September's Ballerina: Misty Copeland

Fact #1- Misty Copeland won the Los Angeles Music Center Spotlight Award as the best dancer in Southern California, in 1998.
Fact #2- Misty is of Italian, German, and African descent.


Misty Copeland in Tchaikovsky Pas De Deux








Matthew Prescott and Misty Copeland performing Falling

(photo by Erin Baiano)


Jared Matthews and Misty Copeland perform Tchaikovsky's Pas De Deux

(photo by Richard Termine)