WATCH: Jane Tillman Irving on Misty Copeland’s star-studded exit from professional ballet

History making journalist and BNV contributor Jane Tillman Irving interviewed Misty Copeland, the first Black woman principal dancer with American Ballet Theatre, in 2011, and she also witnessed Copeland’s final on-stage pirouette this past week in New York. Watch Irving’s report on Copeland’s curtain call and her contributions toward inclusion in the performing arts.

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