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Podcast: How She Does It
Episode: Best Of: Misty Copeland On Becoming America’s Most Beloved Ballerina
Description: Ballet’s biggest superstar, Misty Copeland, will be stepping off the stage as the Principal Dancer for the American Ballet Theater this fall after 25 years with the company. So we thought this was a good time to revisit the conversation Misty and Karen Finerman shared during season 1 of the podcast. Â
To be a ballet dancer, you must be a dancer, an athlete, and a performer all at the same time. It is a competitive and complex hierarchy, with thousands of dancers funneling to just a small handful at the very top. There used to be an overwhelming lack...