Watch: Misty Copeland’s Stunning Dance Performance on ‘Arsenio’


The amazing Misty Copeland closed the Arsenio Hall Show on Thursday with a phenomenal dance performance.

Earlier this month, the sole black ballerina at New York City’s American Ballet Theatre released her memoir, Life in Motion: An Unlikely Ballerina , which has made the New York Times Bestseller list.

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Before performing to a cover of James Blake ‘s “Retrograde,” she sat down down with Arsenio to discusses working with Prince , being a ballet dancer with curves, and more.

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