{"id":16706,"date":"2024-07-17T17:28:38","date_gmt":"2024-07-17T17:28:38","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/rcourihay.com\/?p=16706"},"modified":"2026-03-13T19:30:55","modified_gmt":"2026-03-13T19:30:55","slug":"mistycopelanddancecompetitionstudents","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/rcourihay.com\/staging\/blog\/mistycopelanddancecompetitionstudents\/","title":{"rendered":"Why Misty Copeland Says This Dance Competition Helps Students &#8216;Thrive&#8217;: &#8216;It&#8217;s About the Journey&#8217; (Exclusive)"},"content":{"rendered":"<h2><a href=\"https:\/\/www.glamour.com\/story\/dakota-johnson-plays-with-proportions-in-a-super-oversize-blazer\"><\/p>\n<h2 style=\"margin-top: 0px; margin-bottom: 1rem; font-family: &quot;Limerick Serial&quot;, Geneva, sans-serif; font-weight: var(--lion-font-weight,700); font-size: var(--lion-font-size-md,3rem); line-height: var(--lion-line-height-md,3.25rem); letter-spacing: var(--lion-letter-spacing,inherit); text-underline-offset: var(--lion-text-underline-offset-md,.75rem); -webkit-font-smoothing: var(--lion-webkit-font-smoothing,inherit); color: rgba(0, 0, 0, 0.95); text-align: start; white-space-collapse: collapse;\">Why Misty Copeland Says This Dance Competition Helps Students &#8216;Thrive&#8217;: &#8216;It&#8217;s About the Journey&#8217; (Exclusive)<\/h1>\n<h1 style=\"box-sizing: inherit; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-alternates: normal; font-kerning: auto; font-optical-sizing: auto; font-feature-settings: normal; font-variation-settings: normal; font-variant-position: normal; font-weight: 400; font-stretch: normal; font-size: 48px; line-height: 1.2; font-family: &quot;SchnyderS demi&quot;; margin-block: 0px; margin-top: 8px; margin-bottom: 0px; color: rgb(51, 51, 51); letter-spacing: normal; text-align: start; white-space-collapse: collapse;\"><\/h2>\n<p><\/a><\/h2>\n<p>The professional ballerina works with nonprofit Youth America Grand Prix, a dance organization celebrating its 25th anniversary with an N.Y.C. gala on April 18<\/p>\n<p>The full article appeared on People April 12, 2024. <a href=\"https:\/\/people.com\/why-misty-copeland-says-this-dance-competition-helps-students-thrive-exclusive-8629087\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Click here to read the full article<\/a><\/p>\n<p>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"640\" height=\"427\" src=\"https:\/\/rcourihay.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/07\/Misty-Copeland-YAGP-Dancers-Philadelphia-1-040924-b5d483af3150410d94922d40bd954c72.webp\" alt=\"Dance Competition\" loading=\"lazy\" srcset=\"https:\/\/rcourihay.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/07\/Misty-Copeland-YAGP-Dancers-Philadelphia-1-040924-b5d483af3150410d94922d40bd954c72.webp 750w, https:\/\/rcourihay.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/07\/Misty-Copeland-YAGP-Dancers-Philadelphia-1-040924-b5d483af3150410d94922d40bd954c72-300x200.webp 300w, https:\/\/rcourihay.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/07\/Misty-Copeland-YAGP-Dancers-Philadelphia-1-040924-b5d483af3150410d94922d40bd954c72-365x243.webp 365w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 640px) 100vw, 640px\" \/>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/p>\n<figure style=\"font-style: inherit; font-variant: inherit; font-stretch: inherit; font-size: inherit; line-height: inherit; font-family: inherit; font-optical-sizing: inherit; font-kerning: inherit; font-feature-settings: inherit; font-variation-settings: inherit; margin: 1.875rem auto 2.5rem; padding: 0px; border: 0px; text-size-adjust: 100%; vertical-align: baseline; width: auto; max-width: 600px;\" role=\"group\" aria-label=\"media\"><figcaption style=\"margin: 10px 20px 0px 0px; padding: 0px; border: 0px; text-size-adjust: 100%; font-style: inherit; font-variant: inherit; font-stretch: inherit; font-size: inherit; line-height: inherit; font-family: nyt-imperial, georgia, 'times new roman', times, serif; font-optical-sizing: inherit; font-kerning: inherit; font-feature-settings: inherit; font-variation-settings: inherit; vertical-align: baseline; color: var(--color-content-quaternary,#727272);\" data-testid=\"photoviewer-children-caption\">Misty Copeland with YAGP Participants in Philadelphia in 2013.