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Waxman Staff Writer Oct 6, 2015 2:49 PM UTC  by [Olivia B. Waxman](https://time.com/author/olivia-b-waxman/)  ## Olivia B. Waxman Staff Writer Oct 6, 2015 2:49 PM UTC On _The Late Show With Stephen Colbert_ Monday night, American Ballet Theatre’s first black principal ballerina Misty Copeland performed the courante from Johann Sebastian Bach’s Cello Suite No. 2 with legendary cellist Yo-Yo Ma. The classical musician is turning 60 Wednesday, while the dancer has been promoting a documentary about her life, _A Ballerina’s Tale,_ which comes out Oct. 14. Yo-Yo Ma also performed “The Swan” by Charles-Camille Saint-Saëns and George Gershwin’s “Prelude No. 1” with Colbert’s band, Jon Batiste and Stay Human, in two web exclusive videos: ### Go Behind the Scenes of TIME 100's Cover Photo Shoots  Elon Musk on Kanye West: "Kanye’s been playing the long game all along, and we’re only just beginning to see why." 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