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DESCRIPTION:Join us as we welcome Misty Copeland\, the First African Americ
 an Female Principal Dancer with American Ballet Theatre.\n\nMisty Copeland 
 has been a major star in American cultural life for much of the last decade
 . Her rise has been inspirational\, but also a feat that not even the balle
 rina herself had ever expected. At 13\, when she discovered ballet Misty wa
 s living in a motel room\, with her single mom and five siblings. A true pr
 odigy\, she was dancing en pointe within three months of taking her first d
 ance class and performing professionally in just over a year: a feat unhear
 d of for any classical dancer. As principal dancer with the American Ballet
  Theatre\, she became the first Black woman to achieve that position in the
  company’s 75-year history. She is the defining ballerina of this era\, who
  is not only one of the finest dancers in the country\, but someone who has
  captured the imagination of a generation that demands equity and diversity
  in all areas of their lives. In her talk\, this barrier-breaker will discu
 ss the ups and downs of her journey.\n\nModerator: Daniel M. Callahan\n\nDa
 niel Callahan is a musicologist and dance scholar who researches how music 
 has moved people - dancers\, musicians\, orchestra conductors\, and audienc
 es - from the late nineteenth century to the present. His book The Dancer f
 rom the Music (Oxford University Press\, under contract) explores how US mo
 dern dance developed out of\, depended on\, contributed to\, and eventually
  distanced itself from canonical concert music. The American Musicological 
 Society awarded him both the 2019 Alfred Einstein Award and the 2019 Philip
  Brett Award for his article\, “The Gay Divorce of Music and Dance: Choreom
 usicality and the Early Works of Cage-Cunningham\,” published in the Journa
 l of the American Musicological Society. Callahan was in residence at Harva
 rd University’s Radcliffe Institute for Advanced Study as the 2019–2020 Bea
 trice Shepherd Blane Fellow\, working on his second book\, Conducting Onese
 lf: Bodies\, Identities\, and Power on the Podium\, which examines how orch
 estra conductors choreograph\, legitimate\, and limit their movements on th
 e podium and off\, from conservatories to coveted positions. In Fall 2022 h
 e will be a Visiting Associate Professor in Harvard's Department of Music. 
 Prior to joining the faculty at Boston College\, he was the Mellon Postdoct
 oral Fellow in Music and the Humanities at the University of Chicago.\n\nEs
 tablished in 2015\, the Kathleen McGillycuddy CWBC Colloquium hosts excepti
 onal thought leaders to consider contemporary issues through the lens of wo
 men’s leadership. The Colloquium is made possible by the Council for Women 
 of Boston College and the Institute for the Liberal Arts.\n\nThis event is 
 free and open to the public. Seating is first come first serve. Doors open 
 at 4:30 pm. Only small purses and handbags are permitted\; no large bags\, 
 including tote bags and backpacks\, are allowed.\n\nVisitor parking is avai
 lable in the Beacon Street and Commonwealth garages.\n\nwww.bc.edu/cwbc-col
 loquium
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SUMMARY:Kathleen McGillycuddy CWBC Colloquium Presents: Misty Copeland
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