David Marchese

Yes. And I had asked if there was sort of like a meaningful entry that you could share.

Can we grab that?

Can we grab that?

Yeah, please do. Yeah. So when was this?

Yeah, please do. Yeah. So when was this?

Do you want to talk a little bit about why you wanted to share that particular entry?

Do you want to talk a little bit about why you wanted to share that particular entry?

I think that's a good place to stop. Thank you very much. Thank you. After the break, Misty and I talk again, and I ask her about the confusing place that dance occupies in American culture.

I think that's a good place to stop. Thank you very much. Thank you. After the break, Misty and I talk again, and I ask her about the confusing place that dance occupies in American culture.

Hi, Misty.

Hi, Misty.

How are you?

How are you?

I'm good. So maybe this is something, maybe this is nothing. You'll tell me. So I watched a video of you giving a tour of your lockers at ABT, and I noticed that there's a sticker on one of the lockers that says, eat right, exercise, die anyway. Yeah. Was that sticker meant sarcastically or fatalistically?

I'm good. So maybe this is something, maybe this is nothing. You'll tell me. So I watched a video of you giving a tour of your lockers at ABT, and I noticed that there's a sticker on one of the lockers that says, eat right, exercise, die anyway. Yeah. Was that sticker meant sarcastically or fatalistically?

Because I also thought like, oh, that seems to be maybe suggest a skepticism about the dancer's life that Misty Copeland doesn't usually convey. So tell me about that sticker.

Because I also thought like, oh, that seems to be maybe suggest a skepticism about the dancer's life that Misty Copeland doesn't usually convey. So tell me about that sticker.

What were some of the other stickers? Do you remember?

What were some of the other stickers? Do you remember?

This is something that I was also thinking about coming out of the earlier part of the conversation, where there's like a little, almost like emotional contradiction that I'm hoping that you can tease out for me, where you really expressed in a heartfelt way, like your gratitude to toward the ABT and how it's been an incredible home for you.