by Chava Pearl Lansky | Dec 19, 2018 | Dance Magazine, Dance Spirit, News, Profiles
Ballerina Raven Wilkinson passed away on Monday at her home in New York City at age 83. Wilkinson is best known as the first African American woman to dance full-time with the Ballet Russe de Monte Carlo and as a cherished mentor to Misty Copeland. Raven Wilkinson...
by Chava Pearl Lansky | Jan 30, 2018 | Profiles
When children’s book writer and illustrator Leda Schubert first reached out to Raven Wilkinson about writing a book on her life, Wilkinson had qualms. She was worried that the racism she experienced as an African American dancer touring the South with the Ballet...