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Misty Copeland Biography

Misty Danielle Copeland (born September 10, 1982) is an American ballet dancer for American Ballet Theatre (ABT), one of the three leading classical ballet companies in the United States. On June 30, 2015, Copeland became the first African American woman to be promoted to principal dancer in ABT's 75-year history.

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When I was younger, my feet would hurt a lot, but you build up calluses and strength and you don't feel as much pain there.

Calluses, Feet, Hurt, Pain, Strength

Ballet is number one, everything else is scheduled in the small windows when I'm not in the studio taking class, rehearsing, on stage or on tour.

Ballet, Class, Numbers, Rehearsing

The path to your success is not as fixed and inflexible as you think.

Thinking, Path, Fixed, Think

You can dream big and it doesn't matter what you look like, where you come from.

Come, Dream, Looks, Matter, Where You Come

I don't think a lot of people really understand the commitment it takes to being a character that an actor in Hollywood would take to approaching a role that they're doing.

Character, Commitment, Role, Thinking

I remind myself everyday just how lucky I am to do what I love! I feel so fortunate and I'm just trying to take my life one day at a time.

Everyday, One Day At A Time, Trying, Day, Love, Fortunate

I know that most of the time I have to work overtime to do everything that I want to.

Everything, Know, Knows, Time, Want, Work

Everything I was being shown was ABT, so I grew up watching these videos of [Mikhail] Baryshnikov, Gelsey [Kirkland] and Paloma [Herrera]. Paloma and Angel [Corella] were the first people I ever saw dance live.

Angel, Dance, People, Shown, Video, Videos

I don't think every African-American or Latino have the same body type, but, yes, that's been one of the excuses. . . saying that African-Americans are too muscular or just aren't lean enough. Usually they say, "Oh, they have flat feet so they just don't have the flexibility that it takes to create the line in a point shoe. "

Create, Excuses, Feet, Shoes, Thinking, Usually

The word "prodigy" was thrown around a lot, but I didn't understand what that meant, or the weight of it. It didn't really mean anything to me, until I was older and could look back on it.

Look, Looks, Mean, Weight, Word

I will never reach perfection.

Perfection, Reach

I ended up training only for four years before I was accepted into American Ballet Theater in New York City.

Cities, City, New York, Theater, Training, Years

Just to get into a company like ABT is a dream come true, but to have all of these opportunities on top of it, I don't think it will hit me until I'm 70. I'll be like, "Oh, my god, remember that amazing life you had?" It's an incredible honor to be a part of something like ABT.

Dream, Opportunity, Part, Thinking, Top

I think I always felt a connection to music and to movement. Growing up, I was surrounded by R&B and Hip-Hop, and the closest thing I could find to dance was gymnastics which I watched on TV.

Dance, Felt, Growing Up, Gymnastics, Music, Thinking

I was 17 when I moved to NYC. I'm now 32. But I do know I can't see myself living anywhere else. I love the food, the fashion, art, the intelligence of this city and the people that live in it.

Art, Cities, Fashion, Know, Nyc, See

Ballet was exactly what I was searching for, but my environment definitely made me the dancer and the person that I am today. And the Hip-Hop culture was a big part of it.

Ballet, Big, Dancer, Environment, Hip Hop, Today

Just as a child, before I ever knew what ballet was, there was something in me where I was always searching for something structured, something that was bigger than me, and something so historical that I could be a part of. I didn't find that until I stepped into the ballet world, and it was overwhelming, the feeling of being a part of something that's bigger than you.

Ballet, Children, Feelings, Historical, Searching, Structured

I think that I'm so fortunate to have found classical ballet. It completely changed my life and it shaped the person that I am today, on and off the stage.

Ballet, Classical, Person, Think, Thinking, Today

To have a platform like So You Think You Can Dance, where you're reaching this audience that's been created over the 10 years that they've been on the air. People who didn't know anything about dance and aren't going to go to the theater are learning about it, even if it's ballroom and jazz, by just turning their television ono. They're building this audience that's advanced and educated enough to introduce them to ballet.

Air, Introduce, Reaching, Think, Thinking, Years

Hopefully, I'll be a part of ABT, in some way, forever. I think I'll always be a part of ballet and try to push diversity, for as long as I live.

Ballet, Diversity, Long, Part, Think, Thinking

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