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Misty Copeland
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Copeland was considered a prodigy who rose to stardom despite not starting ballet until the age of 13. Two years later, in 1998, her ballet teachers, who were serving as her custodial guardians, and her mother, fought a custody battle over her. Meanwhile, Copeland, who was already an award-winning dancer, was fielding professional offers. The legal issues involved filings for emancipation by Copeland and restraining orders by her mother. Both sides dropped legal proceedings, and Copeland moved home to begin studying under a new teacher, who was a former ABT member.
In 1997, Copeland won the Los Angeles Music Center Spotlight Award as the best dancer in Southern California. After two summer workshops with ABT, she became a member of ABT's Studio Company in 2000 and its corps de ballet in 2001, and became an ABT soloist in 2007. As a soloist from 2007 to mid-2015, she was described as having matured into a more contemporary and sophisticated dancer.
In addition to her dance career, Copeland has become a public speaker, author, celebrity spokesperson and stage performer. She has written two autobiographical books and narrated a documentary about her career challenges, ''A Ballerina's Tale''. In 2015, she was named one of the 100 most influential people in the world by ''Time'' magazine, appearing on its cover. She performed on Broadway in ''On the Town'', toured as a featured dancer for Prince and appeared on the reality television shows ''A Day in the Life'' and ''So You Think You Can Dance''. She has endorsed products and companies such as T-Mobile, Coach, Inc., Dr Pepper, Seiko, The Dannon Company and Under Armour. Provided by Wikipedia
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Life in motion : an unlikely ballerina by Copeland, Misty
Published: Touchstone Books, published by Simon & Schuster, 2014Description: 282 pages : illustrations ; 22 cm.Call Number: Loading…Reading group guide and videos
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Firebird : ballerina Misty Copeland shows a young girl how to dance like the firebird by Copeland, Misty
Published: G. P. Putnam's Sons, an imprint of Penguin Group (USA), 2014Description: 1 volume (unpaged) : color illustrations ; 26 x 29 cm.Call Number: Loading…Additional Information at Google Books
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The wind at my back Resilience, grace, and other gifts from my mentor, raven wilkinson by Copeland, Misty
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Bunheads Unabridged. by Copeland, Misty
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The wind at my back Resilience, grace, and other gifts from my mentor raven wilkinson Unabridged. by Copeland, Misty
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