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Xa ucinga ngezicathulo ze-ballet, umbala opinki mhlawumbi ufika engqondweni. Kodwa ubukhulu becala i-pink shades ye-ballet pointe ayifani ncam noluhlu olubanzi lweetoni zesikhumba. UBriana Bell, ongumdanisi wobomi bonke kunye nowaphumelela kwisikolo samabanga aphakamileyo, uzama ukutshintsha loo nto.

Ngomhla we-7 kaJuni, iBell yaya kwi-Twitter ibongoza abantu ukuba basayine isicelo esibiza iinkampani zempahla yomdaniso ukuba zibonelele ngempahla engaphezulu yombala wesikhumba kubadanisi be-BIPOC - ngokukodwa, izihlangu ze-pointe ezine-shades ezahlukahlukeneyo. Kwitwitter yakhe, uBell wabelane ukuba abadanisi abaMnyama bahlala befuna "ipancake" izihlangu zabo ezinesiseko sokutshatisa umbala wolusu lwabo. Oogxa babo abamhlophe, wongeze, ababi nawo umthwalo ofanayo.

Ku-Bell, umba udlulela ngaphaya kobunzima bokuhlala upeyinta izihlangu zakho ze-pointe umbala owahlukileyo, utshilo kumsonto wakhe we-Twitter. "Iibhallerinas ezimnyama zihlala zikhutshelwa ngaphandle kwilizwe lesiqhelo neballet emhlophe ngenxa yokuba imizimba yethu ayifani neyayo kwaye le yenye yeendlela ezisenza sizive singafunwa," ubhale watsho. "Oku kuhamba ngaphezu kwezihlangu. Ubandlululo kunye nobuhlanga kwindawo yomdaniso ayenziwa kumava am kodwa kakhulu apho. Ayisiyonto eninzi yokucela izihlangu ukuba zihambelane neetoni zethu zolusu, ke nceda uthathe imizuzwana embalwa ukusayina esi sicelo." (Eyeleleneyo: Umzi-mveliso we-Makeup ngoku Ungumthunzi wolusu ngakumbi-ubandakanya kunangaphambili)

Kuyavunywa, ezinye iinkampani zempahla yomdaniso yenza Yenza ulusu olubandakanya imibala yezihlangu, kubandakanya uGaynor Minden kunye noFreed waseLondon. Umbutho wokugqibela usandul 'ukunika uTene Ward izihlangu ze-ballet pointe, umdanisi kunye ne-National Ballet yase-Canada, owoyiswa yimvakalelo akuba efumene izihlangu.

"Ndiziva ndonganyelwe kodwa ndisikelelekile ukuba le nto yenzekile ekugqibeleni," u-Ward wabhala ecaleni kwevidiyo ye-Instagram eqala izihlangu zakhe ezintsha ze-pointe, ezazilinganisa ithoni yakhe emnyama yesikhumba phantse ngokugqibeleleyo. "Enkosi @nationalballet kunye @freedoflondon. Eli lizinga lokwamkelwa kunye nelokuba andizange ndizive ngaphambili kwihlabathi le-ballet."

Ubukhulu becala, nangona kunjalo, ukhetho lwezihlangu ze-pointe ezibandakanya umbala wesikhumba zisanqongophele. Isicelo esenziwe nguBell, esasiyilelwe kwiminyaka emibini eyadlulayo nguMegan Watson wasePenn Hills, ePennsylvania, sibiza ngokukodwa inkampani yezomdaniso, eCapezio - omnye wabanikezeli abakhulu nabaziwayo kwezona zihlangu zebhalethi- "ukuqala ukuvelisa izihlangu zenzelwe ngaphezulu kunalawo anethoni emhlophe okanye emhlophe. "

"Bambalwa abavelisi abenza izihlangu ezinombala omdaka," sifundeka njalo isikhalazo. "Akukhona nje ukuba kukho ukungafani okuncinci kwi-ballet ngokwayo, kodwa into eyenza ingxaki kukuba ngokuqhelekileyo kukho ukuhlukahluka kwe-zero kwi-shades ye-shades. "

Inyani yile, i-BIPOC ballerinas ibisenza izihlangu zabo iminyaka, kwaye iBell ikude nomdanisi wokuqala ukuthetha ngayo. U-Misty Copeland, umdanisi wokuqala oMnyama oyintloko kwiAmerican Ballet Theatre, naye uye wathetha ngokungabikho kweyantlukwano kwizihlangu zepoint. (Eyeleleneyo: uMisty Copeland uthetha ngokuchaseneyo phantsi kweengxelo zePro-Trump ye-CEO ye-Armor)

"Zininzi kakhulu imiyalezo ezithunyelwayo ethunyelwe abantu ngombala ukusuka ngexesha lokudalwa kwebhaleyi," uxelele Namhlanje Ngo-2019. “Xa uthenga izihlangu ze-pointe okanye i-ballet slippers, kwaye umbala ubizwa ngokuba yipinki yaseYurophu, ndicinga ukuba ithetha kakhulu kubantu abancinci-ukuba awungeni ndawo, awungowakho, nokuba awukho. kuyathethwa. "

Kudliwanondlebe olufanayo, u-Ingrid Silva, webhaleyi eyazalelwa eBrazil kunye neDance Theatre yaseHarlem, wathi ukwenza ipancake kungathatha ixesha, kuyabiza - umntu onqwenela ukuba iimpahla zomdaniso ziqwalasele ngakumbi ukuze abadanisi beBIPOC bangabi ukuyenza. "Ndingavuka nje ndibeke [izihlangu zam zosie] ndize ndidanise, uyazi?" wabelana noSilva.

Ukuza kuthi ga ngoku, isikhalazo ekwabelwana ngaso ngeBell siqokelele ngaphezulu kwama-319,000 atyikityiweyo. Enkosi kuye - kunye noSilva, uCopeland, kunye nabanye abadanisi bemibala abathe bathetha phandle ukukhulisa le ncoko kule minyaka idlulileyo - lo mba kudala ulindelwe uyasonjululwa. I-CEO yaseCapezio, uMichael Terlizzi kutshanje ukhuphe ingxelo egameni lenkampani yeempahla zomdaniso, ejongene nokusilela kwe-brand.

"Njengenkampani ephethwe lusapho, eyona milinganiselo yethu inyamezelwayo, ukubandakanywa, kunye nothando lomntu wonke, kwaye sizibophelele kwilizwe lomdaniso elingenamkhethe okanye ucalucalulo," ifunda ingxelo. "Ngelixa sibonelela ngeeslippers zethu ezithambileyo ze-ballet, i-legwear, kunye nempahla yomzimba kwiindidi ezahlukeneyo zemibala kunye nemibala, imarike yethu enkulu kwizihlangu ze-pointe, ngokwesiko ibipinki."

"Siwuvile umyalezo woluntu lwethu lokudanisa oluthembekileyo olufuna izihlangu ezibonisa umbala wolusu lwabo," iyaqhubeka ingxelo, yongeza ukuba iindlela ezimbini ezidumileyo zeCapezio ziya kufumaneka ngeendlela ezahlukileyo ezahlukileyo ukuqala ekwindla. ka-2020. (Izinto eziNxulumeneyo: IiPros ze-8 zoFitness Ezenza i-Workout World ibandakanyeke ngakumbi-kwaye Kutheni le nto ibaluleke ngokwenene)

Ukulandela ekhondweni likaCapezio, inkampani yomdaniso iBloch ikuthembise ngokunikezela ngezihlangu zayo ze-pointe ezimnyama, ezahlukileyo: Umrhumo oza kufumaneka ngokuwa kulo nyaka. "

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