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Misty Copeland
Season 2024
Episode 52
Misty Copeland discusses becoming American Ballet Theatre's first Black principal dancer and the role her mentor, trailblazing Black ballerina Raven Wilkinson, played in her rise. She weighs in on diversity in ballet and the future of the art form.
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