Misty Copeland Performs Derek Hough Choreography at Youth America Grand Prix Dala

Ayesha Faines
Published on May 16, 2014
American Ballet Theater Soloist dazzles on stage at New York City’s Edward Koch Theater where she performs a contemporary ballet choreography by Derek Hough of ABC’s Dancing With The Stars. Misty Copeland is the first african-american soloist to perform with the prestigious American Ballet Theater company in over 20 years. In recent years Copeland has become one of the few ballerina’s to achieve celebrity status, particularly after performing at the Madison Garden with singer Prince. Her fascinating life and rise to fame is chronicled in her new auto-biography Life In Motion: An Unlikely Ballerina.