New York City Ballet’s production of “The Nutcracker” casts a black dancer to play Marie for first time. The 11-year-old says she remembers being inspired by Misty Copeland becoming the first African American female principal at American Ballet Theater
NEW YORK — The New York City Ballet’s production of “The Nutcracker” has cast a black dancer to play Marie for the first time.Charlotte Nebres will star in this year’s rendition of the company’s production, which started in 1954
Charlotte Nebres and fellow School of American Ballet students in New York City Ballet's production of George Balanchine's "The Nutcracker."Nebres is a student at the School of American Ballet. Her mother’s family is from Trinidad and her father’s family is from the Philippines.at American Ballet Theater.Nebres’ Prince, Tanner Quirk, is half-Chinese. Sophia Thomopoulos, who will also play Marie, is half-Korean, half-Greek.
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