Tag: Misty Copeland
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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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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
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If the rhythm or beat of the music changes with a live orchestra, you have to think on your feet. If you feel like you are not on your leg, you have to make a decision to make it look as though nothing is going wrong.
Misty Copeland
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I didn’t care how much work it would take, and I didn’t see the time invested as a waste or like I was missing out on anything. Ballet became my ultimate passion.
Misty Copeland
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More often than we realize, people see in us what we don’t see in ourselves.
Misty Copeland
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I’ve always approached my career and my life, you know, one day at a time, as if this was the last day that I’m going, because you never know as an athlete and as a dancer. You never know what can happen today, tomorrow.
Misty Copeland