Misty Copeland: Ballet & Body Type | MAKERS.com
Misty Copeland discusses how the classical ballet body type is being challenged. http://www.makers.com/misty-copeland
Misty Copeland began her ballet career at age 13. Two years later, she had won first place in the Music Center Spotlight Awards, and began her studies at the Lauridsien Ballet Center. Accepted into the American Ballet Theatre's Studio Company in September 2000, she is the company's first African American female soloist in two decades. Her 2012 performances will include Thirteen Diversions, Firebird, and Le Corsaire.