Ballet shoes, worn by Misty Copeland
name: label: user
content: Copeland, Misty
notes: label: Description (Brief)
content: <p>Pair of pink ballet shoes worn by Misty Copeland in practice sessions. In 2015, Copeland was named the principal dancer for the ABT. She is the first African American women to achieve this honor. Shoes are made of satin fabric, cotton lining and leather soles. Size 4 1/2 with elastic binding around top of slipper. Both shoes are signed at the toe by Misty Copeland. Shoes made by AXIOM. (Thailand).</p>
label: Description (Brief)
content: <p>Misty Copeland, prima ballerina from the American Ballet Theatre, mentors aspiring ballerinas from underrepresented communities. With support from foundations and businesses, the American Ballet Theatre created Project Plié in an effort to diversify ballet companies.</p>
label: Location
content: Currently not on view
topic: label: wearer's community
content: African American
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content: Culture and the Arts: Entertainment
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content: Popular Entertainment
dataSource: label: Data Source
content: National Museum of American History
identifier: label: ID Number
content: 2016.0210.02
label: accession number
content: 2016.0210
label: catalog number
content: 2016.0210.02
objectType: label: Object Name
content: shoes, ballet
physicalDescription: label: Physical Description
content: fabric (overall material)
label: Physical Description
content: leather (overall material)
label: Measurements
content: overall: 1 1/2 in x 3 in x 8 in; 3.81 cm x 7.62 cm x 20.32 cm