As FOX 13 continues to celebrate Black History Month, we take a look at the achievements made in the performing arts. The world-renowned Pacific Northwest Ballet recently promoted its very first Black female soloist and primary dancers. FOX13
Grace, elegance, power. Those words can be used to describe dancers Amanda Morgan and Jonathan Batista. Their success, as they describe it, didn't come easy. It is through their story however, that they hope you don't stop your dreams.
"Especially being a woman of color and feeling isolated at times. I didn’t always feel like I could talk about how I was feeling or even my classmates because maybe not everyone understood what that was like," said Morgan."He’s afro-Latino like myself. And he was tall and long-legged, so I think I can see myself in him," she said.
With stops in Canada, Boston, Cincinnati, Oklahoma City, Batista joined Pacific Northwest Ballet in 2021. Batista also said he was speechless when he found out he was becoming principal dancer. He has even noticed a change in who attends the ballet recently.
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