\u00a0PHOTO:\u00a0<\/p>\n<p style=\"margin-bottom: 1rem; padding: 0px; display: inline;\">COURTESY MISTY COPELAND<\/p>\n<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<p id=\"mntl-sc-block_1-0\" style=\"margin-bottom: 1rem; padding: 0px; font-family: 'Limerick Serial', Geneva, sans-serif; font-size: 18px; line-height: var(--dog-line-height,1.75rem); letter-spacing: var(--dog-letter-spacing,inherit); text-underline-offset: var(--dog-text-underline-offset,.25rem); counter-reset: section 0; color: rgba(0, 0, 0, 0.95);\"><a style=\"color: #02598b; text-decoration-line: underline; outline-style: initial; outline-width: 0px; transition-duration: 0.15s; transition-timing-function: ease-out; transition-property: color; text-decoration-thickness: 0.125rem; text-decoration-color: rgba(2, 89, 139, 0.65); text-decoration-skip-ink: none;\" href=\"https:\/\/people.com\/parents\/misty-copeland-says-being-a-first-time-mom-has-been-incredible-exclusive\/\" data-component=\"link\" data-source=\"inlineLink\" data-type=\"internalLink\" data-ordinal=\"1\">Misty Copeland<\/a>\u2019s support for young dancers is\u00a0<em style=\"font-variation-settings: 'ital' 0.75;\">en pointe.\u00a0<\/em><\/p>\n<p>\u00a0<\/p>\n<p id=\"mntl-sc-block_3-0\" style=\"margin-bottom: 1rem; padding: 0px; font-family: 'Limerick Serial', Geneva, sans-serif; font-size: 18px; line-height: var(--dog-line-height,1.75rem); letter-spacing: var(--dog-letter-spacing,inherit); text-underline-offset: var(--dog-text-underline-offset,.25rem); counter-reset: section 0; color: rgba(0, 0, 0, 0.95);\">The professional ballerina, 41, has been paving the way for the next generation of performers since she burst onto the scene in 2000, but thanks to the nonprofit\u00a0<a style=\"color: #02598b; text-decoration-line: underline; outline-style: initial; outline-width: 0px; transition-duration: 0.15s; transition-timing-function: ease-out; transition-property: color; text-decoration-thickness: 0.125rem; text-decoration-color: rgba(2, 89, 139, 0.65); text-decoration-skip-ink: none;\" href=\"https:\/\/yagp.org\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" data-component=\"link\" data-source=\"inlineLink\" data-type=\"externalLink\" data-ordinal=\"1\">Youth America Grand Prix<\/a>, her work extends to even more of a \u201chands on\u201d approach.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cThe first person I met [in N.Y.C.] was YAGP\u2019s first-ever winner, Leyla Fayyaz \u2014 who became my best friend. That\u2019s how I learned about the competition. I remember it was such a big deal because it was this new competition for Americans, and it was really exciting for that generation of dancers to have a platform where they were able to be seen,\u201d Copeland recalls of how she first teamed up with YAGP, founded in 1999 by Larissa Saveliev.\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"640\" height=\"740\" src=\"https:\/\/rcourihay.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/07\/Misty-Copeland-1-041024-71199158cd664bacbc3b29326f9e2da1-768x888.webp\" alt=\"\" loading=\"lazy\" srcset=\"https:\/\/rcourihay.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/07\/Misty-Copeland-1-041024-71199158cd664bacbc3b29326f9e2da1-768x888.webp 768w, https:\/\/rcourihay.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/07\/Misty-Copeland-1-041024-71199158cd664bacbc3b29326f9e2da1-259x300.webp 259w, https:\/\/rcourihay.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/07\/Misty-Copeland-1-041024-71199158cd664bacbc3b29326f9e2da1-885x1024.webp 885w, https:\/\/rcourihay.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/07\/Misty-Copeland-1-041024-71199158cd664bacbc3b29326f9e2da1.webp 1297w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 640px) 100vw, 640px\" \/>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/p>\n<p>Misty Copeland dancing at the 2012 YAGP Gala.\u00a0Photo:\u00a0LIZA VOLL<\/p>\n<p style=\"margin-bottom: 1rem; padding: 0px; font-family: 'Limerick Serial', Geneva, sans-serif; line-height: var(--dog-line-height,1.75rem); letter-spacing: var(--dog-letter-spacing,inherit); text-underline-offset: var(--dog-text-underline-offset,.25rem); counter-reset: section 0; color: rgba(0, 0, 0, 0.95); font-variant-ligatures: normal;\">Copeland has worked with the organization \u2014 which hosts competitions and provides scholarships for dancers worldwide \u2014 as a judge, performer and mentor over the years, and she credits YAGP for really cementing ballet as an \u201cAmerican art form\u201d and increasing its overall accessibility.