After legendary ballerina Misty Copeland called out the Bolshoi Theatre for its use of blackface in performances, the theatre told Russian state-run media that it would continue the practice despite the criticism
in response."They need to be exposed, called out, educated and more. I have lived in the ballet world for 25 years. I have silenced myself around 'them,' and made them feel comfortable and suffered in silence. At 37 I feel ready and free to stop."
"This is post going send people to a child's page," said another commenter."Not only is she a child, she is a Russian child. People can be brutal online and a child shouldn't be subject to an onslaught of hostile comments. Sure, that makeup looks ridiculous, but....
Others have defended the production, saying the use of blackface is necessary for the performance, and that Copeland is taking an American problem and trying to apply it to Russia.Leah Feldman, a professor at the University of Chicago who studies theater and the former Soviet Union, said in an email to CNN that there is a long history of blackface in theater across the former Soviet Union.
"It's a complicated issue," she wrote."However, I'm strongly of the opinion that, particularly in Russia's current climate of rising intolerance, blackface practices cannot be decoupled from forms of racism."Copeland has long been outspoken about matters of race in the ballet -- specifically lamenting the ways black people are told their hair, skin color and body types don't fit the ballet.
"At 7 years old being a black girl in their school and they're being told by their teachers 'you don't belong here, your skin is the wrong color, your feet are too flat ... we can't work with your hair,'" sheThis is something she has actively worked to change, through things like mentoring programs and by being outspoken about the problem.,"I get that this is a VERY sensitive subject in the ballet world.
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