![Do you know what it took for Balanchine to put me, a black man, on stage with a white woman? This was 1957, before civil rights. He showed me how to take her [holding her delicately by the wrist]. He said, ‘put your hand on top.’ The skin colors were part of the choreography. He saw what was going to happen in the world and put it on stage.](/assets/img/quote-photos/do-you-know-what-it-took-for-balanchine-to-put-me-a-black-man-on-stage-with-a-w.jpg)
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