Misty Copeland discusses her new project called,  "Swans For Relief"
Channel: Swans For Relief
Date: 2020-05-10

American Ballet Theatre dancer Misty Copeland discusses her new project called Swans for Relief, for which she brought together ballerinas around the world to raise money for dance companies suffering during the pandemic.

32 premier ballerinas from 22 dance companies in 14 countries perform Le Cygne (The Swan) variation sequentially with music by Camille Saint-Saëns, performed by cellist Wade Davis, in support of Swans for Relief.
 
Organized by Misty Copeland and Joseph Phillips, 100% of the funds raised will be distributed to each dancer’s company’s COVID-19 relief fund, or other arts/dance-based relief fund in the event that a company is not set up to receive donations. To donate please visit,  https://charity.gofundme.com/SwansForRelief

Ballet companies are largely dependent on revenue from performances to pay their dancers and fund their operations, but due to the coronavirus pandemic, all performances have been halted.
 
Consequently, many dancers are unable to depend on paychecks and are facing the hardship of paying rent and/or buying food and other necessities.

Below are the featured ballerinas and their respective companies:
 
•Stella Abrera
 American Ballet Theatre, USA
 
•Precious Adams
English National Ballet, England
 
•Nathalia Arja
Miami City Ballet, USA
 
•Isabella Boylston
American Ballet Theatre, USA
 
•Skylar Brandt
American Ballet Theatre, USA
 
•Misty Copeland
American Ballet Theatre, USA
 
•Monike Cristina
Joburg Ballet, South Africa
 
•Ashley Ellis
Boston Ballet, USA
 
•Greta Elizondo
Nacional de Danza Mexico, Mexico
 
•Nikisha Fogo
Vienna State Ballet, Austria
 
•Angelica Generosa
Pacific Northwest Ballet, USA
 
•Sarah Hay
Freelance Ballerina, USA
 
•Francesa Hayward
The Royal Ballet, England
 
•Robyn Hendricks
The Australian Ballet, Australia
 
•Whitney Jensen
 The Norwegian National Ballet, Norway
 
•Yuriko Kajiya
Houston Ballet, USA
 
•Maria Khoreva
Mariinsky Theatre, Russia
 
•Ako Kondo
The Australian Ballet, Australia
 
•Misa Kuranaga
San Francisco Ballet, USA
 
•Stephanie Kurlow
Freelance Hijabi Ballerina, Australia  
 
•Sara Mearns
New York City Ballet, USA
 
•Ginett Moncho
Ballet Nacional de Cuba, Cuba
 
•Katherine Ochoa
Ballet Nacional de Cuba, Cuba
 
•Hannah O'Neill
Paris Opera Ballet, France
 
•Denise Parungao
Ballet Philippines, Philippines
 
•Tiler Peck
New York City Ballet, USA
 
•Tina Pereira
The National Ballet of Canada, Canada
 
•Ida Praetorius
The Royal Danish Ballet, Denmark
 
•Jemima Reyes
Ballet Philippines, Philippines
 
•Ingrid Silva
Dance Theater of Harlem, USA
 
•Bianca Teixeira
San Francisco Ballet, USA
 
•Xu Yan
The National Ballet of China, China
 
Le Cygne (The Swan) with music by Camille Saint-Saëns, performed by cellist Wade Davis (USA), with choreography by Michel Fokine by kind permission of the Fokine Estate-Archive.