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Strength Through Grace - Celebrating Black Heritage: This February we will be celebrating the stories of both local and national Black icons from the world of professional ballet. 

Join us for a showing of the documentary "A Ballerina's Tale" (G, 1hr 28min) starring Misty Copeland. No registration required. 

About the Documentary: Few dancers reach the elite level of ballet; of that already small number only a fraction are Black women. Misty Copeland shattered those barriers in 2015, making history as the first African American principal dancer with the prestigious American Ballet Theatre (ABT). A Ballerina’s Tale intimately documents Copeland’s historic rise while shining a light on the absence of women of color at major ballet companies. The film also explores how ballet’s emphasis on waifish bodies impacts the health of ballerinas while sending a negative message to young fans.

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