\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>\u201cInclusivity and diversity was also so important. For years, YAGP has connected me with dancers of color, so I can be really hands-on and mentor them. It creates a pipeline for young students to come into professional dance companies,\u201d says Copeland, who became the first Black female principal dancer at the American Ballet Theatre in 2015.<\/p>\n<p>\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>\u201cThere have been Black dancers as a part of this industry from the beginning who\u00a0<a style=\"color: #02598b; text-decoration-line: underline; outline-style: initial; outline-width: 0px; transition-duration: 0.15s; transition-timing-function: ease-out; transition-property: color; text-decoration-thickness: 0.125rem; text-decoration-color: rgba(2, 89, 139, 0.65); text-decoration-skip-ink: none; font-family: 'Limerick Serial', Geneva, sans-serif; font-size: 18px; letter-spacing: 0.5008px; background-color: #ffffff;\" href=\"https:\/\/people.com\/sports\/misty-copeland-says-ballet-industry-is-extremely-behind-on-racial-equality\/\" data-component=\"link\" data-source=\"inlineLink\" data-type=\"internalLink\" data-ordinal=\"1\">haven&#8217;t always been allowed in<\/a>, haven&#8217;t always been given a chance to even stand and be a part of this platform,&#8221; she adds. &#8220;So it means so much that [YAGP] has been doing this from the beginning.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"640\" height=\"708\" src=\"https:\/\/rcourihay.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/07\/Misty-Copeland-YAGP-Dancers-Philadelphia-040924-1bf86cd70f2643c38d52dbe918d004c6-926x1024.webp\" alt=\"\" loading=\"lazy\" srcset=\"https:\/\/rcourihay.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/07\/Misty-Copeland-YAGP-Dancers-Philadelphia-040924-1bf86cd70f2643c38d52dbe918d004c6-926x1024.webp 926w, https:\/\/rcourihay.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/07\/Misty-Copeland-YAGP-Dancers-Philadelphia-040924-1bf86cd70f2643c38d52dbe918d004c6-271x300.webp 271w, https:\/\/rcourihay.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/07\/Misty-Copeland-YAGP-Dancers-Philadelphia-040924-1bf86cd70f2643c38d52dbe918d004c6-768x850.webp 768w, https:\/\/rcourihay.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/07\/Misty-Copeland-YAGP-Dancers-Philadelphia-040924-1bf86cd70f2643c38d52dbe918d004c6.webp 1356w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 640px) 100vw, 640px\" \/>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/p>\n<p>Misty Copeland with YAGP Participants in Philadelphia in 2013.\u00a0PHOTO\u00a0COURTESY MISTY COPELAND<\/p>\n<p>\u00a0<\/p>\n<p style=\"box-sizing: inherit; margin-bottom: 1.2rem; color: #333333; font-family: Georgia, Cambria, 'Times New Roman', Times, serif; font-size: 18px; font-variant-ligatures: common-ligatures;\">Saveliev, who, in addition to launching the program in 1999, also serves as its artistic director, is proud to speak to the organization\u2019s early commitment to diversity.\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>\u201cRight now, the world has really turned its attention to diversity. But that was always an important part of what we do: make sure our group of our dancers are very, very diverse and make sure our group of ballet educators are very diverse,\u201d she says. \u201cAnd that&#8217;s why Misty was involved with us from literally the very beginning. She taught, she judged, she danced a zillion times.\u201d\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"640\" height=\"427\" src=\"https:\/\/rcourihay.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/07\/Misty-Copeland-2-041024-4fe268567c894783b79b21ec5afa9de2-1024x683.webp\" alt=\"\" loading=\"lazy\" srcset=\"https:\/\/rcourihay.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/07\/Misty-Copeland-2-041024-4fe268567c894783b79b21ec5afa9de2-1024x683.webp 1024w, https:\/\/rcourihay.