricetto (also left ABT), one other dancer I don't remember who also left ABT due to lack of opportunities at lead roles - all three or four soloists who left became principals elsewhere - or Sarah Lane who only got promoted this year. Look at ABT history of promotion and you'll see hardly any promotions to principal during that time. There were only two - tall female dancers replacing tall female dancers who left, the height is important because when a tall dancer leaves, they want another tall dancer to partner with the same male partner. They tend to take partnership into consideration during promotions. But none of other no less deserving soloists were getting promoted either.
