Whitney Huell is the only African-American ballerina in the Kansas City Ballet. She started dancing at five years old, which means she's performed in The Nutcracker, "Oh, for a while. Yes, a long ...

We're all familiar with Tchaikovsky's famous Nutcracker. "Ever since I was 9 years old, I've always wanted to do something like this," says Kayla Chambers-Reed of African American Ballet Troupe.