MISTY COPELAND SPEAKS TO CELIA IPIOTIS ABOUT HER “SECRET WEAPON”

Over the space of two phone conversations, I spoke with Misty Copeland about her work process. Dancers spend many hours training and rehearsing, but they are also key interpreters of a choreographer’s vocabulary. Some dancers easily slip inside the choreography while others struggle to embody and remember the steps.

In this article, Misty Copeland reveals her special dance gift and how it buoyed her sensational career and position as the first Black Principal ballerina at American Ballet Theater.

https://www.dance-enthusiast.com/features/day-in-the-life/view/Misty-Copeland-Reflects-Forsythe-Elo-Ratmansky-Firebird-