American Ballet Theatre and Diversity in Dance

A man stands in front of the David H. Koch Theater at Lincoln Center, Wednesday, Nov. 13, 2013, in New York

Over the next three days, American Ballet Theatre will make history with "Lifted," the company's first work featuring an all-Black cast and creative team. Alexandra Starr, senior editor at Foreign Affairs and frequent arts contributor to WNYC, joins us to explain why that milestone matters and why it's happening only now.