![]() ![]() But Copeland, now 40 and married with a new baby, isn’t your usual ballet dancer. Most ballet dancers find the stage to be their comfort place, not the public sphere. How she performed in a Prince music video and an Under Armour commercial and was named one of Time magazine’s 100 Most Influential People in 2015. How her ballet teacher encouraged her to pursue a career in an art form that is, still, overwhelmingly White. ![]() How she had an unstable childhood in Southern California, at one point living in a motel with her mother and five siblings. Much has been written about Copeland, the first Black ballet dancer promoted to principal at American Ballet Theatre. “Many dancers never had the platform and the freedom to speak the way I do - and still have a job,” Misty Copeland told ArtsATL recently. ![]()
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