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Speaker 1: You lady today. We have a legend on the podcast. Okay, honestly,

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Speaker 1: she barely needs an introduction, but it will be wild

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Speaker 1: not to share just a glimpse of her brilliance before

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Speaker 1: we dive in. Misty Copeland is a principal dancer with

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Speaker 1: the American Ballet Theater, and in twenty fifteen, she made

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Speaker 1: history as the first black woman to be promoted to

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Speaker 1: that position in the company's seventy five year history. She's

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Speaker 1: also a New York Times bestselling author with powerful titles

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Speaker 1: like Life and Motion, Ballerina, Body, Black Ballerinas, The Wind

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Speaker 1: at My Back, and of course, the beloved picture books

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Speaker 1: Bunheads and Firebird. In twenty twenty two, she launched the

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Speaker 1: Misty Copeland Foundation and its signature program be Bold, dedicated

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Speaker 1: to bring you more diversity, equity, and inclusion to dance,

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Speaker 1: especially ballet. There is so much more that we could

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Speaker 1: say about Misty but we want you to hear it

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Speaker 1: in her words. So, Misty Copeland, welcome to cultivating her space.

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Speaker 1: We're so honored to have you.

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Speaker 2: Thank you. I'm so thrilled to be here with both

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Speaker 2: of you. Oh my gosh.

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Speaker 3: We are definitely looking forward to this conversation, and so

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Speaker 3: we will start with our quote of the day. And Misty,

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Speaker 3: this quote will sound very familiar to you because these

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Speaker 3: are your words. I'll always be committed to opening doors,

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Speaker 3: creating space, and making ballet a place where everyone belongs.

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Speaker 3: Now I'm gonna say that and repeat that one more

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Speaker 3: that they heard it. I'll always be committed to opening doors,

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Speaker 3: when you hear your words reflected back to you, tell

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Speaker 2: I don't know. Prince used to say these things to

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Speaker 2: when I hear you know my own words, it's like

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Speaker 2: what it is, you know, to show up and you know,

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Speaker 2: to have patience, to believe, to have hope, to have resilience.

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Speaker 2: And so I think of all of that when I

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Speaker 1: That is such a beautiful perspective. And mister you've inspired

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Speaker 2: You know, I think I think going back to like

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Speaker 2: going back to like community, the only reason that I'm

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Speaker 2: Like when I look back on my career, it's like, yes,

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Speaker 3: Thank you so much for sharing that aspect. And when

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Speaker 2: More about my origin story, I mean, I feel like

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Speaker 2: That's my experience why I respond the way I do

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Speaker 1: My goodness, that is so amazing. We're going to have

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Speaker 1: to circle back to being the all because, especially in

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Speaker 1: the things that you've experienced, and so we'll have to

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Speaker 1: to pair that moment with the release of Bundheads Act

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Speaker 1: too A story So rooted and encourage friendship and legacy.

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Speaker 2: Yeah, it really feels like perfect, perfect timing. Like this

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Speaker 2: the second book, I feel like, picks up right where

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Speaker 2: like Little Misty left off like from the first book

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Speaker 2: and learning how to push through you know, fears and

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Speaker 2: Theater just feels like a full circle moment. You know,

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Speaker 2: I'm celebrating where I came from, but while also passing

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Speaker 3: So speaking of this new book, in this book you

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Speaker 3: and relationship. When you think about your experience in your

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Speaker 2: I love this question something that you know, the reason

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Speaker 1: Thank you so much for sharing that. And one of

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Speaker 1: That's so amazing too, how your profession has given you

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Speaker 2: so funny he calls him. He calls Jackson a little feminist,

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00:25:41,880 --> 00:25:43,960
Speaker 2: but like he knows I have a period, and he

437
00:25:44,160 --> 00:25:47,479
Speaker 2: understands like what that means, and he knows his body

438
00:25:47,560 --> 00:25:50,800
Speaker 2: parts and he knows like my body parts and it's

439
00:25:50,840 --> 00:25:53,439
Speaker 2: not like something to be ashamed of or to like

