What is Misty Copeland?
{{Infobox person | name = Misty Copeland | image = From the ballet Coppelia cropped.jpg | image_size = | caption = Misty Copeland dancing in ''[[Coppelia]]'' in 2014 | birth_name = Misty Danielle Copeland | birth_date = {{Birth date and age|1982|9|10|mf=y}} | birth_place = [[Kansas City, Missouri]], United States | education = [[San Pedro High School]] | occupation = [[Ballerina]] with [[American Ballet Theatre]] | years_active = 1995–present | website = {{URL|www.mistycopeland.com}} }} '''Misty Copeland''' (born September 10, 1982) is a [[ballet]] dancer for [[American Ballet Theatre]] (ABT). She made history in 2007 as the third [[African American]] to be promoted to the rank of soloist in two decades. She is the fourth African-American soloist, and the first in two decades with ABT.<ref name=TSiMtC>{{cite web|author1=Jim Farber|title=This Swan is More than Coping|url=http://www.la.com/ci_11394770?IADID=Search-www.la.com-www.la.com|publisher=Los Angeles News Group|accessdate=24 August 2015|archive-date=13 July 2011|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20110713180910/http://www.la.com/ci_11394770?IADID=Search-www.la.com-www.la.com|url-status=dead}}</ref> On June 30, 2015, Copeland became the first [[African American]] woman to be promoted to [[principal dancer]] in ABT's 75-year history <ref name=MCIPtPDaABT>{{cite web|url=https://www.nytimes.com/2015/07/01/arts/dance/misty-copeland-is-promoted-to-principal-dancer-at-american-ballet-theater.html|title=Misty Copeland Is Promoted to Principal Dancer at American Ballet Theater|last=Cooper|first=Michael|work=[[The New York Times]]|date=30 June 2015|accessdate=24 August 2015}}</ref><ref name=MCPtPDaABT>{{cite web|url=https://www.wsj.com/articles/misty-copeland-promoted-to-principal-dancer-at-american-ballet-theatre-1435679617?mod=rss_US_News|title=Misty Copeland Promoted to Principal Dancer at American Ballet Theatre|last=Catton|first=Pia|work=[[The Wall Street Journal]]|date=30 June 2015|accessdate=24 August 201