New from the incredible teenage activist, prodigy, and compassionate CEO Bellen Woodard comes BALLET BROWN, her new inspirational picture book, coined term, and new crayon colors that literally changes the way we see ballet and dance—created to inspire young people to speak up for the change they wish to see in the world! BALLET BROWN is a heartwarming, inspirational story about authenticity and the richness that brings! Recently featured in TIME Magazine, her op-ed “You’ve Heard of Ballet Pink. It’s Time to Embrace Ballet Brown,” reflects on how Bellen questioned the longstanding default in ballet attire, much like her early experiences with “flesh” crayons being only available in peach. After realizing what was missing, Bellen created Bellen’s More Than Peach Project followed by her More than Peach crayons and picture book More than Peach to challenge these norms and broaden the visual language of color across multiple spaces. Her latest endeavor asks a simple, powerful question of the ballet world: Why is everything pink? In BALLET BROWN, Bellen decides to ditch the pink dance attire and instead embrace brown dance attire that better suits her skin tone. She finds a dance studio who is supportive of this change, because though ballet pink is tradition, Bellen believes that traditions are meant to grow as we do!  And she names the change “ballet brown.”

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