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Okay, here's this week's show.

From the New York Times, this is the interview. I'm David Marquesie.

It's not easy to have a clear perspective on a momentous life change, especially one that's just

happened.

But in today's episode, that's exactly what I'll be asking Misty Copeland to try to do.

Because in this interview, Copeland is announcing her retirement from the American Ballet Theater

after a 25-year career there,

putting a cap on a groundbreaking and remarkable trajectory. She grew up in near poverty,

her family often without a home of its own, and she didn't even start dancing seriously

until she was 13, which is really late for a ballerina. But despite all that, she eventually

joined the ABT in 2001, and after a 15-year

climb, became the first black woman ever to be named a principal dancer with the company.

She'll be dancing her farewell performance this fall. Copeland, who's 42, is stepping away from

the stage at a fraught time. The values of diversity and inclusion, which she embodies and works to promote, are under

political attack, and cultural institutions are being made to reckon with partisan antagonism

from Washington.

So there's a lot for her to wrestle with right now, both personally and professionally,

as she looks back on a legacy she's leaving behind

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