440
00:25:53,560 --> 00:25:58,399
Speaker 2: hide from. And I find that so important with him

441
00:25:58,440 --> 00:26:01,880
Speaker 2: just having confidence in himself self and and the other

442
00:26:02,200 --> 00:26:06,760
Speaker 2: like you know, the other sex, and in it not

443
00:26:06,840 --> 00:26:10,040
Speaker 2: kind of creating this barrier or him having like curiosity

444
00:26:10,200 --> 00:26:13,640
Speaker 2: and like in a way that's like not healthy. Those

445
00:26:13,680 --> 00:26:17,119
Speaker 2: are like important, like I don't know, like everyday things

446
00:26:17,160 --> 00:26:21,800
Speaker 2: for me that like he he really kind of just

447
00:26:21,840 --> 00:26:25,280
Speaker 2: stands in who he is and and is comfident.

448
00:26:28,280 --> 00:26:31,800
Speaker 3: I love that. I think that that is so important.

449
00:26:32,160 --> 00:26:36,640
Speaker 3: And I think that raising children is such an important

450
00:26:36,760 --> 00:26:42,280
Speaker 3: job and within that, children are constantly teaching us things

451
00:26:42,880 --> 00:26:46,719
Speaker 3: about ourselves, about humanity, all kinds of We're learning all

452
00:26:46,800 --> 00:26:50,600
Speaker 3: kinds of lessons along the way. And so when you

453
00:26:50,720 --> 00:26:56,479
Speaker 3: think about your role as a mom, and you mentioned

454
00:26:56,520 --> 00:26:59,480
Speaker 3: before about how being a mom has allowed you to

455
00:26:59,480 --> 00:27:04,520
Speaker 3: just happen into this level of playfulness. So what is

456
00:27:04,640 --> 00:27:10,920
Speaker 3: something fun, silly or unexpected that has come out of

457
00:27:10,960 --> 00:27:11,639
Speaker 3: being a mom?

458
00:27:12,880 --> 00:27:17,119
Speaker 2: I think I think I'm like silly in general, Like

459
00:27:17,240 --> 00:27:23,240
Speaker 2: I'm like a silly person, like enjoy like even just

460
00:27:23,320 --> 00:27:26,200
Speaker 2: within my own craft and career, like I enjoy falling

461
00:27:26,480 --> 00:27:30,000
Speaker 2: and like seeing people fall and like like that.

462
00:27:30,520 --> 00:27:32,600
Speaker 4: And so I think it's just like come out more

463
00:27:33,320 --> 00:27:37,679
Speaker 4: having a son, especially someone who's like so physical and

464
00:27:37,760 --> 00:27:40,000
Speaker 4: so just to be able to be like really like

465
00:27:40,440 --> 00:27:44,720
Speaker 4: open and silly and active and physical with him, I

466
00:27:44,760 --> 00:27:48,439
Speaker 4: guess it is fun and you know, I know, like

467
00:27:48,520 --> 00:27:51,080
Speaker 4: every parent says it, but like kind of bringing you

468
00:27:51,160 --> 00:27:53,439
Speaker 4: back to your own youth and then you know, and

469
00:27:53,480 --> 00:27:57,000
Speaker 4: then also just getting to experience things in a different way,

470
00:27:57,200 --> 00:27:59,879
Speaker 4: you know, like Jackson's growing up very different than I do,

471
00:28:00,240 --> 00:28:03,240
Speaker 4: and very different than my husband did, and so it's.

472
00:28:03,000 --> 00:28:06,960
Speaker 2: Like we're getting to relive these experiences in a completely

473
00:28:07,000 --> 00:28:08,520
Speaker 2: different way, which is really cool.

474
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Speaker 1: That is such a great way to put it, because

475
00:28:10,960 --> 00:28:12,680
Speaker 1: I noticed the same thing with my four year old.

