Tuck Copeland Research Paper

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Misty Copeland is a African American principal dancer who has worked hard to reach where she currently is now. The way she grew up, you would never think she is the person she is now. Even as a child she never that she would be where she is now. Misty started her life on September 10, 1982 in Kansas City Missouri. She has five siblings, Doug Jr., Chris, Erica Copeland, and Lindsey Brown, and Cameron Delacena. Her mother's name is Sylvia Delacena, and her fathers name is Doug Copeland. Misty’s parents separated when she was three leaving her mother and her three siblings at the time. She didn’t see her father again till she was twenty-two years old. She attended Dana Middle School, and decided to join the drill team. Her teacher realized …show more content…

She was the first African American to be a principal dancer at ABT in 75 years. Another accomplishment from she had from ABT was in 2015, when she was the first African American to perform in Swan Lake. In 2016, she was awarded a Shorty Award for “Best in Dance on Social Media.” Misty has written four books, “Life in Motion, An Unlikely Ballerina”, “Firebird”, and her newest book “Ballerina Body.” Her book, “Life in Motion, An Unlikely Ballerina” actually a New York Times Bestseller. In 2004, Misty meet her future husband, Olu Evans. Then on June 22nd 2012, she got a serious injury in her shins. There was too much weight pressing on them, which resulted in getting a titanium plate placed in her shins. Four years later, on July 31st 2016 she married Olu Evans. Today, she is still alive and 35 years old. Many people are shocked by her height, she is 5’2! She also even danced with Prince in December of 2010 to his song, “The Beautiful One.” San Francisco Ballet had offered her a scholarship, but she had declined. At ABT, she has to practice 8 hours a day 6 days a week! The most strangest fact about her is that she was born with her knees facing backward, which mostly affected her injury back in

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