Barbara Walters with Misty Copeland. Photo by Heidi Gutman/ABC, via ABC. It’s been one heck of a year for Misty Copeland. Although Dance Magazine has been following her career for several years now (check out her cover story from December 2010 here), these past few months have been nothing but forward momentum for Copeland. Now, she’s caught Barbara […]
Last night, ballet died. Well, at least that’s what Misty Copeland jokingly said after she tried teaching Jimmy Kimmel how to dance. The segment was part of Kimmel’s return to New York (he’s a native Brooklynite), and all week, he’ll be broadcasting his show from the Brooklyn Academy of Music. Monday night’s episode included a video short in which Copeland […]
Misty Copeland’s well-chronicled journey to becoming the first female African American principal dancer at American Ballet Theatre has helped jumpstart conversations about racial representation in ballet companies. But how Copeland’s success may influence ballet training still remains to be seen. Of course, she’s already helped launch ABT’s Project Plié, which seeks to boost racial and […]
Misty Copeland for Under Armour. Photo courtesy Under Armour. I hope you’re not yet too exhausted by the amount of Misty Copeland news going around, because there’s more. From August 25–September 6, the recently promoted American Ballet Theatre principal will play Ivy Smith in On the Town for 12 performances. Her Broadway debut is an extension of her goal […]
Misty Copeland in Swan Lake. Photo by Darren Thomas/QPAC The moment everyone—dancers, dance lovers, and even non-dance fans—has been waiting for is here. Today, American Ballet Theatre announced that Misty Copeland will become a principal dancer. She’s the first African American female to reach that rank in the company’s 75-year history. Go Misty! Another principal […]
Misty Copeland is the perfect example of what a leading dancer should be offstage—poised, warm and articulate. And that’s what we’ve seen from her time and time again as people beyond the dance world have continued to show their support in her rise to the top of American ballet. Sometimes though, Copeland can start to […]
Misty Copeland and Brooklyn Mack as Odette/Odile and Prince Siegfried. Photo by Theo Kossenas, Courtesy The Washington Ballet. In April, The Washington Ballet will present Swan Lake in full for the first time in the company’s 70-year history. The performance has already made headlines because American Ballet Theatre’s Misty Copeland will dance Odette/Odile with The Washington […]
It’s what the masses have been waiting for: American Ballet Theatre soloist Misty Copeland will make her U.S. debut as Odette/Odile in April. But it won’t be with her own company. She’ll take the lead in the Washington Ballet’s production of Swan Lake at the Kennedy Center in DC. Who will play her naive […]
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