476
00:28:12,680 --> 00:28:15,440
Speaker 1: It's like you're living your childhood over again, but you

477
00:28:15,480 --> 00:28:18,080
Speaker 1: can kind of tweak those things that maybe weren't ideal

478
00:28:18,119 --> 00:28:20,320
Speaker 1: in your own experience. So I love that, and I

479
00:28:20,359 --> 00:28:22,880
Speaker 1: want to circle back to I want to circle back

480
00:28:22,880 --> 00:28:25,240
Speaker 1: to the book. So the Dance of Courage, it picks

481
00:28:25,359 --> 00:28:29,240
Speaker 1: up with Misty and her friends learning don Quixote. What

482
00:28:29,440 --> 00:28:32,760
Speaker 1: inspired you to censure the story around that specific ballet?

483
00:28:34,320 --> 00:28:37,600
Speaker 2: Well, don Q, I should have just told you it,

484
00:28:37,680 --> 00:28:41,880
Speaker 2: don Q, because I's it holds like a really special

485
00:28:41,880 --> 00:28:44,680
Speaker 2: place in my heart. It was the very first ballet

486
00:28:44,880 --> 00:28:47,800
Speaker 2: that like full length ballet. I guess that I really

487
00:28:47,800 --> 00:28:49,320
Speaker 2: did like the lead in. I mean, of course I

488
00:28:49,360 --> 00:28:51,080
Speaker 2: was in the Nutcracker whatever, you know, because that's like

489
00:28:51,120 --> 00:28:53,880
Speaker 2: everyone's in The Nutcracker, of course. But I think I've

490
00:28:53,880 --> 00:28:58,120
Speaker 2: been dancing for like less a little over a year,

491
00:28:58,360 --> 00:29:00,800
Speaker 2: which I started dance late, so that you know, I

492
00:29:01,400 --> 00:29:03,920
Speaker 2: was picking up things very quickly. But by the time

493
00:29:03,960 --> 00:29:05,960
Speaker 2: I was like fourteen years old, I was performing the

494
00:29:06,040 --> 00:29:08,960
Speaker 2: lead in Don Quixote at my school. Key Tree was

495
00:29:09,040 --> 00:29:13,959
Speaker 2: like such a unique role in the ballet repertoire because often,

496
00:29:14,080 --> 00:29:16,280
Speaker 2: you know, like anything about any Disney movie or any

497
00:29:16,280 --> 00:29:18,720
Speaker 2: fairy tale, and it's always like this love story where

498
00:29:18,760 --> 00:29:20,719
Speaker 2: the man is coming in to save the woman and

499
00:29:20,920 --> 00:29:24,760
Speaker 2: you know strength. But Kee Tree is like this strong,

500
00:29:25,120 --> 00:29:30,000
Speaker 2: powerful character, and I think I was so like attracted

501
00:29:30,040 --> 00:29:32,640
Speaker 2: to that from a young age. And then Don q

502
00:29:32,920 --> 00:29:36,080
Speaker 2: was also the first live ballet performance I saw, and

503
00:29:36,120 --> 00:29:38,600
Speaker 2: I saw American Ballet Theater do it in California where

504
00:29:38,600 --> 00:29:40,800
Speaker 2: I grew up, and so I was just once I

505
00:29:40,800 --> 00:29:43,120
Speaker 2: saw that ballet, I was like, Oh, this is what

506
00:29:43,280 --> 00:29:45,840
Speaker 2: I need to do for a profession, Like this is

507
00:29:45,840 --> 00:29:47,160
Speaker 2: what I got to do for the rest of my life.

508
00:29:47,200 --> 00:29:48,800
Speaker 2: And it was like right then and there in that

509
00:29:48,840 --> 00:29:51,920
Speaker 2: theater watching that ballet that I was like, this is it,

510
00:29:52,040 --> 00:29:53,520
Speaker 2: This is like what I'm going to be doing for

511
00:29:53,560 --> 00:29:56,760
Speaker 2: the rest of my life. And so I thought it

512
00:29:56,800 --> 00:29:59,680
Speaker 2: was like a really cool story for us to tell,

513
00:30:00,160 --> 00:30:03,200
Speaker 2: you know, within the bun Head series, because I think

514
00:30:03,240 --> 00:30:06,640
Speaker 2: it's important and empowering, like for young girls but also

515
00:30:06,680 --> 00:30:09,720
Speaker 2: for young boys to see female characters in that way.

