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Day 13: Carmen de Lavallade: Carmen de Lavallade was a lead dancer at the Lester Horton dance Theater in 1949 and then went to New York with Alvin Ailey and became a principal guest performer. In 2004, she received the Black History Month Lifetime Achievement Award and then in 2017 she received the Kennedy Center Honors Award. #carmendelavallade #bhm #browngirlsdoballet #ballet #balletinblack #28daysofdance
Day 12: Myrna Kamara (@myrnakamara) From 1984 to 1989, Ms. Kamara was a member of the New York City Ballet where she danced roles in ballets by George Balanchine, Jerome Robbins, Peter Martins, Eliot Feld and Lar Lubovitch. During the 1989-90 season Ms. Kamara danced in Bonn, Germany under director Youri Vamos, where the role of the Nubiana from Spartacus was created for her. From 1990 Ms. Kamara was a principal dancer for the Miami City Ballet where she received critical acclaim for her performances in the Balanchine repertoire including the Arabian solo from the Nutcracker, the siren in Prodigal Son, Calliope in Apollo, the solo girl in Rubies, the Russian girl in Serenade, Allegro Brillante, Who Cares, Bugaku, Agon, Four Tempera. Go follow!!! #ballet #browngirlsdoballet #myrnakamara #livinglegend #balletinblack #browngirlsdoballet #28daysofdance
Day 11: Frances Taylor Davis: was the first Black dancer to perform with Paris Opera Ballet in 1948. #francestaylordavis #bhm2019 #28daysofdance #browngirlsdoballet #balletinblack
🗣Day 10 goes to Queen @laurenandersonofficial! Lauren Anderson: Lauren Anderson began her career in 1983 with The Houston Ballet and was promoted to be the first Black principal at Houston Ballet in 1990. Go follow! #bhm2019 #balletinblack #browngirlsdoballet #laurenanderson #ballerinasofig
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