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BRAND X

Orphaned transracial international ungrateful insurgent Class Bastard.
Apr 7 '12
One of my goals, even before beginning a professional career, has always been to change the demoralized, objectified and caricatured images of African-American women by reminding  young ladies from more challenged environments, that they too can command poise, grace, elegance and beauty - they can be beautiful swans.  As a professional ballet dancer, I used my passion as a vehicle to get this message across. Like many others may have experienced, the need for such positive self-imagery amongst young African-American women is greatly needed. A need which also transcends ballet. Art inspires, edifies and unites. A community without art is broken, unrealized. - Aesha Ash, The Black Swan Diaries

One of my goals, even before beginning a professional career, has always been to change the demoralized, objectified and caricatured images of African-American women by reminding  young ladies from more challenged environments, that they too can command poise, grace, elegance and beauty - they can be beautiful swans.  As a professional ballet dancer, I used my passion as a vehicle to get this message across. Like many others may have experienced, the need for such positive self-imagery amongst young African-American women is greatly needed. A need which also transcends ballet.

Art inspires, edifies and unites. A community without art is broken, unrealized.

- Aesha Ash, The Black Swan Diaries

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