WEBVTT

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HERE.

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APPRECIATE IT.

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>> THANK YOU.

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>> THIS WEEK, THE DANCERS OF THE

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AMERICAN BALLET THEATER WILL

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TAKE THE STAGE AT THE HARRIS

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THEATER IN DOWNTOWN CHICAGO.

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AMONG THEM IS ONE BALLERINA

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FAMOUS AS FOR MAKING HISTORY AS

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FOR HER DANCING.

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BRANDIS FRIEDMAN SAT "DOWNTON

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ABBEY" WITH MISTY COPELAND.

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>> WHETHER SHE IS ON STAGE...

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OR ON TELEVISION...

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>> THE JOURNEY I'VE BEEN ON IS

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MY OWN.

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>> MISTY COPELAND THE

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35-YEAR-OLD IS HISTORY MAKING AS

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THE FIRST BLACK WOMAN TO BE

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NAMED A PRINCIPAL DANCER FOR THE

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ICONIC AMERICAN BALLET THEATER.

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>> THERE HAVE BEEN SO MANY BLACK

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WOMEN, BLACK DANCERS THAT HAVE

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COME BEFORE ME THAT SLOWLY

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CARVED OUT THIS PATH FOR ME.

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AND I THINK IT'S THE RIGHT TIME.

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I THINK I'VE HAD THE RIGHT

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SUPPORT SYSTEM TO BE ABLE TO

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HAVE A VOICE AND SPEAK ABOUT THE

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LACK OF DIVERSITY ON A BROADER

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PLATFORM THAN JUST THE BALLET

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WORLD.

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AND IT WAS LIKE THE PERFECT

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STORM.

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BUT, IT IS AN INCREDIBLE HONOR

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TO BE THE FIRST.

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>> AN ADVOCATE FOR DIVERSITY

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BOTH IN THE BALLET WORLD AND

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OUT, COPELAND HAS BEEN OPEN

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ABOUT HER EARLY DAYS AT ABT AND

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THE CHALLENGES OF BEING THE ONLY

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BLACK WOMAN IN THE COMPANY FOR A

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WHILE.

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>> I DID LOOK OUTSIDE OF THE

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COMPANY FOR SUPPORT.

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I WANTED TO UNDERSTAND OTHER

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BLACK DANCERS' STRUGGLES AND GET

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ADVICE AND KNOW WHAT TO DO.

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I WANTED TO PURSUE A CAREER AT

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ABT.

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TO ME THAT IS WHAT WAS GOING TO

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MAKE CHANGE.

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WE GOING TO A COMPANY AND

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DANCING WITH OTHER BLACK DANCERS

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TO ME, I WOULD HAVE BEEN

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DEFEATED.

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I WANTED TO SHOW THAT I COULD

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DANCE WHERE I WANTED TO DANCE.

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AND BE A BLACK WOMAN.

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>> IN MANY WAYS COPELAND RETURNS

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THE SUPPORT SHE RECEIVED FROM

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OTHER SUCCESSFUL BLACK WOMEN TO

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YOUNGER DANCERS OF COLOR.

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EVEN TAKING QUESTIONS FROM THE

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BALLERINA'S OF HIP WAY, THE

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BALLET GROUP BLENDING CLASSICAL

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BALLET WITH HIP-HOP AND JAZZ.

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>> IT IS INCREDIBLE TO BE IN A

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ROOMFUL OF BROWN DANCERS THAT

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THEY ARE BALLERINAS AND THERE IS

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NOT A QUESTION ABOUT IT.

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LIKE THAT IS WHO THEY ARE.

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AND IT'S OK TO BE BROWN AND TO

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BE A BALLERINA.

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>> HER PROFILE IS HIGHER THAN

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THAT OF MANY PROFESSIONAL BALLET

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DANCERS.

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SHE HAS WRITTEN BOOKS AND

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RECEIVED ENDORSEMENT DEALS FROM

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ESTEE LAUDER AND UNDER ARMOR.

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>> UNDER ARMOR WAS THE FIRST TO

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TAKE A CHANCE WITH ME.

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AND THE WOMEN WHO WORKED THERE

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COULD SEE THE VISION AND

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UNDERSTAND IT BUT IT TOOK A

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WHILE FOR THE MEN TO UNDERSTAND

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AND SEE THAT IT WAS GOING TO BE

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POWERFUL AND THAT PEOPLE WOULD

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BE ABLE TO ESPECIALLY WOMEN BE

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ABLE TO RELATE TO A BALLERINA

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AND SEE ALL THE HARD WORK THAT

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IT TAKES.

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>> COPELAND'S BOOK, BALLERINA

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BODY WAS IN RESPONSE TO THE

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QUESTIONS SHE RECEIVED ABOUT HOW

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SHE FUELS HERSELF FOR LONG DAYS

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IN THE STUDIO.

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BUT ALSO THE BOOK IS FOR YOUNG

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GIRLS AS THEY GROW AND LEARN TO

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CARE FOR THEIR OWN BODIES.

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>> IT IS ABOUT THE JOURNEY IT IS

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NOT ABOUT A DIET AND NOT ABOUT

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GETTING QUICK RESULTS BUT

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ENJOYING THE PROCESS AND BEING A

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BALLERINA, IT'S FALLS IN THE

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SAME LINE OF THE MAJORITY OF OUR

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TIME IS IN THE STUDIO.

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AND IF YOU DON'T ENJOY THAT

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JOURNEY AND THAT PROCESS IT'S

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NOT WORTH IT TO GET THE END

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RESULTS OF BEING ON STAGE AND

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THAT IS HOW I LOOK AT MY LIFE.

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>> AND SHARES HER LOVE OF BEING

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IN THE KITCHEN.

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PERHAPS WHEN HER DAYS ON STAGE

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ARE DONE IN THE HOPEFULLY

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DISTANT FUTURE, SHE MAY TAKE A

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NEW TITLE.

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>> I LOVE BEING IN THE KITCHEN.

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IT'S LIKE I COME HOME AND MY

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HUSBAND KNOWS THAT I'VE HAD A

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TOUGH DAY HE IS LIKE LET'S GO

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GET GROCERIES BECAUSE HE KNOWS I

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WILL BE HAPPY.

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IT'S RELEASES SO MUCH LIKE

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TENSION AND IT'S CREATIVE.

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>> CHEF MISTY?

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FOR "CHICAGO TONIGHT" I'M

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BRANDIS FRIEDMAN.

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>> COPELAND IS IN THE EARLY

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STAGES OF HER NEXT BOOK WHICH