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Misty Copeland's on Pointe! Five Surprising Facts About the New On the Town Star

by Lindsay Champion

Big news, sailors! Misty Copeland, who was just named the first-ever African-American female principal dancer at the American Ballet Theatre, will make her Broadway debut as Ivy in On the Town beginning August 26. While the stunning ballerina is all grace and poise on stage, Copeland is a tough-as-nails dancer who has risen to the top in the cutthroat world of professional ballet, and her life is …

SOURCE: Broadway.com at 6:15pm on July 6, 2015