{"id":42558,"date":"2022-10-17T02:50:23","date_gmt":"2022-10-17T07:50:23","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/texasmetronews.com\/?p=42558"},"modified":"2022-10-17T02:50:29","modified_gmt":"2022-10-17T07:50:29","slug":"jonathan-batista-is-now-the-first-black-principal-dancer-at-the-pacific-northwest-ballet","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/texasmetronews.com\/42558\/jonathan-batista-is-now-the-first-black-principal-dancer-at-the-pacific-northwest-ballet\/","title":{"rendered":"JONATHAN BATISTA IS NOW THE FIRST BLACK PRINCIPAL DANCER AT THE PACIFIC NORTHWEST BALLET"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p><strong>Because Of Them We Can<br><a href=\"https:\/\/www.becauseofthemwecan.com\/\">https:\/\/www.becauseofthemwecan.com\/<\/a><br>By BOTWC Staff<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-image\">\n<figure class=\"aligncenter size-large\"><img data-recalc-dims=\"1\" loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"640\" height=\"416\" src=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/texasmetronews.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/10\/local-and-entertainment-pic-John-Batista-748x486-PNBSwanB22-0374_1024x1024.jpg?resize=640%2C416&#038;ssl=1\" alt=\"Johnathan Batista\" class=\"wp-image-42559\" srcset=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/texasmetronews.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/10\/local-and-entertainment-pic-John-Batista-748x486-PNBSwanB22-0374_1024x1024.jpg?resize=640%2C416&amp;ssl=1 640w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/texasmetronews.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/10\/local-and-entertainment-pic-John-Batista-748x486-PNBSwanB22-0374_1024x1024.jpg?resize=325%2C211&amp;ssl=1 325w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/texasmetronews.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/10\/local-and-entertainment-pic-John-Batista-748x486-PNBSwanB22-0374_1024x1024.jpg?w=748&amp;ssl=1 748w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 640px) 100vw, 640px\" \/><figcaption>Johnathan Batista<\/figcaption><\/figure><\/div>\n\n\n<p>We\u2019ve recently reported on Black people who have shaken up the ballet world, such as\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/www.becauseofthemwecan.com\/blogs\/culture\/solange-knowles-will-compose-an-original-score-for-the-ny-city-ballet?_pos=1&amp;_sid=1dc0fecfe&amp;_ss=r\">Solange Knowles\u00a0<\/a>who just produced an original score for the New York City Ballet,\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/www.becauseofthemwecan.com\/blogs\/botwc-firsts\/janet-rolle-makes-history-as-first-black-woman-to-become-ceo-of-the-american-ballet-theatre-in-its-65-year-history?_pos=4&amp;_sid=1dc0fecfe&amp;_ss=r\">Janet Roll\u00e9<\/a>\u00a0who made history as the first Black CEO of the American Ballet Theater, and\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/www.becauseofthemwecan.com\/blogs\/news\/misty-copeland-launches-be-bold-program-to-bring-more-diversity-to-ballet?_pos=3&amp;_sid=1dc0fecfe&amp;_ss=r\">Misty Copeland\u2019s<\/a>\u00a0new after-school ballet program.<\/p>\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-image\">\n<figure class=\"alignleft size-full is-resized\"><img data-recalc-dims=\"1\" loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/texasmetronews.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/10\/AC62B3D3-9941-4A46-89DA-C241D4E8E6D5_480x480.jpg?resize=389%2C311&#038;ssl=1\" alt=\"Johnathan Batista\" class=\"wp-image-42560\" width=\"389\" height=\"311\" srcset=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/texasmetronews.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/10\/AC62B3D3-9941-4A46-89DA-C241D4E8E6D5_480x480.jpg?w=480&amp;ssl=1 480w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/texasmetronews.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/10\/AC62B3D3-9941-4A46-89DA-C241D4E8E6D5_480x480.jpg?resize=325%2C260&amp;ssl=1 325w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 389px) 100vw, 389px\" \/><\/figure><\/div>\n\n\n<p>Jonathan Batista is our newest ballet story, and he started his training at UNICOM social project in Rio\u2019s City of God Slums. Soon after, he was discovered by former founder and artistic director of Miami City Ballet Edward Villella and former school director at English National Ballet School, Jane Hackett;\u00a0he was offered a scholarship to the English National Ballet School in London, UK. After graduating from ballet school in 2011, he went on to perform with various ballet companies like the National Ballet of Canada, Miami City Ballet, Boston Ballet, and Cincinnati Ballet. He\u2019s worked in soloist and principal roles alongside many of the most known choreographers, such as Marcelo Gomez, John Neuemeier, Christopher Wheeldom, Liam Scarlett, Jorma Ello, and many more. From 2017 to 2021, he performed with the Oklahoma City Ballet as a principal dancer and is currently residing in Seattle, WA, joining the Pacific Northwest Ballet as a soloist up until now. The Brazil native recently made history as the first Black principal dancer in the Pacific Northwest Ballet, the first time a Black person has held the title in the organization&#8217;s 50 year history. \u00a0<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>The dancer spoke on his achievement, saying, \u201cBeing the first Black dancer in 50 years of Pacific Northwest Ballet, this is a moment for young Black boys, young Black girls that want to dance, that want to see themselves on that stage\u2026It is such an honor to be in this position. It also is a moment where I think, \u2018Wow, it took 50 years for [a] Black man, for [a] Black person, to become a principal dancer.\u2019\u201d According to\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/www.zippia.com\/ballet-dancer-jobs\/demographics\/\">Zippia<\/a>, 10% of ballet dancers are Black; Batista is usually the only Black dancer on his team and, out of 46 dancers on the Pacific Northwest Ballet, there are only nine Black people.\u00a0<\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-embed aligncenter is-type-video is-provider-youtube wp-block-embed-youtube wp-embed-aspect-16-9 wp-has-aspect-ratio\"><div class=\"wp-block-embed__wrapper\">\n<iframe loading=\"lazy\" title=\"Kier Gaines&#039; Journey to Excellence | Hyundai\" width=\"880\" height=\"495\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/PJ51LqURggs?feature=oembed\" frameborder=\"0\" allow=\"accelerometer; autoplay; clipboard-write; encrypted-media; gyroscope; picture-in-picture\" allowfullscreen><\/iframe>\n<\/div><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p>Under the Oklahoma City Ballet, Batista created two World Premieres, winning Best Choreography of the Year by The National Destined 2 Dance Award. In 2021, he won the Art Culture &amp; Music Award by The TAF Award Foundation for his contributions in representation, activism, work and contributions to the dance community in Oklahoma.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Batista\u2019s feat is due to trailblazers before him, such as Kabby Mitchell, who eventually became a soloist but was the first Black man to join Pacific Northwest Ballet in 1979, and Kiyon Ross Gaines, who was his successor; he joined in 2001 and retired in 2015 as a soloist.&nbsp;<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Congratulations, Jonathan!<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><em>Photo: Angela Sterling\/Black Enterprise<\/em><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Because Of Them We Canhttps:\/\/www.becauseofthemwecan.com\/By BOTWC Staff We\u2019ve recently reported on Black people who have shaken up the ballet world, such as\u00a0Solange Knowles\u00a0who just produced an original score for the 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