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whitney huell photographed in costume as the snow queen for the nutcracker by kenny johnson

whitney huell photographed performing in helen pickett's what angel wakes me by brad austin

whitney huell photographed by emily brown (source: 1 2)

whitney huell and sidney haefs photographed performing as the lead swans in swan lake by savanna daniels

It was in rehearsal for “Parallel Lives” choreographed by @garyabbott56 that I broke down crying while dancing during a run through of the piece. The work was about women struggling to survive in an unjust world. My solo (pictured here) was called the warrior, a woman that got pushed down but got back up and kept fighting. While dancing I had the realization of how much the character I was portraying was in fact me and my experience as a black woman in this world. My suppressed emotions came to the surface in that rehearsal. It is my hope that positive change and racial justice will occur. I pray the horrific deaths of so many people of color will not be in vain.🙏🏾📷Brett Pruitt #blacklivesmatter

whitney huell photographed by emily brown (source: 1 2 3)

whitney huell photographed by emily brown

lilliana hagerman, amanda devenuta, and whitney huell rehearsing as the sugar plum fairy for the nutcracker