Misty Copeland Receives Lincoln Center’s Inaugural Luminary Award
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- The event began with a red carpet party where members got to mingle with board members and featured guests including Misty Copeland.
Hollywood & Entertainment Misty Copeland Receives Lincoln Center’s Inaugural Luminary Award By Joshua Dudley,
Forbes contributors publish independent expert analyses and insights. I write about podcasts Follow Author Jun 12, 2026, 05:40pm EDTJun 12, 2026, 06:01pm EDTBallet Legend Misty Copeland posing with Chief Curator of The Studio Museum in Harlem, Thelma Golden Joshua Dudley NEW YORK — On June 1st, the Lincoln Center for the Performing Arts hosted their annual Summer Gala to kick off the summer, with a thoughtful evening of music by John Legend, support for the arts, and the presentation of the inaugural Luminary Award to ballet legend Misty Copeland.
The event began with a red carpet party where members got to mingle with board members and featured guests including Misty Copeland. Copeland spent 25 years with the American Ballet Theater as their very first female African-American dancer to be named a principle dancer; along the way she became a beloved cultural icon not only in New York City, but through her multiple tv appearances and from writing many books she became America’s sweetheart as well and inspired young girls everywhere to follow their dreams.