Desce a dançarina exacta

até ao extremo da brancura 

[...]

Absoluta a suavidade sem espera 

[...]

o silêncio entre os corpos

António Ramos Rosa in   A PARTIR DO DESERTO - Obra Poética I

Assírio & Alvim (2018)

https://www.huffpost.com/entry/benjamin-millepied-racism-in-ballet_n_58666c5ce4b0d9a5945afb7a

In the documentary, Millepied talks at length about the racism he encountered at the historic Paris institution upon joining in 2014. “I heard someone say a black girl in a ballet is a distraction,” he recalls. “If there are 25 white girls, everyone will look at the black girl. Everyone must be alike in a company, meaning everyone must be white.”

“I have to shatter this racist idea,” he adds.