we have a piece called “Prima Ballerina.” It’s about Julie Kent, who just retired from the American Ballet Theatre. I interviewed her, and say a fair amount about her in the magazine.

In 2015, Misty Copeland became the first African-American woman to be promoted to principal dancer at the American Ballet Theatre ... These days, the prima ballerina is becoming a household ...

They were stars of the pre-war stage – prima ballerinas ... and founded the ‘Polish Ballet’, a troupe of young Polish émigré dancers. Marie Rambert during a rehearsal of Giselle, Salisbury, 1945, ...

and became the first Black prima ballerina to be part of a major ballet company. This article is a selection from the April/May 2024 issue of Smithsonian magazine Cat Woods | Read More ...

In that moment, Tallchief had no idea that she was about to make history, not only for the New York City Ballet, but in her journey toward becoming America’s first prima ballerina. To be a prima ...