Isabela and Irlan are ballet dancers. And though they have the talent, they don’t look like all the others. Ballet has long been the rarified and elitist domain of the white upper class, but these two black high schoolers from Rio de Janeiro’s working-class favelas are determined to succeed.
Isabela and Irlan are ballet dancers. And though they have the talent, they don’t look like all the others. Ballet has long been the rarified and elitist domain of the white upper class, but these two black high schoolers from Rio de Janeiro’s working-class favelas are determined to succeed.