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ABT legend Misty Copeland takes a leap, retiring from professional ballet this week. Copeland has been an inspiring advocate and barrier-breaker for classical ballet in her 25 year career. Fans and celebs alike were present to celebrate her final bow. (Hiroyuki Ito / Getty Images)

Misty Copeland's final bow and legacy

CK Smith
Blonde woman dancing in a wheat field (Getty Images/Svittlana Kuchina)

Ballerina Farm & life after pointe shoes

Janine Kovac
Jennifer Beals in Flashdance promo photos circa 1983. (Images Press/IMAGES/Getty Images)

Flashdance at 40: Working-class lessons

Alison Stine
Scottish Ballet dancers Roseanna Leney as The Sugarplum Fairy, Jerome Barnes as The Nutcracker Prince and Javier Andreu as The Rat King posing in The Dome bar on November 25, 2021 in Edinburgh, Scotland. (Jeff J Mitchell/Getty Images)

Horror stories of "The Nutcracker"

Alison Stine
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Peter Martins (Getty/Nicholas Hunt)

New York City Ballet's #MeToo moment

Alyona Minkovski
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The modern American "Nutcracker"

Jessica Klein
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Pink shoes, brown bodies

Rachel Leah
(Courtesy of Paul Kolnick)

A dancer's life pivot

Mary Elizabeth Williams
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A still from "Looking at the Stars" (Alexandre Peralta)

Blind ballerina documentary

Gary M. Kramer
(Starz)

"Flesh and Bone" cuts deep

Alice Driver
(Reuters/Fabrizio Bensch)

"Nutcracker's" origin story

Ellen O'Connell
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Vladimir Isachenkov
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Pavel Dmitrichenko, foreground, is escorted out of a courtroom in Moscow, Russia, on Thursday, March 7, 2013. (AP/Ivan Sekretarev)

Lynn Berry
Sergei Filin speaks with the media as he leaves a hospital in Moscow, Russia. (AP/Misha Japaridze)

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Prachi Gupta
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Nataliya Vasilyeva
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(ABC Family/Ron Tom)

"Bunheads" is back!

Willa Paskin
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