516
00:30:10,200 --> 00:30:12,560
Speaker 2: And then I think also it connected so well with

517
00:30:12,600 --> 00:30:15,640
Speaker 2: the character who's a real person, Catalina, who we call

518
00:30:15,720 --> 00:30:19,520
Speaker 2: Cat in the book, who's the featured character in this story,

519
00:30:20,120 --> 00:30:23,080
Speaker 2: because the Cat like that I grew up with was

520
00:30:23,120 --> 00:30:24,959
Speaker 2: so confident, and I think that's why I was so

521
00:30:25,080 --> 00:30:28,280
Speaker 2: drawn to her, because I was super shy and like

522
00:30:28,400 --> 00:30:32,920
Speaker 2: introverted and insecure and had a lot of like shame around,

523
00:30:32,960 --> 00:30:35,000
Speaker 2: like how I grew up like we were houseless for

524
00:30:35,040 --> 00:30:36,880
Speaker 2: most of my upbringing, and so I didn't have a

525
00:30:36,960 --> 00:30:38,920
Speaker 2: lot of close friends because I didn't want people to

526
00:30:39,040 --> 00:30:41,840
Speaker 2: know what was going on. And so to see someone

527
00:30:41,920 --> 00:30:44,480
Speaker 2: like Cat, who I think she's like three years younger

528
00:30:44,520 --> 00:30:47,120
Speaker 2: than me, but like back you know when you're young,

529
00:30:47,160 --> 00:30:49,360
Speaker 2: like that seems like a lot. So I'm looking at

530
00:30:49,360 --> 00:30:51,280
Speaker 2: this girl's like a little girl, and I'm like, how

531
00:30:51,320 --> 00:30:54,840
Speaker 2: does she have so much confidence and like so self assured,

532
00:30:54,960 --> 00:30:57,800
Speaker 2: And so I feel like Keetre connected so well with

533
00:30:57,840 --> 00:31:00,120
Speaker 2: who Catalina was, so it made sense for us to

534
00:31:00,200 --> 00:31:01,959
Speaker 2: like kind of put those two together.

535
00:31:03,760 --> 00:31:08,120
Speaker 3: Wow, that's that's so beautiful. Thank you for sharing that.

536
00:31:08,800 --> 00:31:14,000
Speaker 3: And so you mentioned that Kat is based on someone

537
00:31:14,320 --> 00:31:18,360
Speaker 3: someone that you know. How has that been to be

538
00:31:18,440 --> 00:31:23,080
Speaker 3: able to infuse people that you know into your books

539
00:31:23,080 --> 00:31:25,000
Speaker 3: and what has there what has that been like for

540
00:31:25,200 --> 00:31:28,240
Speaker 3: you to do that, and what has been their response

541
00:31:28,600 --> 00:31:30,520
Speaker 3: to being included in this way.

542
00:31:32,040 --> 00:31:36,520
Speaker 5: It's again, I feel like I've been so impacted by

543
00:31:36,960 --> 00:31:39,920
Speaker 5: just my experience of coming into this art form and

544
00:31:39,960 --> 00:31:43,120
Speaker 5: then by the people I was surrounded by, you know,

545
00:31:43,600 --> 00:31:47,840
Speaker 5: with my farewell performance coming up with American Ballet Theater.

546
00:31:47,920 --> 00:31:51,280
Speaker 2: I've been talking to my first ballet teacher a lot, Cindy,

547
00:31:51,800 --> 00:31:54,600
Speaker 2: who is featured in the bunt Heead series as well.

