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The Glass Ceiling On The Ballet Floor
Resume![Dancers from the Royal Ballet perform a scene from "Song of the Earth" during a dress rehearsal in 2015. (Timothy A. Clary/AFP/Getty Images)](https://wordpress.wbur.org/wp-content/uploads/2015/09/0918_ballet-shoes-1000x669.jpg)
When Misty Copeland was promoted to principal dancer of American Ballet Theater this summer, she made headlines as the first female African-American principal in the 75-year history of that company.
But as companies prepare for a new season, ballets' artistic leadership and choreographers are almost exclusively white and male. And, as Here & Now contributor Sharon Basco reports, that’s not likely to change anytime soon.
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- Sharon Basco, journalist, critic and public radio producer.
This segment aired on September 18, 2015.