{"id":44620,"date":"2015-12-19T03:03:14","date_gmt":"2015-12-19T03:03:14","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.mixedracestudies.org\/?p=44620"},"modified":"2015-12-28T00:30:34","modified_gmt":"2015-12-28T00:30:34","slug":"the-rise-and-rise-of-misty-copeland","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/mixedracestudies.org\/wp\/?p=44620","title":{"rendered":"The Rise and Rise of Misty Copeland"},"content":{"rendered":"

The Rise and Rise of Misty Copeland<\/a><\/strong><\/em><\/p>\n

The Year in Style 2015<\/a>
\nThe New York Times<\/a>
\n2015-12-18<\/p>\n

Ruth La Ferla<\/a><\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n
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\nThis year, Misty Copeland\u2019s<\/a> fame rose from her performances in ballet, on Broadway and in commercials. Credit Bon Duke<\/a> for The New York Times, taken at Steps on Broadway<\/a> in New York City<\/a>.<\/em><\/small><\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<\/tbody>\n<\/table>\n

Captivating a general audience, the prima ballerina is a crossover star: from ballet to Broadway<\/a> to commercial fame.<\/p>\n

Cherry Peace stood, feet firmly planted, at the stage door of the Metropolitan Opera House at Lincoln Center<\/a> in October. She was waiting for Misty Copeland<\/a>, who had just wrapped up a matinee performance of Paul Taylor\u2019s<\/a> \u201cCompany B\u201d at the American Ballet Theater<\/a>, to kick off her toe shoes and exit.<\/p>\n

There was no sign of Ms. Copeland, but Ms. Peace, 52, a writer who had traveled from Reno, Nev.<\/a>, expressly to see her, stayed rooted to the spot, hoping, if not for an autograph, at least for a glimpse of her idol.<\/p>\n

\u201cWhen you get older,\u201d she said, \u201cthere are certain things you want to do. Seeing Misty Copeland was on my bucket list<\/a>.\u201d<\/p>\n

Ms. Peace was among legions of fans \u2014 schoolgirls and seniors, New Yorkers and visitors, balletomanes and oddly assorted thrill seekers \u2014 who had thronged to Lincoln Center to see Ms. Copeland perform, in the Taylor ballet, and as Odile\/Odette in \u201cSwan Lake<\/a>,\u201d a crowning role for many dancers, and the first in the company for a black ballerina…<\/p>\n

Red the entire article here<\/a>.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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