Tag: Misty Copeland
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I think I get almost every piece of clothing that I buy altered and taken in just to fit me exactly the way it should.
Misty Copeland
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I think that having a platform and having a voice to be seen by people beyond the classical ballet world has really been my power, I feel.
Misty Copeland
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Being one of the few African American women to make it to this level in a classical ballet company, the level of American Ballet Theatre, takes a lot of perseverance.
Misty Copeland
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I don’t feel like my life is that of a superstar! Every day I wake up, I take the train, I go to my ballet class. My everyday life is pretty normal.
Misty Copeland
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As a child, I had been told that I was exactly what a ballerina should be.
Misty Copeland
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I never thought of myself as special or particularly good at anything. But once I started ballet, suddenly I had a new identity: prodigy.
Misty Copeland
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I feel like with ‘On the Town,’ it was the perfect production and the perfect opportunity.
Misty Copeland
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When I was a little girl, I was incredibly shy. My hope was to blend in, to fit in, to not be noticed in any significant way. I was deeply insecure and unsure of myself.
Misty Copeland
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Don’t hold on to the barre like, ‘I might die.’ It’s just ballet.
Misty Copeland
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I was the first person in my family who was ever interested in dance, or fine art of any kind for that matter – I came from a very humble beginning in San Pedro, California.
Misty Copeland