Atlanta’s Ballethnic Dance Company has seen its share of success and setbacks in its 26-year history.
Nena Gilreath and Waverly Lucas founded the country’s second African-American classical ballet company in 1990. The real-life couple actually met while performing with the country’s first African-American classical ballet company, the Dance Theatre of Harlem.
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