American Ballet Theater in Podcasts
companyAmerican Ballet Theater is a prestigious ballet company based in New York City, where Misty Copeland performed as a principal dancer.
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'The Interview': Misty Copeland Changed Ballet. Now She's Ready to Move On.
Because in this interview, Copeland is announcing her retirement from the American Ballet Theater after a 25-year career there, putting a cap on a groundbreaking and remarkable trajectory. She grew up in near poverty, her family often without a home of its own, and she didn't even start dancing seriously till she was 13, which is really late for a ballerina.