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Ballet.something pure in this crazy world

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Misty Copeland
Age: 42
Born: 1982
Born: September 10
Actor
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Ballet Dancer
Dancer
Kansas City
Missouri
Misty Danielle Copeland
Something
World
Ballet
Pure
Crazy

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Different mentors throughout my life have supported and guided me to remember that I do have the strength, courage and talent to do whatever I want to do.
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I just try to approach every opportunity on stage, as if it's my first time and my last time.
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I will never reach perfection.
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I think that training is the key, definitely, and I devoted my life to it.
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I learned how to communicate and articulate myself from ballet. It's just insane to me, when they don't think of that as a part of our education.
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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.
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I definitely like to be natural and more relaxed and not wear a lot of makeup.
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A lot of people think, Oh I'm going to eat whatever I want and then go to the gym. And I've definitely been one of those people and it just doesn't give me the results that I need to have the physique of a ballerina.
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When you see the body outside of a costume and see the strength that it takes, people would look at dance a different way and see how athletic it is. You're not just born like that.
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I'm a classical ballet dancer, and at the end of the day I want to be with American Ballet Theater, performing classical ballets.
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I think I'm pretty laid back. I like cooking, being at home, and going to concerts. And I love to shop!
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My career came together very quickly. I only trained for four years before I became a professional, so I didn't have a lot of time to sit back and be inspired before I took my first ballet class.
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I was aware of my race from a very young age. Not in a negative way. Coming from an interracial background, I think it is important to understand who you are.
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I absolutely love what I do, and I want to dance for as long as I can and feel good about what I am putting out there on the stage.
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I know I will never let myself be complacent in life.
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I've gotten nothing but warmth from the Black community and positive feedback.
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I shouldn't even be wearing a tutu. I don't have the right legs, my muscles are too big.
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But I think the more you eat healthy clean foods the more you create them.
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I know that I'll forever be involved in ballet. This is where my life was meant to be, and I don't see myself straying completely away, ever.
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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.
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