“I think that I'm so fortunate to have found classical ballet. It completely changed my life and it shaped the person that I am today, on and off the stage.” ThinkingPersonsTodayFoundStageChangedFortunateBalletChanged My LifeAnd Off Author:Misty Copeland
“Going on stage and doing ballet, for the first time, was even more verification of, "This is what I'm meant to do. This is what I'm going to do. I'm going to make it somehow."” FirstsStageFirst TimeBalletVerification Author:Misty Copeland
“I never experienced getting nervous on stage. I think I was most comfortable there.” ThinkingStageComfortableNervous Author:Misty Copeland
“I just try to approach every opportunity on stage, as if it's my first time and my last time.” IfsTryingFirstsLastsOpportunityStageApproachFirst TimeLast Time Author:Misty Copeland
“Going on stage and transcending the audience and becoming this otherworldly thing makes you a dancer. It's not so black and white.” BlackWhiteAudienceStageBecomingDancerBlack And WhiteTranscending Author:Misty Copeland
“I absolutely love what I do. And I want to dance for as long as I can and feel good about what I'm putting out there on the stage. But my goal has always been to be a principal dancer with ABT. Before I knew that there had never been a black woman, that was always my goal. I wanted to dance Odette-Odile and Kitri and "Don Quixote" and Aurora in "Sleeping Beauty." So that's still my goal. But knowing that it's never been done before, I think makes me fight even harder.” ThinkingWantFeelsLongStillsI CanDoneWantedFightingGoalBlackSleepKnowingStageHarderFeel GoodDancerPrincipalBlack WomenSleeping BeautyAurora Author:Misty Copeland
“I think anything that affects me in my personal life is going to help me be a better artist on stage.” ThinkingHelpingLife IsArtistStageHelp MePersonal Life Author:Misty Copeland
“I absolutely love what I do, and I want to dance for as long as I can and feel good about what I am putting out there on the stage.” WantFeelsLongI CanStageFeel Good Author:Misty Copeland
“Ballet is number one, everything else is scheduled in the small windows when I'm not in the studio taking class, rehearsing, on stage or on tour.” NumbersClassStageWindowStudiosBalletRehearsing Author:Misty Copeland
