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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.
Misty Copeland
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Misty Copeland
Age: 42
Born: 1982
Born: September 10
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Ballet Dancer
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Kansas City
Missouri
Misty Danielle Copeland
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I remind myself everyday just how lucky I am to do what I love! I feel so fortunate and I'm just trying to take my life one day at a time.
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My body is very different from most of the dancers I dance with. My hair is different than most I dance with. But I didn't let that stop me. Black girls rock and can be ballerinas.
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The woman represents ballet. She is most important, powerful and vital to it. Therefore, she is not less than a man. If anything she is more than in this field.
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My first ballet class was on a basketball court. I'm in my gym clothes and my socks trying to do this thing called ballet.
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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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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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Ballet.something pure in this crazy world
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You're always working to improve, and you're always being critiqued on your next performance. It's not about what you've done. There's always room to grow.
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My goal has always been to be a principal dancer with ABT.
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I will never reach perfection.
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I will never be the best dancer or artist. I will be growing until the day I retire.
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I never experienced getting nervous on stage. I think I was most comfortable there.
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Success is not easy and I think everyone should know that hard work and perseverance and being open to giving back are so much more powerful than stepping all over people to get to the top.
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Without my mentors there is no Misty.
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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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I know that most of the time I have to work overtime to do everything that I want to.
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That it's possible to do positive things and I think that's how we're going to set an example to be respected as women in the world.
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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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The fact that I was African American was never addressed, and that allowed me to just be a student, like anyone else. I was not aware of how rare it was to be an African American, how rare it was to have four years of training under my belt, and how, even though I could imitate people and fake it, unprepared I was to become a professional.
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I try to consider people's perspectives and not just my own.
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