Misty Copeland Will Take Final Bow For American Ballet Theatre

Misty Copeland will carry out with the American Ballet Theatre (ABT) for the last time on Oct. 22.

Copeland’s farewell night time might be held on the David H. Koch Theater at Lincoln Heart. The efficiency will embody tributes, speeches, and dance honoring her inventive legacy and affect on the establishment. Moreover, Copeland introduced by way of X {that a} simulcast of her efficiency would permit followers the chance to affix in her celebratory last bow. The simulcast will happen at Lincoln Heart’s Alice Tully Corridor, with tickets obtainable on the day of the occasion. 

In a press release, the ABT introduced the tip of Copeland’s 25-year tenure. The efficiency will happen on the ABT’s Fall Gala and is being marketed as a “once-in-a-lifetime occasion.”

“I might by no means have imagined the life ballet would give me,” Copeland stated within the assertion. “To bop on the world’s best phases, with artists I like so deeply, has been one of many best presents of my life. My time with ABT has formed me not simply as a dancer, however as an individual, and given me the platform to succeed in again and make house for others. This second isn’t a farewell, it’s a celebration of the whole lot we’ve constructed collectively, and a step towards all of the work that’s nonetheless forward.”