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Misty Copeland opens up about the ‘generational trauma’ of black ballet dancers

Ten years after Misty Copeland made history as the first black woman to perform Odette, the lead role in the classic ballet “Swan Lake,” she recalls the immense self-doubt leading up to the historic feat.
“I think about the kind of generational trauma for black dancers that comes with this role,” she said CNN’s Chris Wallace during a recent interview. “For many decades and generations, we have been told that swans should be white and that this is not a role that a black or brown woman can play.”
Copeland added that she worries that if her “artistic excellence” doesn’t meet another person’s standards, “maybe there won’t be another Black woman at American Ballet Theater who will get this opportunity.”
This, she shared with Wallace, was only one of many difficult experiences she had during her classical ballet profession, which included becoming the first Black female principal dancer at American Ballet Theater in 2015.
“I had a hard time being a black woman and standing out,” she said.
She continued, “There were times I wasn’t cast in certain roles because I would stand out too much and kind of ruin the aesthetic, especially if it was a filmed performance.”
One of the principal traditions of classical ballet that Copeland has been vocal about is the application of mattifying white powder to the skin.
“They make you lighten your skin,” she explained. “Over the years while doing this, I had serious conversations with the ABT artistic staff and our hair and makeup department. I asked, “Well, why does it have to mean white?” And that is something that the conversation has evolved to kind of change the meaning of the word.
Copeland also played a key role in getting firms to start out producing ballet flats, tights and leotards in a more diverse range of skin tones. Before 2020, if a black or brown dancer wanted her flats and tights to have a nude effect, she would must “pancake” or smudge the makeup on her shoes and tights.
From energizing conversations difficult traditional ballet makeup and hairstyle to lobbying for diverse emojis in ballet shoes, Copeland’s experiences have inspired her to tirelessly advocate for Black and Brown dancers in the classical art form.
“You shouldn’t have a certain body type. You haven’t got to be a certain skin color or age. If you could have the right commitment, commitment and support, I feel everyone should have the opportunity to deal with it,” she emphasized.
Over the years, Copeland’s growth and mission to extend representation and variety in her industry have been criticized by others. Nevertheless, she told Wallace that she continued her studies because of what dance meant to her.
“I had a transformative experience that changed my life as ballet, art and live music became a part of my life,” she said.
She also rejected being considered a “first.”
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“For me, it’s not just about being the first – there have been so many black women who have done amazing things for the ballet community, the ballet world, but have not been recognized,” she told Wallace.
One such dance pioneer was Raven Wilkenson, the first black woman to ever dance in a serious national ballet company and Copeland’s mentor.
The ballet dancer is grateful to her “amazing” mentors who helped her “understand that being an artist means being yourself. It’s about committing to these items, these roles, and making them your individual.
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Lil us X in the hospital says that “he lost control over the right side” of his face

This week, rapper Lil Nas X has released an update where it was. On Monday evening, the rapper published a video to Instagram revealing that he was hospitalized.
“By the way, I practice a full smile,” says laughter. “I’m just what the hell? I can’t even laugh, brother, what the hell? Oh my God, man. So … yes.”
While the rapper “Old Town Road” didn’t determine his diagnosis, he told the fans: “Sooo (I) lost control of the right side of my face.” After his post, fans began to wonder if the star developed Bella’s paralysis, a state that causes muscle weakness and paralysis on one side of the face. However, According to Johns Hopkins MedicineThe cause of the condition affecting the nerves of the face is unknown.
Despite the fans conspiracy, Lil NAS X continued to update his health about his stories on Instagram.
“Guys, I’m fine !! Stop being sad to me! Instead, shake your ass!” He wrote about his history in keeping with the variety. “IMMA looks funny like a bit, but that’s all.”
Similarly, today the rapper said: “It’s much better” in a movie published in his history on Instagram, explaining that he regained sensation into the mouth and performs chewing exercises to strengthen the muscle.

