Misty Copeland

Not in any way.

Well, he's seen me dance with like Elmo on YouTube.

But it was really, really, really special.

And he just seemed like he grew up.

And, you know, I was like a star is born.

It's a beautiful thing, you know, to be able to see your body change, to acknowledge that it's changed and that it's different and that you value movement in a different way.

I love a challenge.

And so...

I love the fact that I get to experience this incredible technique of classical ballet.

But it's as if I've been reborn and I have a new body to try it through, which is so cool, you know, that I can focus on different things because my body can't do the things that it once did.

You know, it's like learning it again.

It's like learning to dance again.

It's learning the ballet technique again.

And it's

It keeps things fresh and exciting, and it's challenging.

I think one of the most frustrating is the loss of flexibility in my back, which I had heard, you know, seeing all the ballerinas go through ABT and have babies and come back and just say, it's never going to be the same.

Like, the back is the one thing that, like, I just can't get it to do what it used to do.

Yeah, it's a strange feeling to look back at your leg and you're like, where is it?

Why isn't it up next to my ear?

No.