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Image Description: Dancer poses in a second position plié en pointe with one arm reaching out to the side and the other arm folded over her he
In 2016 BGDB Founder TaKiyah Wallace-McMillian was busy photographing the next generation of brown dancers. In 2026 these dancers are busy doing all the amazing things that brown girls can DO!

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