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/07\/Misty-Copeland-2-041024-4fe268567c894783b79b21ec5afa9de2-300x200.webp 300w, https:\/\/rcourihay.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/07\/Misty-Copeland-2-041024-4fe268567c894783b79b21ec5afa9de2-768x512.webp 768w, https:\/\/rcourihay.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/07\/Misty-Copeland-2-041024-4fe268567c894783b79b21ec5afa9de2-365x243.webp 365w, https:\/\/rcourihay.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/07\/Misty-Copeland-2-041024-4fe268567c894783b79b21ec5afa9de2.webp 1500w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 640px) 100vw, 640px\" \/>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/p>\n<p>Misty Copeland dancing at the 2014 YAGP Gala.\u00a0PHOTO:\u00a0VAM<\/p>\n<p>Adds Sergey Gordeev, YAGP&#8217;s director of external affairs and institutional partnerships: &#8220;[Ballet] is for the audience, and it&#8217;s important to show the audience people who look just like them. Humans sharing the human experience. This network exists for them.&#8221;<\/p>\n<p>In celebration of\u00a0<a style=\"font-weight: var( --e-global-typography-text-font-weight ); color: #02598b; text-decoration-line: underline; outline-style: initial; outline-width: 0px; transition-duration: 0.15s; transition-timing-function: ease-out; transition-property: color; text-decoration-thickness: 0.125rem; text-decoration-color: rgba(2, 89, 139, 0.65); text-decoration-skip-ink: none; font-family: 'Limerick Serial', Geneva, sans-serif; font-size: 18px; letter-spacing: 0.5008px; background-color: #ffffff;\" href=\"https:\/\/yagp.org\/yagp-25th-anniversary-gala-april-18-2024\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" data-component=\"link\" data-source=\"inlineLink\" data-type=\"externalLink\" data-ordinal=\"1\">YAGP\u2019s 25th anniversary, the organization is holding a gala (chaired by Marcella Hymowitz) on April 18 in New York City<\/a>. The night, sponsored in part by bubbly ros\u00e9 Aphrodise, will celebrate the story of YAGP with dinner and a performance featuring numerous alumni.\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>So, while the sheer number of students YAGP is able to help train and shepherd into professional dance companies is more than admirable, for Copeland, the real reward is less about that final destination.<\/p>\n<p id=\"mntl-sc-block_32-0\" style=\"margin-bottom: 1rem; padding: 0px; font-family: 'Limerick Serial', Geneva, sans-serif; font-size: 18px; line-height: var(--dog-line-height,1.75rem); letter-spacing: var(--dog-letter-spacing,inherit); text-underline-offset: var(--dog-text-underline-offset,.25rem); counter-reset: section 0; color: rgba(0, 0, 0, 0.95);\">\u201cIt\u2019s really about that journey and the character it builds,\u201d Copeland says, \u201cand creating an environment where these young people can be nurtured and thrive.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>\u00a0<\/p>\n<p id=\"mntl-sc-block_34-0\" style=\"margin-bottom: 1rem; padding: 0px; font-family: 'Limerick Serial', Geneva, sans-serif; font-size: 18px; line-height: var(--dog-line-height,1.75rem); letter-spacing: var(--dog-letter-spacing,inherit); text-underline-offset: var(--dog-text-underline-offset,.25rem); counter-reset: section 0; color: rgba(0, 0, 0, 0.95);\"><em style=\"font-variation-settings: 'ital' 0.75;\">For more information, go to yagp.org.<\/em><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>The star of &#8220;My Orthodox Life&#8221; Julia Haart stops by Good Day New York to show us her new collection of body-shaping garments.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":16707,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_acf_changed":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[1974],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-16706","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-recent-press"],"acf":{"full_width":false,"header_transparent":false,"header_white":false},"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO plugin v26.8 - https:\/\/yoast.com\/product\/yoast-seo-wordpress\/ -->\n<title>Why Misty Copeland Says This Dance Competition Helps Students &#039;Thrive&#039;: &#039;It&#039;s About the Journey&#039; (Exclusive) - R. 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