Misty Copeland and the Myth of the Ideal Ballerina

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A soloist with the American Ballet Theater in New York, Misty Copeland recently explained how she doesn't really fit into the traditional model for ballet, but still made it work. “All of those numbers, they just don’t add up to create a classical dancer,” she says. "No matter what, I'm going to be who I am."