Category: dancer
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Something happens when you feel that energy and excitement from the audience. And you do, I don’t know, four pirouettes. You jump higher than you ever have. And it’s just this really magical thing that happens in those moments.
Misty Copeland
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I think, as a child, there weren’t dreams. I can’t recall as a child having some ultimate dream and thinking that it was possible.
Misty Copeland
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Ballet found me, I guess you could say. I was discovered by a teacher in middle school. I always danced my whole life. I never had any training, never was exposed to seeing dance, but I always had something inside of me. I would love to choreograph and dance around.
Misty Copeland
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The body is your instrument in dance, but your art is outside that creature, the body.
Martha Graham
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At least in my performances, the audience has become so diverse in a way that I don’t think ballet has ever experienced.
Misty Copeland
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When people meet me in person, they’re usually surprised at how petite I am because there’s this idea that because I’m black, I just look a certain way.
Misty Copeland
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When I was dancing, I felt in control and happy. I’m a Virgo, so I really like to be in control.
Misty Copeland
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Perseverance has always just been something that was in me. And it was a tool that came in very handy as a ballerina.
Misty Copeland
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Be strong, be fearless, be beautiful. And believe that anything is possible when you have the right people there to support you.
Misty Copeland
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A young girl reached out to me to be her mentor one day, which I didn’t really know anything about. What I did remember was what it was to be alone as an African-American dancer in the ballet world and wanting to connect with someone who looks like me.
Misty Copeland