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To celebrate Black History Month, Houston Ballet honors Lauren Anderson, a principal dancer with the company from 1983 to 2006 who was one of America’s few black ballerinas at the head of a major classical ballet company. Here she is with Timothy O’Keefe in her signature role, Cleopatra, which Ben Stevenson created especially for her in 2000. To learn more about Lauren’s historic career, watch this 2006 interview with her on Houston PBS’s Innerviews…

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There is a (thankfully growing) list of African-American females who have pioneered in the dance world, opening up the door for generations to follow. There’s Raven Wilkinson, the first African-American female to dance with a major classical ballet company (she signed her contract with Ballet Russe de Monte Carlo in 1955). There are also modern […]

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