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Get ready for like six prolonged close-ups of pointe shoes and bleeding feet, because the dance gods have blessed us with another Center Stage (which, let’s be real, aggressively holds up in 2016).

The world of classic ballet, which runs on a set of rigid strictures, encourages and affirms an almost unattainable, incredibly unhealthy body ideal, and has been one of the last artistic fields to racially diversify, isn’t exactly what you’d think of as a safe haven for socially-conscious dancers looking to make…

First Lady and lover of dance Michelle Obama invited the legend Debbie Allen and a phenomenal group of 51 black dancers to perform at the White House for Black History Month.

In Sydney, Australia, a young girl named Stephanie Kurlow plans to become the world’s first ballerina in a hijab—despite haters, both within and outside the Muslim community, who say that Muslims shouldn’t dance.

Misty Copeland, the first black principal ballerina for the American Ballet Theater, is getting her own intersection in her hometown of San Pedro, California next month. Happy early holidays!

For a certain generation, it might be difficult to watch Starz’s Flesh and Bone without thinking of the 2000 film Center Stage. Yet the former quickly makes it very clear that this is not a fun, light-hearted romp where the underdog rises through the ranks, but a rough journey filled with abuse, drug use and potential…

Misty Copeland made history this week as the first black woman to be named principle dancer at the American Ballet Theater. In a new interview, Copeland says, “This has all become more than I ever imagined.”

Misty Copeland has been promoted to principal dancer by the American Ballet Theater, becoming the company’s first black female principal in its 75-year history. Hell yes.

I'm not a real ballerina, and I'm not a little girl, so I'd walked by the ballet studio for years without ever thinking about taking a class. Even while I was reading about the history of dance and watching YouTube videos of Sylvie Guillem, I scarcely examined the wall of "not for me" I'd built around the concept. It…

Center Stage fans will leap with excitement about AOL's new web series about the New York City Ballet, narrated and executive produced by Sarah Jessica Parker. It's all there: the dance, the drama, the toe shoes. Except Zoe Saldana. She's not there.