Misty Copeland, star of the American Ballet Theatre, has signed with Range Media Partners for representation in all areas.
Copeland joined the New York City ballet company in 2000 and in 2015 was promoted to principal dancer — a first for an African-American woman in ABT’s 75 year-old history. Signing with Range Media Partners comes as Copeland continues a transition from the ballet stage to the big screen.
In 2015, she launched the production banner, Life in Motion Productions, with two-time Emmy-winning writer and producer Leyla Fayyaz. Their mission is bringing more diverse stories and representation of artists from underrepresented communities to traditional and new media platforms.
Their first project, Flower, directed by Lauren Finerman and written by Fayyaz, followed Rose, played by Copeland, as she carries the weight of providing a home, caring for her dementia-suffering mother and teaching young ballerinas in her Oakland community as it gentrifies. The 28-minute short made its debut at the Tribeca Festival and was nominated for an NAACP Award.
Copeland is also an author of books that include Life in Motion, Ballerina Body, Black Ballerinas, The Wind at My Back, and the picture books Bunheads and Firebird. She launched the Misty Copeland Foundation to bring greater diversity, equity, and inclusion to dance, especially ballet.
Copeland has been honored with the Spingarn Medal by the NAACP, The Heisman Trophy Humanitarian Award, Time100 Most Influential People, Glamour’s Women of the Year, Black Girls Rock! Awards, the Trailblazer Icon Award by The Grio Awards, The Root 100 list, and the Innovator Award from the African American Film Critics Association.
She continues to be represented by Innovative Artists and Del Shaw Moonves.
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