Tickets for “A Conversation with Misty Copeland” will be available for purchase starting at 11 a.m. Jan. 8 at the Lied Center for Performing Arts box office, 301 N. 12th St., or by phone at 402-472-4747. They will not be sold online.

The general-admission tickets are $10 each. They are extremely limited and will be sold on a first-come, first-served basis, with a limit of two per person. A limited number of free tickets for University of Nebraska-Lincoln students will be available closer to the event.

In 2015, Copeland became the first black female principal dancer in the American Ballet Theatre’s 75-year history. The artist, author, entrepreneur and humanitarian will discuss how she broke barriers and how her work has inspired young people in the rare speaking engagement at 7 p.m. Feb. 13 in Kimball Recital Hall. The event is part of the E.N. Thompson Forum on World Issues and is presented by the Lied Center.

Copeland will also perform the iconic title role in Igor Stravinsky’s “Firebird” Feb. 16 at the Lied. The performance, part of a sold-out, two-night collaboration between the American Ballet Theatre and the St. Louis Symphony, is supported by the estate of alumnus Glenn Korff and will be recognized as the GK Platinum Command Performance.