American - Dancer | September 10, 1982 -
The ballet world I don't think is an art form that is quick to change or to adjust or evolve.
Misty Copeland
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It's weird for minorities even just to buy tickets to the ballet. We feel like it's not a part of our lives and we're not a part of that world.
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It's hard to change someone's ideas when they might not even really consciously know that they're being racist, or have racist ideas, just because ballet has been this way for hundreds of years.
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I am a black woman, and my experiences would not be what they are if I wasn't. I'm so happy to share those experiences for other people to be able to learn from them.
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I know that I'm talented, and I know that I'm not in American Ballet Theater because I'm black - I'm here because I'm a gifted dancer.
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Every time I step onto the stage, it's not only proving to the audience that I'm capable but to myself.
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My favorite role of all? Whatever I'm working on in the moment.
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A young girl reached out to me to be her mentor one day, which I didn't really know anything about. What I did remember was what it was to be alone as an African-American dancer in the ballet world and wanting to connect with someone who looks like me.
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I think, as a child, there weren't dreams. I can't recall as a child having some ultimate dream and thinking that it was possible.
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I was seventeen when I moved to New York. I was nineteen when I joined the main company. I was going through a lot. Just becoming an adult and just wanting to fit in, be accepted, and be in common with the other dancers.
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The classical ballet world is so exclusive and small, and a lot of people don't know about it.
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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. So, I just used those avenues I found available right in my milieu to express what was inside of me.
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