Misty Copeland's success shows ballet leaping in the right direction
For years, the ballet world has been overwhelmingly white, but Copeland's well-deserved promotion will inspire legions of young people who feel excludedAfter much conjecture and a barrage of media coverage so intense it must have turned her spring season into an unenviable gauntlet of pressure " as if debuting in Swan Lake on her home turf weren't pressure enough " Misty Copeland has been promoted to the top rank of …