548
00:31:54,640 --> 00:31:56,800
Speaker 2: And let's just like the character you see drawn with

549
00:31:56,840 --> 00:31:59,760
Speaker 2: the short red like Bob and the Bangs. But we've

550
00:31:59,760 --> 00:32:01,600
Speaker 2: been talking a lot, and she's been kind of going

551
00:32:01,640 --> 00:32:03,880
Speaker 2: through archival videos and stuff like that, and one of

552
00:32:03,880 --> 00:32:06,360
Speaker 2: the things she said to me, she was like, it

553
00:32:06,440 --> 00:32:09,600
Speaker 2: makes so much sense, like these the Bunhead series and

554
00:32:09,680 --> 00:32:11,920
Speaker 2: why you're doing it, and I'm looking back at these

555
00:32:12,000 --> 00:32:16,960
Speaker 2: videos and you're right, like the community that was around

556
00:32:17,000 --> 00:32:20,080
Speaker 2: you and in each of these characters, you know, these

557
00:32:20,120 --> 00:32:22,640
Speaker 2: these friends that you had in your circle. You guys

558
00:32:22,640 --> 00:32:25,480
Speaker 2: were all in this together but shared in the love

559
00:32:25,720 --> 00:32:28,520
Speaker 2: of this art form. And it's such a beautiful thing

560
00:32:28,640 --> 00:32:31,920
Speaker 2: to see, like in these videos like that we really

561
00:32:31,960 --> 00:32:35,200
Speaker 2: cared about each other and that ballet gave us this

562
00:32:35,280 --> 00:32:38,840
Speaker 2: opportunity to come together even though we weren't alike in

563
00:32:38,880 --> 00:32:41,320
Speaker 2: a lot of ways. And so I think the people

564
00:32:41,400 --> 00:32:44,960
Speaker 2: that I've you know, created made characters out of, you know,

565
00:32:45,000 --> 00:32:48,320
Speaker 2: are happy with it. It's all positive and it's fun

566
00:32:48,520 --> 00:32:51,960
Speaker 2: to like revisit and see little their images drawn and

567
00:32:52,080 --> 00:32:55,480
Speaker 2: the way that say tour fiage Ebe, who's the incredible illustrator,

568
00:32:56,120 --> 00:32:58,360
Speaker 2: just by me. I didn't send him any photos of

569
00:32:58,400 --> 00:33:00,400
Speaker 2: any of these people when they're younger, but just by

570
00:33:00,440 --> 00:33:04,239
Speaker 2: me giving them these script descriptions how he's created them. Like,

571
00:33:04,280 --> 00:33:07,280
Speaker 2: it's just it's really cool and amazing to see them

572
00:33:07,320 --> 00:33:10,360
Speaker 2: come alive on the page and that they all bring

573
00:33:10,480 --> 00:33:13,680
Speaker 2: something really beautiful to the story.

574
00:33:14,440 --> 00:33:16,680
Speaker 1: That has to be such a cathartic and just a

575
00:33:16,720 --> 00:33:19,640
Speaker 1: special experience for all of you to experience that that

576
00:33:19,760 --> 00:33:22,880
Speaker 1: is so amazing and Misty. One of the things that

577
00:33:22,920 --> 00:33:27,560
Speaker 1: we really pride ourselves on this podcast is talking about

578
00:33:27,560 --> 00:33:30,640
Speaker 1: self care and pouring into ourselves because we all know

579
00:33:30,680 --> 00:33:32,400
Speaker 1: that you can't pour from an empty cup. And so

580
00:33:32,440 --> 00:33:35,480
Speaker 1: when you think about rest and joy, what does rest

581
00:33:35,560 --> 00:33:38,240
Speaker 1: and joy look like for you in this season where

582
00:33:38,280 --> 00:33:41,400
Speaker 1: you're transitioning from dancer to more of like storyteller and

583
00:33:41,480 --> 00:33:43,840
Speaker 1: advocate and like sort of putting those roles at the

584
00:33:43,840 --> 00:33:45,200
Speaker 1: forefront of your life.

585
00:33:45,520 --> 00:33:48,360
Speaker 2: Yeah, self care, I think at this point is like

586
00:33:48,480 --> 00:33:53,120
Speaker 2: stillness where it's been like impossible for me to really

587
00:33:53,160 --> 00:33:55,920
Speaker 2: have that throughout my career. I've spent so much of

588
00:33:55,960 --> 00:34:01,320
Speaker 2: my life like just life and career, you know, proving

589
00:34:01,400 --> 00:34:05,880
Speaker 2: myself and performing and like pushing, and so I feel

590
00:34:05,880 --> 00:34:09,799
Speaker 2: like this next season is really about stillness and like grounding.

