Copeland says her final performance with American Ballet Theatre was a thank you to the communities that had supported her. “What I represented is something far bigger than me,” she says.
Misty Copeland
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Misty Copeland hangs up her pointe shoes after performing at retirement show
Misty Copeland took one last spin on her pointe shoes Wednesday, as she retired after a trailblazing career in which she became an ambassador for diversity in an overwhelmingly white art form.
