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Misty Copeland Permanently Changed Ballet and the Arts. As She Retires, a Star-Studded Goodbye and Thank You
Misty Copeland ends her historic ABT career while continuing to champion dance education and diversity through her foundation, impacting thousands of youth nationwide.
- On Oct. 22, Misty Copeland, 43, will take her final bow with American Ballet Theatre at Lincoln Center’s David H. Koch Theater, ending her 25-year career.
- Misty Copeland became the first Black woman named a principal dancer at American Ballet Theatre in 2015, a milestone in the company's then-75-year history hailed as a cultural shift.
- The program features Romeo and Juliet, Sinatra Suite, and a new piece by Kyle Abraham, choreographer, with a live simulcast at Lincoln Center’s Alice Tully Hall for BE BOLD and BE BOLDER programs.
- The departure means American Ballet Theatre will again be without a Black female principal, as Misty Copeland remains the only Black woman to hold that title in its 85-year history.
- Looking ahead, Misty Copeland has laid groundwork to deepen her mission to diversify ballet and established a brand with the Misty Copeland Foundation and Life in Motion production company.
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Misty Copeland hangs up her pointe shoes on Wednesday, putting a final exclamation point on a trailblazing career in which she became an ambassador for diversity in the very white world of ballet—and a crossover star far beyond. Copeland will be feted in grand style as the American Ballet...
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