"At a performance of Romeo and Juliet by the Royal Ballet late last year, I was the only person in the audience with a hint of colour (I'm of Indian descent). There was not a single black face in the crowd. It was a different story on stage - the production made history by casting the company's principal dancer, Carlos Acosta, in the role of Romeo, a first for a black dancer. But black male principals such as Acosta are few and far between - and black ballerinas almost non-existent."
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I just think it is just a matter of time. I mean ballet is not as popularized as it is in Europe as there are more renowned ballet schools centralized in Europe. It is only at these prestigious schools can you actually go into stardom. i was shocked to find that Pittsburgh itself had a ballet theater, teachers of which are not natives of the united states. But yet I guess it is good to see that we are integrating.
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