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Misty Copeland on Changing the Face of Ballet
“I never thought I could make a career out of something I enjoyed
doing–something I was passionate about, something that gave me a voice, ”
says Copeland, who is one of the first African Americans to be a
soloist with American Ballet Theatre.
Read Nadia Comaneci on Misty Copeland for the 2015 TIME 100
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The American Ballet Theater has promoted Misty Copeland (@mistyonpointe) to principal ballerina, making her the first black female principal ballerina in the company’s 75-year history.
Copeland, who has been with the company for 14 years and danced as a soloist for 8, is one of the most widely visible ballerinas dancing today, with fame spreading far beyond the ballet world. She has written two books (Firebird, a children’s book, and Life in Motion: An Unlikely Ballerina, a memoir), presented at the Tony’s, made an ad for Under Armour that got over eight million views, and was honored this year as one of the TIME 100. “Something that my mother instilled in me, as a biracial woman herself, and me being biracial, was that the world was going to view me as a black woman, no matter what I decided to do,” Copeland said at the TIME 100 gala in April.
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“It doesn’t matter where you’re from. If you have the passion like Misty, you can be the best at what you do.”
Misty Copeland on the cover of TIME for the annual #Time100 list