Misty Copeland’s farewell performance at ABT’s Fall Gala will be live simulcast at Lincoln Center’s Alice Tully Hall.

Misty Copeland, the first Black woman to become a principal dancer at the American Ballet Theatre (ABT), is set to take her final bow on Oct. 22, 2025, at Lincoln Centers David H. Koch Theater. Coming back following a five-year break,

Misty Copeland ends her 25-year journey with American Ballet Theatre, questioning ballet's slow progress on diversity as no Black successor follows.

After a storied, decades-long career, ballerina Misty Copeland — known just as much for her advocacy offstage as her accomplishments on — is retiring from the American Ballet Theatre.

Misty Copeland took one last spin on her pointe shoes Wednesday, as she retired after a trailblazing career in which she became an ambassador for diversity in an overwhelmingly white art form.

With Halloween just around the corner, Kentucky Ballet Theatre is kicking off its performance season with "Dracula" at the Lexington Opera House.

Ben Stevenson choreographed Dracula for the Houston Ballet in 1997, set to music by Franz Liszt, arranged by John Lanchbery and inspired by the 1897 Bram Stoker novel. It has been performed all over the country consistently over the past nearly 30 years—and also consistently been critiqued for its ho-hum choreography.