WELCOME BACK TO BETWEEN BELLS
MISTY
COPELAND MADE.
>> HISTORY AS THE FIRST
AFRICAN-AMERICAN FEMALE
PRINCIPAL DANCER WITH THE
AMERICAN BALLET THEATER.
TODAY SHE'S FLEXING HER MUSCLES
AND INSPIRING OTHER TO DO THE
SAME THE PROFESSIONAL BALLET
DANCER IS PARTNERING WITH FORD
FOR A NEW SOCIAL CAMPAIGN
CALLED HASHTAG SHOW SOME
MUSCLE. IT'S CELEBRATING THE
STRENGTH OF WOMEN CAN TELL US
SOME MORE AND
ALL ABOUT IT IS MISTY COPELAND
HERSELF MISTY SO GOOD TO HAVE
YOU WITH US ON THE SHOW A GREAT
CAMP PAIN HOW ARE YOU
ENCOURAGING WOMEN TO TELL THEIR
STORIES OF THIS PARTNERSHIP.
>> THANK YOU THANK YOU SO MUCH
FOR
HAVING ME. NO IT'S IT'S REALLY
EXCITING I THINK REALLY
IMPORTANT FOR ME YOU
KNOW WHEN I DO JOIN WITH
DIFFERENT BRANDS THAT IT REALLY
MAKE SENSE AND
ALIGNS WITH WITH WHO I AM AND
WHAT I STAND FOR AND I CAN'T
THINK OF A A BETTER AND MORE
APPROPRIATE TIMING WISE YOU
KNOW CAMPAIGN. YOU KNOW IN
JOINING FORCES WITH 4 DONE AND
THE MUSTANG MACH
SHOW SOME MUSCLE CAMPAIGN
IT'S REALLY. YOU KNOW WHEN I
THINK ABOUT AND EVEN MYSELF AS
A BALLERINA IT'S NOT SOMETHING
THAT PEOPLE WOULD TYPICALLY
THINK OF KIDS AS
OUTWARDLY STRONG AND EVEN YOU
KNOW 9 BEING CONSIDERED
ATHLETES IN SO YOU KNOW COUPLE
OF YEARS
AGO AND THE EXTREME INNER
STRENGTH THAT SO MANY WOMEN
POSSESS. TO BE ALIGNED WITH
A MUSCLE CAUSE I THINK IS SO
BEAUTIFUL
AND SO.
>> BAD YOU KNOW TO BE ABLE
TO ENCOURAGE.
>> WOMEN JUST TO SHARE THEIR
STORIES
OF STRENGTH. IT'S NOT JUST
PHYSICAL STRENGTH, BUT
INSPIRING YOU KNOW PERSONAL
STORIES OF THEIR FOCUS AND
PERSEVERANCE AND RESILIENCY AND
COMPASSION CREATIVITY AND
I'M I'M HONORED TO BE TO BE A
PART OF SUCH AN INCREDIBLE
CAMPAIGN AND SHOWING ALL THAT
WOMEN ARE
CAPABLE OF.
>> THAT IS GREAT MISTY I FEEL
LIKE FEW THINGS REQUIRE AS MUCH
STRENGTH AS BALLET DANCING, SO
THIS FIX A LOT OF SENSE AND
MISTY FOR THIS CAMPAIGN YOU
SAID IN AN INSTAGRAM STORY
THAT AS A BALLERINA STAYING
POSITIVE AND KEEPING UP THE
TRAINING TO GET READY FOR THE
RETURN TO THE STAGE HAS TAKEN
THE REAL MUSCLE,
WHAT'S IT BEEN LIKE KEEPING UP
WITH TRAINING BOTH EMOTIONALLY
AND PHYSICALLY DURING THIS
PANDEMIC.
>> IT'S
BEEN EXTREMELY DIFFICULT TO
KNOW FOR FOR A LOT OF CLASSICAL
DANCERS, YOU KNOW WE DON'T GET
INTO THIS FIELD TO BE COME,
RICH OR FAMOUS. YOU KNOW IT'S
IT'S REALLY AN INVESTMENT IN
SOME THINK THAT WE ARE
PASSIONATE ABOUT AND SO YOU
KNOW WE'RE WE'RE NOT RECEIVING
THE SAME. YOU KNOW
FUNDING OR OR YOU
KNOW INVESTMENTS AND US AS AS
YOU KNOW MOST ATHLETES 2 SO
IT'S REALLY DIFFICULT IN THIS
TIME WE DON'T
HAVE TO YOU KNOW WE DON'T HAVE
THE FACILITIES WITHIN OUR
HOMES. THERE'S NO WAY FOR US TO
REALLY KEEP UP THE TRAINING IN
A WAY THAT WE NEED TO TABLE IS
TO PERFORM AT THE LEVEL.
