Soon, a professional ballet company invited Allen to train with it. “There were no other children. But Debbie was there, holding her own,” Rashad remembers. “As I look back on that time ...

The choreographer, dancer and teacher Debbie Allen, at her dance academy in Los ... it’s what I do, it’s how I train them every day. Why was it important for you to feature so many children ...

Famed actress and dance choreographer Debbie Allen will return to Detroit ... of Los Angeles for students ages 8 to 21 to train with Allen, one of the country’s most revered African-American ...