Misty Copeland Talks About Playing an Exotic Dancer for Her 2019 Pirelli Calendar Shoot

The Pirelli calendar is known for its A-list stars who grace the pages year after year. And for 2019, Misty Copeland, joins Gigi Hadid, Julia Garner and Laetitia Casta, with her very own 13-page spread. Now, she’s getting candid about the editorial process and what it was like playing an exotic dancer for the photo shoot.
In Copeland’s Pirelli calendar, she portrays a dancer who supports herself by performing in a strip club but dreams of dancing in Paris. She poses with her cha