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Superstar Ballerina Misty Copeland Talks Art, Race, and Style with Septime Webre at Georgetown’s Halcyon House

January 25, 2017 By WHC Insider

Misty Copeland and Septime Webre at the Halcyon Stage. 

Septime Webre began his premiere season as artistic director of the brand-new Halcyon Stage arts series in Washington with style, grace, and a dash of humor. He sat down with Misty Copeland, superstar ballerina, for a conversation about her career, her struggles, and her unique popularity, in the concert hall of Georgetown’s Halcyon House.

Among the topics discussed were race, particularly Misty’s role as the first African-American principal dancer with the American Ballet Theater, her new position on the President’s Council on Physical Fitness, and her friendship with former President Barack Obama.

Ms. Copeland told the audience that “everyone deserves art and beauty,” in response to a question from Mr. Webre about funding for the arts and the new Trump administration.

Guests including Sachiko Kuno, Kate Goodall, Jayne Sandman, Lydia Logan, Marvin Bowser, Anne Ashmore-Hudson, and over two dozen ARC Ballet students.

In addition to the ongoing Halcyon Stage series, all Halcyon Stage artists will lead in “community sessions”. Webre said among the themes he intends to address as artistic director is “the nature of creativity and its effect on the world.”

You can find out more about Halcyon Stage here.

.@Halcyon_Stage Thank u #SatchikoKuno @septimewebre and the great @mistyonpointe pic.twitter.com/zC67h2yLxN

— Tammy Haddad (@haddadmedia) January 25, 2017

Misty Copeland and Septime Webre at the Halcyon Stage. 

 

Satchiko Kuno, Misty Copeland and Septime Webre at the Halcyon Stage. 

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