Misty Copeland reminisces about the special moment featured on the cover of her new book "The Wind At My Back," when her late mentor Raven Wilkinson presented her flowers at her first "Swan Lake" ...

A Sunday, March 19 performance by dance students at The Ebell Club Los Angeles will celebrate and pay tribute to a pioneer in the ballet world. Raven Wilkinson was the first African American woman to ...

Bestseller and renowned ballerina Copeland (Bunheads) recounts her friendship with and mentoring by the late Raven Wilkinson (1935–2018), who in 1955 became “the first Black woman to receive a ...

Misty Copeland talks about her memoir "The Wind at My Back: Resilience, Grace, and Other Gifts from My Mentor Raven Wilkinson. Misty Copeland talks about her memoir "The Wind at My Back: Resilience, ...

“Many [Black] dancers never had the platform and the freedom to speak the way I do — and still have a job,” Misty Copeland told ArtsATL recently. Much has been written about Copeland, the first Black ...

"Hearst Magazines and Yahoo may earn commission or revenue on some items through the links below." When I met her, she changed the course of my life,” says Misty Copeland, referring to the late Raven ...

Raven Wilkinson, one of the first African-American dancers to perform with a major ballet company, the Ballet Russe de Monte Carlo, died Monday at her home in Manhattan. She was 83. M Marina Harss ...

Every item on this page was chosen by a Town & Country editor. We may earn commission on some of the items you choose to buy. The bond between Copeland and Wilkinson is chronicled in Copeland’s new ...