Misty Copeland Documentary Picked Up by Sundance Selects

According to The Hollywood Reporter, Sundance Selects has picked up A BALLERINA'S TALE, Nelson George's much-anticipated, behind-the-curtain documentary about the daily routine of Misty Copeland.

A BALLERINA'S TALE will hit theaters and VOD on October 14.

The film first premiered at this year's Tribeca Film Festival.

Soon to make her Broadway debut in ON THE TOWN, Copeland is the first African-American female soloist at New York's American Ballet Theatre in two decades.

In 2014, Copeland served as a guest judge for three weeks on FOX's popular competition show SO YOU THINK YOU CAN DANCE alongside ON THE TOWN producer Nigel Lythgoe.

Copeland will continue the long connection that the American Ballet Theatre has with ON THE TOWN. The musical began as Jerome Robbins' 1944 ballet "Fancy Free," which debuted at the American Ballet Theatre.

In June, Copeland took on the lead roles in both ABT's SWAN LAKE (read BWW Dance's review here) and ROMEO AND JULIET (read our review here), before being promoted to a principal dancer with the company on June 30th.

Photo by Walter McBride

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