This has been making the rounds but it’s so beautiful I wanted to share it, just in case people haven’t seen it.
Imagine what this means. Ballet is not a mainstream pursuit. People are gigantic stars in the ballet world and barely “cross over” into pop culture name-recognition. There are exceptions, and of course Misty Copeland is an exception.
But besides Misty Copeland’s high profile, this is on another level.
Here is Prince, one of the biggest stars in the world, saying: “Ladies and gentleman. Misty Copeland.” Here is Prince, SETTING HER UP so we can get a GOOD LOOK AT HER and revel in her. Of course the performance is also about him, because he’s Prince, but the POINT of the whole thing is HER.
And watch how he turns himself into a ballet barre for her. That’s his job. To keep still (Prince?? STILL?),and hold out his arms straight as a board so she can hold onto him and do her thing.
It’s an extraordinary pas de deux.
Wasnt there a full ballet that the Joffrey did some years ago with Prince’s music? I think it was called Billboards. I didnt see it then, it stuck in my mind though, must search.