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birth
she is born is Kansas -
San Pedro
she moves to San Pedro California where she will spend the rest of her childhood at -
first dance class
she took her first ever ballet class and really enjoyed it a lot -
pointe
after 3 months of ballet she was on pointe -
nutcracker
after only a couple months of dancing she got the lead role of Clara in the nutcracker -
Los angles spotlight award
she won in the field of best ballet dancer -
Angeles music center
she won again best ballet dancer at the age of 15 -
abt scholar
she was the first black women to receive a scholar ship at the abt -
american ballet theater
right after finishing high school she started attending the american ballet theater -
princess grace
she was chosen to compete for princess grace at the abt -
Erik Bruhn
she was chosen to compete for the Erik Bruhn award at the abt -
soloist
ABT promoted Misty to a soloist in 2007. She is renowned for being the third African American soloist with ABT ever and is the first in over 20 years -
Leonore Annenberg Fellowship in the Arts
she receives a award for being such a talented young dancer -
prince
she performed with prince on his welcome to america tour -
boys and girls club
She is inducted into the Boys and Girls Club National Hall of Fame. -
firebird
she played her first lead role at the abt as the fire bird -
injury
she received a very devastating injury where she had 6 stress fractures in her tailbone -
bloch
misty creates a ad for bloch and it becomes public -
life in motion
she releases her first autobiography -
under armour
Misty Copeland becomes the lead for the new "I Will What I Want" campaign for Under Armour
