She Pivots with Misty Copeland

For our Season 3 premiere of She Pivots, host Emily Tisch Sussman sits down with Misty Copeland—principal ballerina with American Ballet Theater, mother, designer, author, and philanthropist. In this episode, you’ll hear:

• How Misty fell in love with ballet

• Her experience as part of a difficult, public custody battle

• The challenges of injuries in her early career

• The isolation of being the only Black ballerina in the room

• How motherhood has shaped her priorities and art 

• How Misty thinks about advocating for change both in and out of the ballerina world

Tune in below!