Prince loved ballet. Heres why Misty Copeland, the Joffrey Ballet & their fans love him back.
The ballet world has had no better superstar friend than Prince, who gave the art form money, celebrity and irresistibly danceable music–and treated it with respect.
Years before she became famous for her commercials and her top-rank status at American Ballet Theatre, ballerina Misty Copeland caught Prince’s eye. In 2009 he flew her to Los Angeles to dance in his music video for “Crimson and Clover.” He asked her to improvise to the longing in the song, and the result was a spectacular fever dream of shifting colors with Copeland at its center, the ideal woman, poetic and intangible.
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