Misty Copeland
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Wolf Trap Announces Summer 2016 Concert Line Up, Includes Misty Copeland
Vienna's world-renowned concert venue, the Wolf Trap, has announced its summer 2016 concert program. On the docket of performances this year is a highly anticipated new Firebird ballet by the Handspring Puppet Company featuring the National Symphony as well as a resounding debut by ABT star Misty Copeland. Misty Copeland Recreates Iconic Images of Degas and His Dancers
An Edgar Degas' depiction of a ballerina has become a timeless motif in the artist's work. The image of a ballerina today, however, may be altered from its past representation with the entrance of someone like Misty Copeland, a dancer breaking the notions of what a ballerina is "supposed" to look like. Copeland's likeness being a part of a Degas redux, then, brings into question, once again, what a ballerina is meant to be.
