NEW YORK (AP) — Misty Copeland is able to take younger readers on one other imaginary journey to the ballet.
The celebrated principal dancer with the American Ballet Theatre has a follow-up deliberate to her best-selling image e-book, “Bunheads.” On Sept. 16, the Penguin Random Home imprint Nancy Paulsen Books will launch “Bunheads, Act 2: Dance of Courage.” The brand new e-book, through which Misty and associates absorb a efficiency of “Don Quixote,” will once more be illustrated by Setor Fiadzigbey.
“Working on the follow-up to ‘Bunheads’ has been such a joy, taking me back to the studio where my own ballet journey began,” Copeland said in a statement Wednesday. “Revisiting these characters feels personal, reflecting the community that shaped me as a dancer and person. Through the ballet of Don Quixote, we explore resilience, compassion, and the power of friendship, values that defined my early years.”
Copeland’s different books embrace “Life in Motion” and “Black Ballerinas: My Journey to Our Legacy.”
