Better RepresentationHoward, a celebrated ballet dancer and journalist, hopes to use MoBBallet to revive memorable events in the history of Black ballet going as far back as 1919. “I wanted to show that Black ballet dancers are not unicorns, there is not just ONE, there are hundreds. Howard’s motivation to create the digital museum came from her desire to provide a source of inspiration and dialogue that will ultimately give Black ballet dancers the kind of representation they deserve. By representing the true history of ballet, MoBBallet will “change the perception of who does ballet, who should do ballet and what ballet looks like,” Howard adds. Long History of DiscriminationAcross the world, many ballet specialists acknowledge that there has been protracted discrimination against Black ballet dancers.

Source: The North Africa Journal February 28, 2017 14:15 UTC