ABT's Copeland, Lane Win Annenberg Fellowships

American Ballet Theatre soloists Misty Copeland and Sarah Lane are the recipients of the 2008 Leonore Annenberg Fellowship in the Arts, the ABT announced Monday. The fellowship gives the young artists the opportunity, through a subsidy, to further their training outside of the ABT program with attention from master teachers, trainers, and studio space.

Ms. Copeland joined ABT's Studio Company in 2000 and became a soloist in 2007. Ms. Lane became an apprentice at ABT in 2003, joined the company's corps de ballet in 2004, and was made a soloist in 2007.

The Leonore Annenberg Fellowship fund was established by the Annenberg Foundation in 2007.