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Following this dream hasn’t been easy. Along the way, Michaela has had to battle racism within the ballet world. “When I was eight, I was cast to play Marie in The Nutcracker, and I prepared hard for it. But right before the show, I was told that someone else would be dancing the part because ‘people aren’t ready for a black Marie,’ ” she recalls. She seriously considered quitting ballet until she got the chance to see black dancer Heidi Cruz perform with The Pennsylvania Ballet. “I was like, Wow, she’s amazing! She inspired me to keep dancing,” Michaela says.
Read Michaela’s heartbreaking and inspiring storyAmazing.
WOW. You have to go read this, but be prepared to cry.
Representation is important. I would be on a totally different path if I hadn’t seen people who look like me on stage and screen.
My mom yelled at me because I screamed when i saw a spider.. I cannot help it. I’m deathly afraid of those things. I want them all to die, IDC what role they play in the circle of life.. DIEEEEE !!!! >_<
