Tag: president obama

Misty Copeland Continues to Be Awesome

Have you seen Misty Copeland lately? Actually, the better question is: Has anyone not seen Misty Copeland lately? The fantastic American Ballet Theatre soloist has been seemingly everywhere for the past few months, promoting her memoir, Life in Motion. Unsurprisingly, Copeland is as poised offstage as she is on—an eloquent spokesperson for black dancers in […]

The First Couple's First Dance

(Warning: This post isn’t all that dance-y. But it does involve a little dance, and a lot of adorableness.) However you feel about politics, it’s hard not to love first couple Barack and Michelle Obama. Last night, at the Commander-in-Chief’s Ball following the inauguration, the pair took the stage—just the two of them—to dance as […]