The black swan of ballet jumps out of its life

She is the beautiful white swan of the American ballet stage, and the white swan with black skin; She was a principal dancer at the American Ballet Theater and the first black female dancer in the theater's 75-year history.

She not only created a historic moment in the American dance world but also broke many impossibilities and jumped out of a perfect dance of life.

She was born on September 10, 1982, in Kansas City, Missouri. She is African American.

When she was 3 years old, her parents divorced and she followed her mother to live a nomadic life.

7 years old, she saw a queen tells gymnastics Nadia, Ronald Koeman ni she used one after the other 10 points to create gymnastics incredible miracle in the history of film, impress her is full of strength and beauty of floor exercise, like dance ballet in general, at that time, ballet in her heart flipping off the mark.

Her mother remarried, and she moved to SAN Pedro, where she often went to the ballet school where her sister worked. After a long time of exposure, she also wanted to learn ballet, and her teacher recommended she study at the SAN Pedro Dance Club. It was far away, and her mother and sister were working and had no time to send her. Life forced her to turn down the opportunity, but her love of dance did not diminish.

When she was in junior high school, she wrote a letter to apply for the ballet academy, only to be told that she did not have the feet, Achilles tendons, physique, torso length, and proper chest size that a ballet dancer should have. Not only was she not fit to be a ballet dancer, but even at 13 years old, she was beyond the range of the academy's admission. She is very sad, but not reconciled, still believes to do what you want to do, no matter how others deny you.

She wrote to all the ballet schools, and the results were the same. The ballet academy wouldn't accept her, so she had to study at the SAN Pedro Dance Club. But she went in confident, and after the first class, she began to doubt her persistence. She couldn't even do the basics of ballet, and no matter how hard she tried, she couldn't do it, let alone ballet.

When her mother, who had remarried, had another troubled marriage, she and her brother and sister were forced to leave SAN Pedro and live in a shabby hotel. The hotel room was small, with only one small bed, which they left for their mother, and the four of them slept next to each other on the floor. At night, sleep in the most inside of her to go to the bathroom, in order not to wake up their brother and sister, she carefully stood up, lightly from their body step past, leaving her foot gap very small, she was imperceptibly neutral up the toe. It was a casual gesture that allowed her to find her ballet feel, three months after she learned to dance.

To follow her dream, she had to find another dance club to study. There, she received a lot of classical ballet training, she studied very hard, and her progress is very fast.

Soon after, she made her stage debut, starring in the ballet "The Nutcracker." At that moment, she realized that this stage was exactly what she wanted.

In 1997, she won the Los Angeles Music Center Spotlight Award at the National Ballet Competition, and finally became a rising star on the ballet stage after many rejections. Two years later, she moved to New York. This is a city full of success, she also wants to let her dream fly here.

In April 2001, she joined the American Ballet Theatre, one of the world's leading ballet companies. On the first day she entered the theatre, she knew that her future had only two ways. She could either give up halfway or become a principal dancer. She wants to be a principal dancer, but the dream is hot and the reality is harsh.

At that time, she found herself the only black dancer among 80 ballerinas. She didn't know if there was a future for African American women. All she could do was work hard.

She redoubled her efforts to make up for what she lacked in dancing and acting. After three years of group dancing and three years of leading, which a ballerina must undergo, she was promoted to soloist.

In 2012, she rose to fame in the ballet "Firebird," but was denied a promotion to principal dancer due to injury.

Later, her ballet career reached a peak, she was every a ballet starring a great success, especially in June 2015, she performed for the first time in New York City ballet swan lake, play in the drama auger tower and the JieLiYa two roles, she with amazing and perfect deduction proved that black can not only play a black swan, can also play a white swan. It was the first time an African-American dancer had played the lead role at American Ballet Theatre, and her success earned her a well-deserved nomination as a principal dancer.

She was Misty Copeland, the first African-American principal female dancer in the 75-year history of the American Ballet Theatre.

When a reporter asked Misty how she got to where she is today as a "black swan" in ballet, which is mostly occupied by white people.

"I focus on the technical advantages rather than the negatives," she says flatly. I can't change the color of my skin or the condition of my body that I was born with, but I can be the best version of myself, do what I want, and jump out of my life force."

Yes, the road of life can not avoid setbacks, but setbacks are not permanent failures, only those who are not afraid of failure, to shine under the stars.