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David E. Talbert sells memories for six characters

The director, author, playwright and producer David E. Talbert sold his memory “Everything I know about being a man (I learned from a woman)” for six characters to Storehouse Voices, a random Punguin Publishing House. He also develops a television program with the identical title.
According to the memories of Talbert He emerged from conversations He He had together with his son, which meant that he realized that his mother, a single mother, gave him all the teachings he learned to be a person.
According to the web site, Storehouse Voices focuses on “promoting the wealth of a black story through intentional acquisition and employment of efforts, strategic partnerships and the authentic range of the community, which it is going to achieve by publishing literary and fictitious books.
According to Storehouse, Voices was published in January 2025, Created in cooperation with the Tamira ChapmanFrom the success of the Chapman’s Women & Words program, which was launched with the support of Storehouse in a box and Penguin Random House, which was aimed toward “deisting the publishing industry and its processes” for insufficiently represented authors.
The declaration that broadcasts the imprint is: “Warehouse voices are informed by a deep understanding of the unique cultural contexts and historical black experiences in America and involved in ensuring that literary works of insufficiently represented authors are presented authentically, with respect and strongly in the entire landscape of publications and the media.”
This is thick with the final arch of Talbert’s profession, which, like Tyler Perry, began with stage arts aimed toward telling the black stories of the Black audience.
In 2024, in an interview with the Wielofenate, he said that “Jingle Jangle”, a Christmas film, who wrote and directed by which Forest Whitaker and Keegan Michael Key performed, was created due to his childhood of the sensation of excluded fantasy, because he often didn’t see black children represented within the media of his youth.
According to 2023, Talbert launched HBCU Next, a scholarship program that he founded and financed together with his wife and production partner, Lyn Sisson-Talbert, To enrich the tutorial possibilities available for beginner filmmakers in HBCUS Bringing them to the School of Cinematic Arts USC School of Cinematic Arts program.
As Talbert said on this system: “Our general goal is to support the environment for students from HBCU and the USC to get involved in cultural exchange of learning from each other, and to provide access to education conducive to providing black storytellers to the entertainment industry.”
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Parents of the footballer of the University of Bucknell, who died during the exercises of “punishment” during training, sue school

Parents of the footballer of the University of Bucknell are suing school after their son died during training in July 2024.
In July 2024, 18-year-old Dickey Jr. He collapsed during the first football training of the team, affected by the sickle complications of the cells, NBC Philadelphia Reported. He was immediately hospitalized at the moment, but he died two days later.
Now, based on documents submitted to the Common Pleas court in Philadelphia on Wednesday, April 2, the boy’s parents, Calvin Dickey Sr. And Nicole Dickey, they claim that the university knew about the diagnosis of the sickle features of their son-what could increase the possibilities of experience of complications-he could prevent his death, for death for death. NPR AND ESPN.
They spent that Bucknell University is accused of neglect and illegal death, together with other claims just like hazing. Court documents claim that Dickey was intended by a “ritual of passage” on a burdensome training for first -year students, despite the undeniable fact that the school knew about his condition, which meant that he was vulnerable to the experience of complications called rhabdomoliz. Rare complication may cause the decomposition of skeletal muscle tissue To the extent that the muscles begin to release dangerous toxins on internal organs and are sometimes triggered by bothersome physical exercise.
Dickey collapsed when he was forced to exercise during practice as a “punishment” together with other players to go. According to witnesses of students and staff, Dickey became clearly at risk and had problems with keeping the pace before he fell.
“A terrible, painful death died, which can be 100% prevented,” said family lawyer, Mike Caspino, about CJ Wa press conference that Ceisler Media was available on YouTube.
He explained that from 2010 the National Collegiate Athletic Association (NCAA) required from sports students to check the sickle features because they were more vulnerable to a serious state. Caspino also noticed that CJ positively checked the sickle feature before joining the university football team, which made him “200 times more likely” to get rabdomiolism.
“If the athlete has a sickle feature, it should not be developed on the first day of practice; they are not supposed to make sprints, they are not to do up, they are to be relaxed to the practice regime. Otherwise they can get a discountolysis,” said the lawyer.
Talking with People magazineThe university said that he was aware of the trial and couldn’t comment on waiting court disputes. “We are again expanding sincere sympathies to the CJ family and we will continue to focus on our most important priority – health and safety of all Bucknell students.”
Dickey’s mother, a witness of a difficult path, Dickey’s mother said that her son was “worth” during a conversation with ESPN.
“We do it for CJ, for every young man in this team and anyone who follows him at any university,” she said. “It’s a longer, more difficult path and I’m ready for it.”

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