I had the opportunity to listen to Hassan Mahamdallie’s discussion on Diversity and the Arts and was. very fascinated by his perspective on performing arts and inclusion. Hassan’s talk about the focus on Western art forms and how important diversity is in the arts really resonated with me as an African-American woman. After listening to his discussion I thought back to Misty Copeland’s debut as the American Ballet’s first Black principle ballet dancer in 2017. It was very exciting but also sad that within a 75 year span of the American Ballet that Misty Copeland was named the first Black principle dancer so late in its history. Nonetheless, I agree with Hassan Mahamdallie on his perspective on how making the arts more inclusive is not only imperative but beneficial.