The traditional pink shoes and tights break the visual line of the bodies of Black dancers. After 60-plus years, Robin Williams, a ballet dancer, recently experienced a first: performing in pointe ...
Filming began in the summer of 2024, primarily at Ballet Western Reserve, with additional scenes shot around Youngstown.
“When I first decided to form a ballet company, Mother said: ‘Dear, why don’t you just see a psychiatrist?’ I told her it would be cheaper to form a ballet company.” So Rebekah Harkness went ahead, ...