Misty Copeland made history as the American Ballet Theatre’s first Black principal dancer. Here’s everything to know about ...

As she retires from American Ballet Theatre, where she was its first black principal dancer, Misty Copeland talks about ...

The sketch concludes with a dance set to music from “Swan Lake,” in which Copeland joins Kimmel and Guillermo, all three center stage, surrounded by members of Ballet Theater.

SHE is one of ballet’s unlikeliest stars, an accidental prodigy who rose to a glittering stage career from a life of food stamps, custody battles and grubby motel rooms as one of six children to ...

NEW YORK (AP) — Ten years ago this month, Misty Copeland sat in front of a hastily arranged news conference at American Ballet Theatre, fighting back tears of pride over her new role: principal ...

Ten years after Misty Copeland made history as the first Black woman to perform Odette, the lead role in the classical ballet “Swan Lake,” she is recalling the tremendous self-doubt leading up ...

Misty Copeland told CNN’s Chris Wallace that, like many Black ballerinas, she’s inherited generational trauma from decades of being told they aren’t good enough to perform in certain roles.

Misty Copeland has been a principal ballerina with the American Ballet Theatre since 2015. She took a break from performing due to COVID-19 and the birth of her son in spring 2022, but she hopes ...

And I feel that that’s what I’ve done with a lot of the roles I’ve taken on, but especially Swan Lake,” Copeland told Wallace. Misty Copeland and James Whiteside perform in "Swan Lake" at ...

Misty Copeland Broke Barriers in Ballet. Now She’s Retiring and Moving to ‘The Next Stage’ NEW YORK (AP) — Ten years ago this month, Misty Copeland sat in front of a hastily arranged news ...