Misty Copeland
speaker
575 appearances
3 recordings
2 series
first heard Jun 2025
last heard 8 Nov
Misty Copeland’s voice in public audio — every appearance, attributed to the second.
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I think the first time I ever did it, I must have been 14, performing with Debbie Allen in California, in Los Angeles.
She was a mentor of mine.
In her version of the Nutcracker, which at the time she was calling the Chocolate Nutcracker.
And that was the very first time that I was understanding what the ballet...
shoe even represents and what the tights mean.
And it's an extension of yourself and your skin, and it should be the same color.
I was wearing brown tights then and painting my shoes.
But I would continue to do that throughout the course of my career at ABT.
And I would just go to the drugstore and get whatever the cheapest liquid foundation and put it on my shoes.
I mean, it's not meant to be danced, and it doesn't have the right, like,
ingredients and consistency, it's going to be very slippery.
But it's the first thing that a young dancer receives is their leotard, their ballet slippers, and their tights.
And that's just right there saying, for a black or brown dancer, this isn't for you.
You don't belong.
Yeah, you know, he definitely came into my life, you know, I guess it was in that same time when I discovered Raven.
Raven Wilkinson.
Raven Wilkinson, yes.
And was trying to understand how I can be...
My fullest and best self, how I can carry on these legacies of people who have come before me.
And it was just pretty surprising to find out that Prince was a fan and that he had actually followed my career since I was very young and was successful.
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