I will dance because…

dance is for all

What do we hope to achieve?

We hope to help alleviate and bring light to the discrepancies in the representation of minorities and certain racial populations throughout the ballet community.

The issue.

According to the Zippia:

  • The most common ethnicity among ballet company members is White, which makes up 49.6% of all ballet company members.

  • Comparatively, 26.0% of ballet company members are Hispanic or Latino, 9.1% are Asian, 3.8% are Black or African American, 0.9% are Native American, while the last 10.6% are Unknown.

Hear first-hand accounts

interviews

Michael Snipe Jr., Former Dancer with Alvin Ailey

Tamara Rojo, Artistic Director of SFB

Myles Thatcher, Resident Choreographer & Soloist at SFB

Our solutions.

At this point, we are still gathering data, talking to relevant figures, and learning more about this issue.