Read Life in Motion: An Unlikely Ballerina Online
Authors: Misty Copeland
Tags: #Biography & Autobiography, #Nonfiction, #Retail
guest performances in,
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–101
in rehearsal,
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role of Clara in,
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,
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,
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,
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,
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Olu (friend),
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–97,
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,
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Osipova, Natalia,
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,
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Pacific Northwest Ballet,
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,
98
Palos Verdes Art Center,
62
Paquita
,
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Paris Opera Ballet,
98
Pavam, Renata,
153
Peterson, Kirk,
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,
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–45,
224
Petite Mort
,
230
Phillips, Jackie,
11
–12,
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,
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“Please Mr. Postman,”
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,
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Pointe
magazine,
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,
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Point Fermin Elementary School,
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,
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,
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Poitier, Sidney,
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Powell, Adam Clayton, Jr.,
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Premice, Josephine,
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Prince,
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–25,
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,
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“The Beautiful Ones,”
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,
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“Crimson and Clover” video,
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–15,
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,
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European tour of,
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–18
in performance,
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photo shoot with,
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–19
Purple Rain
,
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,
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rehearsals with,
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–21
Welcome to America tour,
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,
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,
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Princess Grace Foundation,
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–2,
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–30
prodigy, use of term,
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–72
Project Plié,
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Push Comes to Shove
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,
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Ratmansky, Alexei,
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–5,
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–40,
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Ratto, Kaylen,
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Ray (mother’s friend),
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–60,
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Raymonda
,
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Reina (friend),
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,
31
Richardson, David,
225
Robert (stepfather),
18
background of,
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–15
and Cameron,
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,
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,
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home of,
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,
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,
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,
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leaving,
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,
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–55,
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,
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,
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,
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life with,
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–48,
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–52,
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,
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,
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,
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and Misty’s childhood,
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,
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and Misty’s teen years,
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–48,
49
,
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racism of,
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–52,
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,
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,
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temper of,
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,
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,
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,
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Robinson, Smokey,
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Romeo and Juliet
,
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,
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Rowell, Victoria,
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–81,
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,
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Royal Ballet (London),
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,
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Royal Danish Ballet,
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,
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Ryder, Winona,
74
Salstein, Craig,
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,
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–2
San Francisco, summers in,
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San Francisco Ballet,
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–98,
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,
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,
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offer to Misty from,
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,
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,
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–12,
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,
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summer program,
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,
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–6,
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–9,
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,
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,
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,
135
San Pedro, California,
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–16,
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–34,
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,
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Boys and Girls Club,
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,
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–33,
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,
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,
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San Pedro Ballet School,
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–38
San Pedro Dance Center,
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–43,
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,
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,
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San Pedro High School,
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,
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,
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–26,
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Segerstrom Center for the Arts,
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,
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Serrano, Lupe,
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Sleeping Beauty
,
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–3,
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Grand Pas de Deux
,
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–31
pas de deux
,
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Puss in Boots,
229
Special Olympics,
85
Spotlight Awards,
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–91,
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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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Squire, Gilda,
227
Stravinsky, Igor,
1
,
237
Studio Museum, Harlem,
227
Stuttgart Ballet,
98
Sunset Inn,
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–61,
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,
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,
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,
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,
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,
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Swan Lake
,
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,
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,
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,
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,
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African American/black dancers in,
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–76
danse des petits cygnes
,
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–74
pas de trois
,
230
TV broadcast of,
173
–74
as “white ballet,”
174
Sylvia
,
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,
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Tarantella
,
201
–2
Tchaikovsky, Pyotr Ilich,
105
,
172
Tchaikovsky Pas de Deux
,
221
Tharp, Twyla,
149
–50,
224
Tómasson, Helgi,
111
–12
Turning Point, The
(film),
148