Read Life in Motion: An Unlikely Ballerina Online
Authors: Misty Copeland
Tags: #Biography & Autobiography, #Nonfiction, #Retail
Misty’s first meeting,
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,
141
–44
as role model,
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–75,
92
Houston Ballet,
98
Irving “Papa” (Cindy’s father),
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–76,
156
Jeff, and Erica,
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,
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,
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Jessica (friend),
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–3,
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,
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,
135
Jimenez, Tai,
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Joffrey Ballet,
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,
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,
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,
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,
138
Johnson, Magic,
232
Johnson, Virginia,
240
Jones, Star,
7
Kansas City Chiefs,
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,
39
,
57
Karl Marx Theatre, Havana,
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Kayako (roommate),
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–3,
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KCET-TV,
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,
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King, Martin Luther, Jr.,
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Kirkland, Gelsey,
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,
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,
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,
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,
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,
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,
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,
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Kirov Ballet,
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,
245
Kniaseff, Boris,
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Koch Theater, New York,
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Krispy Kreme doughnuts,
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–69
Kudo, Elaine,
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,
224
Ku Klux Klan,
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,
226
Kylián, Jirí,
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La Bayadère
,
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,
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,
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,
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,
252
Gamzatti role in,
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–45,
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,
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,
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–51,
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Nikiya role in,
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Lansing, Mike,
38
La Scala opera house,
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Lauridsen, Diane,
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–28,
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–30,
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,
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,
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Lauridsen Ballet Centre,
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,
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–30,
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,
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,
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,
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,
252
Le Corsair
,
108
Lee, Debra,
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,
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Leeza
,
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,
152
Leonard, Sugar Ray,
232
Liebert, Marjorie,
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–56
Lindsey (sister),
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,
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,
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,
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,
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,
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,
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birth and childhood of,
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,
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–12,
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–24
and Harold,
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,
12
,
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,
83
and Robert,
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,
50
–51,
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,
203
wedding of,
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Lopez, Jennifer,
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Los Angeles Times
,
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,
243
Los Angeles Times Magazine
,
89
Lotus, New York,
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–94
Mack, Alicia Graf,
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,
228
Mack, Craig,
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MacLaine, Shirley,
148
Madison Square Garden, New York,
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,
222
–24
Madonna,
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Makarova, Natalia,
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,
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,
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,
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,
249
Malcolm X,
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Maple, Charles,
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,
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,
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–102,
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Margeaux (roommate),
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Mariah (niece),
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,
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Martins, Peter,
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Matthews, Jared,
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,
230
McAdams, Rachel,
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–17
McKenzie, Kevin:
anniversary of,
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,
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as artistic director,
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,
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–59,
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,
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–200,
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,
258
challenges presented by,
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–202,
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–31,
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,
248
and Misty’s career,
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,
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–46,
150
–51,
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,
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,
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,
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,
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,
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–200,
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,
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–31,
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,
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–39
and Misty’s performances,
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,
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,
230
,
249
Meehan, John,
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,
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–46,
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,
225
Metropolitan Opera House,
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,
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ABT spring seasons in,
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,
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,
242
banner on facade of,
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,
253
post-performance in,
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–200
preparation in,
5
–6
rehearsals in,
4
,
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–74,
246
on stage in,
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,
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,
8
,
25
,
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,
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,
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,
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,
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,
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–48
Miami City Ballet,
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,
201
Michael, George,
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,
28
Mike (stepfather),
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Miller, Roger,
35
Mitchell, Arthur,
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,
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,
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–86,
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,
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,
250
Monique, Auntie,
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–58,
60
Morissette, Alanis,
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,
114
National Ballet of Canada,
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,
229
National Ballet of Spain,
106
New Edition,
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,
50
,
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New York City:
ABT seasons in,
156
–57
Misty’s apartments in,
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–91
Misty’s life in,
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–38,
153
–54,
188
–94,
204
New York City Ballet,
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,
176
,
183
,
201
New Yorker, The
,
249
New York Times
,
74
,
175
–76,
177
Nureyev, Rudolf,
73
,
106
Nutcracker, The:
and
Chocolate Nutcracker
,
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–88,
145
,
160