Each of Oti’s subjects in the series is asked to name their dance hero – Misty chooses Raven Wilkinson (1935-2018), one of the first African-Americans to dance with a major classical ballet ...

Misty Copeland discusses becoming American Ballet Theatre's first Black principal dancer and the role her mentor, trailblazing Black ballerina Raven Wilkinson, played in her rise. She weighs in on ...