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Isabelle Ciaravola

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Ciaravola. (L’ Ópera de París)

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Isabelle Ciaravola’s foot. Eurrghhh kill me now.

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Katja Wünsche “Miniatures”

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Anna Tsygankova, backstage. Dance Open, 2015

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Marine Ganio and Florian Magnenet

‘SKIN’ directed by Benjamin Nicolas (x)

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There was palpable emotion and a clear sense of history in the air as Misty Copeland made her New York debut Wednesday in the lead role, a key moment for the popular ballerina who many hope will soon become American Ballet Theater’s first black principal dancer.

Copeland, 32, currently a soloist at the company, earned loud ovations after her every solo in the dual role of Odette/Odile — one of the most challenging roles in ballet and one considered an essential part of a star ballerina’s repertoire.

The dancer, who has become a leading voice for diversity in her art form and amassed a following inside the dance world and out, had performed the role with ABT on tour in Australia, and as a guest with the Washington Ballet. But Wednesday’s performance was considered huge because it was at ABT’s home, and signaled a clear step on the path to her stated goal: making history as a principal dancer. (Associated Press).