[Misty
Copeland (Photos copyright 2011 Ballet Theatre Foundation)]
John
Malveaux of MusicUNTOLD.com sends news of a performance of Misty
Copeland of the American Ballet Theatre. ABT.org indicates Ms.
Copeland is scheduled to perform in Firebird June 12 and 23,
2012; she also has a role in Le Corsaire on July 3, 2012.
Costa
Mesa, California
Mar 29 - Apr 1, 2012
Mar 29 - Apr 1, 2012
MusicUNTOLD.com
& NAACP Long Beach Branch Present
MISTY
COPELAND
FEBRUARY
9, 2012
San
Pedro High School
Long
Beach Poly High School
California
State University-Long Beach
Boys
& Girls Club of San Pedro
Additional
Info: JMALVEAUX@gmail.com,
(562) 436-4352
“Born
in Kansas City, Missouri and raised in San Pedro, California, Misty
Copeland began her ballet studies at the age of 13 at the San Pedro
Dance Center. At the age of fifteen she won first place in the Music
Center Spotlight Awards. She then began her studies at the Lauridsen
Ballet Center. Copeland has studied at the San Francisco Ballet
School and American Ballet Theatre’s Summer Intensive on full
scholarship and was declared ABT’s National Coca-Cola Scholar in
2000. She has danced Kitri in Don
Quixote
and the Sugar Plum Fairy and Clara in The
Nutcracker.”
“Copeland
joined ABT’s Studio Company in September 2000 and then joined
American Ballet Theatre as a member of the corps de ballet in April
2001 and was appointed a Soloist in August 2007.”
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