by Kyra Laubacher | Oct 30, 2023 | News, The Latest
Since last year, the U.S. Mint has been releasing new reverse designs for the quarter as part of the American Women Quarters Program, an initiative celebrating groundbreaking women in U.S. history. Through 2025, the Mint will issue up to five new designs each year...
by Kyra Laubacher | Sep 22, 2023 | News, The Latest
Misty Copeland—groundbreaking ballerina, author, director, and role model—has been advocating for diversity in dance for decades. Her latest move? Challenging Apple to introduce a spectrum of skin tones for the pointe shoe emoji via a petition on Change.org. On...
by Lydia Murray | Jul 12, 2023 | News, The Latest
After a three-year hiatus from performing, Misty Copeland is back in the limelight with her new 28-minute film, Flower, which centers on themes of housing insecurity, gentrification, and the communal power of art. The film is the debut project of Copeland and longtime...
by Kyra Laubacher | Jun 5, 2023 | News, The Latest
The past few weeks have brought another exciting round of career news—check out the latest farewells, appointments, promotions, and more in this month’s roster roundup. Promotions and Appointments Mathilde Froustey in Balanchine’s Brahms-Schoenberg Quartet....
by Kyra Laubacher | Apr 4, 2023 | News, The Latest
The past few weeks have brought another exciting round of career news—check out the latest farewells, appointments, promotions, and more in this month’s ballet roster roundup. Promotions and Appointments The Paris Opéra Ballet celebrates the promotions of its three...
by Kyra Laubacher | Dec 14, 2022 | News, The Latest
We breathe, eat and sleep dance. Why not read it, too? This has been a banner year for dance books—we’ve already shared news about the release of Toni Bentley’s Serenade, Jennifer Homans’ Mr. B: George Balanchine’s 20th Century and more. And the list is...
by Amy Brandt | Sep 23, 2022 | The Latest
Updated 9/28/22 This month, American Ballet Theatre principal Misty Copeland announced the launch of The Misty Copeland Foundation, a new nonprofit organization focused on bringing greater diversity, equity and inclusion (DEI) to ballet. At its center is a free...
by Lydia Murray | Nov 1, 2021 | News, Profiles, The Latest
In 1999, a 17-year-old Misty Copeland noticed an image that would help shape her future: Lauren Anderson, the first Black principal dancer with Houston Ballet, on the cover of Dance Magazine. Copeland, then a pre-professional ballet student, was awestruck. “It was an...