6/29/21
A Black woman in white tutu practicing ballet at a barre in a dance studio.
Chanel Holland, BYR ’12, founded the Chocolate Ballerina Company in 2017 as a platform for both youth and adult African Americans interested in the theatrical dance style of ballet.
Ryan S. Brandenberg

Chanel Holland, BYR '12, has been instinctively defying gravity with the graceful body movements of ballet since she was 11 years old. Growing up in the West Oak Lane