HIGH LEVEL THAT
YOU KNOW WE'RE USED TO
PERFORMING AT SO I THINK MORE
SO THAN JUST THINKING
OF MYSELF AND THIS TIME AND HOW
DIFFICULT IT'S BEEN FOR ME I
THINK A WAY FOR ME TO STAY
POSITIVE AND HEAL.
IS PEOPLE TO TO DO SOMETHING
FOR MY COMMUNITY AND FOR THE
VALLEY COMMUNITY SO. STARTING
SWANS
FOR RELIEF. A CAMPAIGN TO
BRING. RELIEF FUNDS TO DANCERS
I BROUGHT TOGETHER
32 BALLERINAS 31 OF MY
BALLERINA SISTERS FROM 22
DIFFERENT PROFESSIONAL BALLET
COMPANIES AND FROM 14 DIFFERENT
COUNTRIES AND A GO FUND ME
CAMPAIGN. TO HELP STRUGGLING
DANCERS IN THIS TIME THAT YOU
KNOW ARE ABLE TO PERFORM WELL
THEATERS
ARE CLOSED.
>> FOR PEOPLE WHO ARE WATCHING
AND YOU WANT TO HELP VIA THIS
SWANS FOR RELIEF AND HOW CAN
THEY GO ABOUT DOING THAT.
>> SWANS FOR LEAF AT GO FUND
THE CAMPAIGN IS STILL
GOING STRONG YOU CAN WATCH AN
INCREDIBLY BEAUTIFUL
AND MOVING PERFORMANCE OF
32,000 REINAS ALL PERFORMING
THE SAME ICONIC VARIATION WE
WOULD LOVE LOVE
YOUR SUPPORT.
>> THAT'S GREAT AND THIS YEAR
ALSO OUT WITH A NEW BOOK
CALLED BEEN HEADS INSPIRING
YOUNG DANCERS TO FEEL
COMFORTABLE IN THE STUDIO AND
ON STAGE I HAVE A LITTLE 3
YEAR-OLD NIECE WHO JUST STARTED
BALLET DANCING LESSONS OVER
ZOOM SO BE SURE TO GET
THAT FROM I THOUGHT IS THIS
DRAW ON YOUR CHILDHOOD
EXPERIENCE THIS BOOK ARE YOU
USING YOUR OWN EXPERIENCES TO
INFORMANT.
YEAH, I REALLY WANTED TO BRING
MY ACTUAL EXPERIENCES WITH THIS
BOOK SO YOU KNOW ALL THE
CHARACTERS ARE PEOPLE THAT ARE
YOU KNOW.
>> HOW HAS IT COME TO MY LIFE
HAVE IMPACTED ME IN
SOME WAY BUT I REALLY WANTED TO
KIND OF SHIPS THAT IDEA AND THE
STEREOTYPES OF WHAT PEOPLE
THINK OF WHEN THEY THINK OF
CLASSICAL DANCE. THE WAY IT'S
DEPICTED IN
FILM AND AND IN THE MEDIA WHICH
OFTEN CAN BE NEGATIVE, YOU KNOW
WE
EATING DISORDERS AND CUTTHROAT
COMPETITION AND THAT'S JUST NOT
A LOT OF PEOPLE'S EXPERIENCES,
ESPECIALLY AS THE YOUNG PERSON,
YOU KNOW BEING CREATIVE IN
GOING INTO THE STUDIO
IN FINDING DIFFERENT
RELATIONSHIPS AND FRIENDSHIPS
AND SO IT'S REALLY ABOUT A
YOUNG MISTY COMING INTO THE
STUDIO YOUNG BIRACIAL GIRL WHO
ENDS UP BECOMING BEST FRIENDS
OF THE YOUNG MEXICAN AMERICAN
GIRL CATALINA AND WE LEARNED
THE VALLEY COULD TELL YOU
TOGETHER SO WE TELL THE STORY
WITHIN THE STORY OF FUN HEADS.
IT'S REALLY YOU KNOW THESE
FRIENDSHIPS AND PUSHING WHEN
EACH
OTHER ONE WHEN YOU PUSHING EACH
OTHER AND CHALLENGING ONE
AND YOU KNOW I JUST THINK IT'S
SUCH A POSITIVE THING TO SHOWS
SUCH DIFFERENT BODY TYPES AND
DIVERSITY AND WITHIN THIS BOOK
AND THERE'S EVEN A YOUNG BOY IN
IT CHARACTER JUST REALLY
ENCOURAGING EVERYONE YOU KNOW
TO BE A PART OF DANCE AND THAT.
IT SHOULD REPRESENT EVERYONE
AND THAT'S SOMETHING THAT I
REALLY BELIEVE IN AND HOPE
TO HAVE. TO CARRY ON FOR AS
LONG AS
I'M HERE.
>> I LOVE THAT YOU'RE
INCORPORATING CONVERSATION OF
DIVERSITY INTO THIS MIGHT
BALLERINA NIECES ALSO