Category: dancer
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Being in ballet class, being on the stage, being surrounded by my peers at American Ballet Theater every day, keeps me so humble and grounded. Being in ballet class, I feel, is like this meditation for me every morning.
Misty Copeland
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Fire is the test of gold; adversity, of strong men.
Martha Graham
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Ballet was this thing that just felt so innate in me, like I was meant to be doing this.
Misty Copeland
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Finding ballet was like finding this missing piece of myself.
Misty Copeland
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I think American Ballet Theatre is setting that standard now for classical ballet, that you can dream big, and it doesn’t matter what you look like, where you come from, what your background is.
Misty Copeland
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The classical ballet world is so exclusive and small, and a lot of people don’t know about it.
Misty Copeland
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I don’t want to be anything else other than a ballerina. I love what I do outside of my work, but at the end of the day, I have to sacrifice.
Misty Copeland
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There is a vitality, a life force, an energy, a quickening, that is translated through you into action, and because there is only one of you in all time, this expression is unique.
Martha Graham
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The only sin is mediocrity.
Martha Graham
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When it came to my childhood – growing up in a single-parent home, often struggling financially – my mother definitely instilled in me and my siblings this strength, this will, to just continue to survive and succeed.
Misty Copeland