Warm Up

1. What do you think about ballet?
2. What do you think about black people?
3. What sort of street performances do you like?

lListening

1. Has she seen a black ballerina before?

Key Words & Phrases

1. Triumph over adversity
2. Bringing them to tears
3. Women of colour
4. Biggest threats to the community
5. ”That’s just life in the hood”
6. some promise in ballet
7. ”The adversity she faced”
8. ”to pursue a career in ballet”
9. ”grace the stages”
10. ”I had to work twice as hard”
11. Negative stereotyping
12. Misrepresentations in the media
13. ”I challenge stereotypes that exist for women of colour”
14. Profound
15. Impact
16. Viral
17. Morphing and changing
18. ”It’s hard to be what you can’t see”

Discussion

1. Why is it harder for people of colour to be as successful in ballet?
2. Do you think the misrepresentations are changing toward a more positive view today?