World Ballet Day: 8 images of black ballet dancers

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Today is World Ballet Day. We’re marking the international celebration of ballet dancers with a selection of images of black performers on pointe, in flight and full of poise.

Precious Adams, English National Ballet

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A post shared by Precious Solana Adams (@preciousagram) [2] on Jul 20, 2018 at 10:29am PDT

Ballet Black's Marie Astrid Mence and Ebony Thomas

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A post shared by Ballet Black (@originalballetblack) [3] on Sep 4, 2018 at 6:09am PDT

Misty Copeland, American Ballet Theatre

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A post shared by Misty Copeland (@mistyonpointe) [4] on Jun 7, 2017 at 8:12pm PDT

Carlos Acosta

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A post shared by Carlos Acosta (@cacostaofficial) [5] on Sep 1, 2016 at 7:29am PDT

Micheala De Prince, Dutch National Ballet

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A post shared by Michaela DePrince (@michaeladeprince) [6] on Aug 11, 2018 at 8:34am PDT

Eric Underwood

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A post shared by Eric Underwood (@ericunderwood) [7] on Mar 11, 2016 at 10:49am PST

Ingrid Silva

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A post shared by Ingrid Silva (@ingridsilva) [8] on Sep 29, 2018 at 4:22am PDT

Solomon Golding, San Francisco Ballet

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A post shared by Solomon Golding (@solomongolding) [9] on Jan 7, 2018 at 9:30pm PST

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