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Have you ever seen a performance of The Nutcracker  ballet? If not, if you live in, or will be in Southern California, here is your opportunity and if you have, here is an opportunity to see it again, with extra special guest dancers. The December 21-23 performances at Glendale’s Alex Theatre, of the LA Youth Ballet’s […]

Ballerina Misty Copeland has tied the knot. E! News reports the the American Ballet Theater principal dancer has married longtime love Olu Evans in California. E! News reports: E! News can confirm that pair, who have been together for 10 years, got married at the Montage Hotel in Laguna Beach, overlooking the ocean in a gorgeous ceremony. […]

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NEW YORK (AP) — Dancer Misty Copeland is working on a health-and-fitness book. Grand Central Life & Style, an imprint of Grand Central Publishing, announced Thursday that Copeland’s “Ballerina Body” is scheduled for 2017. Copeland, the first African-American woman to become the American Ballet Theatre’s principal dancer, is a member of President Barack Obama’s Council […]

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Fox has ordered a script for a new dance series from Misty Copeland and writer/producer Tracy Oliver. The one-hour drama “follows a group of young, aspiring dancers as they fiercely compete for places” in a top ballet company, a spokesperson for Fox wrote in an email, initially reported by Deadline. Though originally reported that the […]

As the newest principal ballerina at the American Ballet Theatre, Misty Copeland continues to spread more of her “Black Girl Magic” to young dancers everywhere in A Ballerina’s Tale, a stirring documentary that takes an intimate look at her life and 15-year journey in the industry. “What was so great with the documentary was that we wanted […]

Director Nelson George has pulled back the curtain on Misty Copeland‘s life and given her fans a new look at her story in his documentary A Ballerina’s Tale. As the American Ballet Theatre’s first Black female principal dancer, Misty has had a career that few could ever wrap their mind around. After coming to ballet […]

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NEW YORK (AP) — Ballerina Misty Copeland, who just became the first African-American woman to be a principal dancer at American Ballet Theatre, has another breakthrough planned — a debut on Broadway. Producers of the high-energy revival of “On the Town” said Sunday that Copeland will join the show from Aug. 25 to Sept. 6, […]

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NEW YORK (AP) — Misty Copeland, the Missouri-born ballerina who’s become a forceful voice for diversity in ballet and achieved a celebrity that far transcends that rarified world, was named principal dancer at American Ballet Theatre on Tuesday — the first African-American woman to reach that status in the company’s 75-year history. Copeland, 32, fought […]

As a dancer for one of the world’s top ballet companies, Misty Copeland is familiar with the high pressure and expectations that comes with her position. After starring in the critically-acclaimed debut of Swan Lake at the Metropolitan Opera House last week, Copeland inches one step closer to making history as the American Ballet Theatre’s […]

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NEW YORK (AP) — Bravos, bouquets and most of all a clear sense of history reigned at the Metropolitan Opera House on Wednesday as Misty Copeland made her New York debut in “Swan Lake,” a key moment for the popular ballerina whom many hope will soon become the American Ballet Theater’s first black principal dancer. […]

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Ballerina rock star Misty Copeland appears in the upcoming Rick Burns documentary, American Ballet Theatre at 75, in honor of the prestigious classical ballet company’s 75th anniversary year. Copeland, a soloist in the company, joined in 2007 as just the third African-American female soloist in its 75-year history. It was a lifelong dream realized for the 32-year-old […]

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Cable channel Oxygen has put into development a docuseries following renowned ballerina Misty Copeland. The show, tentatively titled “The Misty Copeland Project,” follows talented hopefuls from diverse backgrounds as they descend upon New York to take on the next major step in their ballet careers. Who better to train and mentor them than Copeland — […]