Misty Copeland raises bar for black ballet dancers ... 'It's 2013, you live in New York City, you're [being] dramatic – but they don't understand the way the ballet world works. List of New York City Ballet dancers. Jump to navigation Jump to search. They are the raw material, inspiration and institutional memory on which choreographers rely. A ballet doesn't — can't — exist without dancers. Two male principal dancers were fired by the New York City Ballet Saturday morning after they were cited in a lawsuit for allegedly trading explicit photos of ballerinas. Aesha Ash is a member of Alonzo King’s Lines Ballet, a San Francisco company. They carry within themselves the technique, knowledge, steps and understanding to bring countless works of art alive. This article needs … Principal dancers Ashley Bouder and Sara Mearns take us behind the scenes of their rehearsal process for the iconic role of the Swan Queen - and … She was in the corps of New York City Ballet but left in 2003; since then the company has had no black women. Zachary Catazaro, 29, and …