by Ashley Rivers | Mar 31, 2016 | Profiles
This story originally appeared in the April/May 2016 issue of Pointe. Since the start of her career at American Ballet Theatre, Misty Copeland has been committed to giving back. “Having taken my first ballet class at a Boys & Girls Club, there was no way for...
by Nicole Loeffler-Gladstone | Nov 28, 2001 | Company Life
The arts are desperately underfunded in this country, and programs big and small rely on philanthropy to stay afloat. Ballet companies rarely earn enough income to break even, so philanthropy is essential to their continuation. While this is a less-than-ideal way to...