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Misty Copeland: the trail-blazing ballerina loved by Prince, Obama and Disney by Lyndsey Winship

She thinks ballet's broken " and has a plan to fix it. The star of Disney's Nutcracker reboot talks about racism, nude shoes and growing up bendy'Ballet was definitely my escape," says Misty Copeland. "It was the first thing I'd ever experienced in my life that was mine " only mine, not my five other siblings'. It gave me a voice, made me feel powerful."When Copeland discovered ballet she was 13, living with her moth…

SOURCE: The Guardian at 01:15AM on November 7, 2018

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