Pointe Magazine June/July Issue
Since Pointe previewed its June/July cover at a special event last week at Brooklyn’s MoCADA Museum, the internet has been abuzz. The Huffington Post, The Washington Post and Jezebel have all picked it up.
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“To a certain extent, race affects us all,” Murphy told writer Alicia Graf Mack, “whether we are willing to admit it or not.” The issue also takes a close look at what companies are doing to develop and recruit dancers of color, and salutes some of the greatest achievements in diversity—so far—in an exclusive vintage photo essay with rare images from our archives.
(Cover model Ashley Murphy and Da’Von Doane of Dance Theatre of Harlem, photo by Rachel Neville)
link: http://pointemagazine.com/blogs/misty-copeland/our-junejuly-cover-making-waves