Mitchell Center Cultural Film Series: A Ballerina's Tale

Name: Mitchell Center Cultural Film Series: A Ballerina's Tale
Start: 2025-10-04T13:00:00-04:00
Location: 504 N Market St, Wilmington, DE, United States, Delaware 19801

Schedule

Sat, 04 Oct, 2025 at 01:00 pm

UTC-04:00

Location

504 N Market St, Wilmington, DE, United States, Delaware 19801 | Wilmington, DE

This fall, join us for the Mitchell Center Cultural Film Series, where we screen documentaries relating to Black history and culture. Screenings will be held on Saturdays at 1 p.m. in September and October and are included with Museum admission.
Few dancers reach the elite level of ballet; of that already small number only a fraction are black women. Misty Copeland shattered those barriers in 2015, making history as the first African American principal dancer with the prestigious American Ballet Theatre (ABT). A Ballerina’s Tale intimately documents Copeland’s historic rise while shining a light on the absence of women of color at major ballet companies. The film also explores how ballet’s emphasis on waifish bodies impacts the health of ballerinas while sending a negative message to young fans.