591
00:34:10,440 --> 00:34:14,799
Speaker 2: Like I'm just excited to like feel more a more

592
00:34:15,040 --> 00:34:18,680
Speaker 2: more freedom not just in my life and my schedule,

593
00:34:19,280 --> 00:34:24,560
Speaker 2: but but in my creativity that like, you know, I

594
00:34:24,640 --> 00:34:27,520
Speaker 2: it's I'm fortunate and thankful to have been a part of,

595
00:34:27,560 --> 00:34:31,160
Speaker 2: you know, one of the top most elite, incredible ballet

596
00:34:31,200 --> 00:34:34,719
Speaker 2: companies in the world for twenty five years. But you're

597
00:34:34,760 --> 00:34:37,279
Speaker 2: on their schedule and so there has not been a

598
00:34:37,280 --> 00:34:40,480
Speaker 2: lot of freedom, you know, create creatively for me to

599
00:34:40,520 --> 00:34:42,040
Speaker 2: do a lot, you know, which is why in the

600
00:34:42,120 --> 00:34:44,919
Speaker 2: last five years that I've kind of stepped back from

601
00:34:45,000 --> 00:34:48,000
Speaker 2: the stage, I've been allowed to like create my foundation

602
00:34:48,160 --> 00:34:51,239
Speaker 2: in a production company and write more books and get

603
00:34:51,239 --> 00:34:54,440
Speaker 2: out there and speak more. And so I'm just looking

604
00:34:54,480 --> 00:34:58,160
Speaker 2: forward to more of that and like collaborating with people

605
00:34:58,239 --> 00:35:01,080
Speaker 2: I love and admire in a new ways.

606
00:35:01,400 --> 00:35:06,239
Speaker 3: We are so excited to see how how all of

607
00:35:06,280 --> 00:35:10,399
Speaker 3: this continues to unfold in your journey. And so when

608
00:35:10,440 --> 00:35:14,399
Speaker 3: you think about like being more grounded and having more

609
00:35:14,480 --> 00:35:20,640
Speaker 3: time for stillness in all that you do, let us

610
00:35:20,800 --> 00:35:22,040
Speaker 3: stillness look like.

611
00:35:23,840 --> 00:35:27,200
Speaker 2: I know, it's like stillness is probably still a lot

612
00:35:27,280 --> 00:35:30,080
Speaker 2: to everybody else, you know. I think that again, it's

613
00:35:30,280 --> 00:35:32,439
Speaker 2: just being able to kind of like step back and

614
00:35:32,480 --> 00:35:35,920
Speaker 2: like breathe and do things in my own time. But

615
00:35:36,120 --> 00:35:40,279
Speaker 2: even like stillness in that like mornings are like off limits.

616
00:35:41,120 --> 00:35:45,160
Speaker 2: It's like this is my time to like be with

617
00:35:45,239 --> 00:35:47,640
Speaker 2: my son, take him to school, or take him to

618
00:35:47,680 --> 00:35:49,960
Speaker 2: camp or whatever. It is like that that is like

619
00:35:50,000 --> 00:35:52,560
Speaker 2: critical and really important to me, And that to me

620
00:35:52,680 --> 00:35:54,960
Speaker 2: is like a form of stillness where like work is

621
00:35:55,000 --> 00:35:58,480
Speaker 2: not in my mind and I'm trying not to like

622
00:35:58,600 --> 00:36:01,840
Speaker 2: do anything connected to it and just be like present

623
00:36:01,840 --> 00:36:03,920
Speaker 2: and focused on my family.

624
00:36:05,719 --> 00:36:08,560
Speaker 1: Thank you for being open and diving deeper with us

625
00:36:08,560 --> 00:36:10,960
Speaker 1: on that question, because I totally get it. It's like stillness.

626
00:36:11,360 --> 00:36:13,160
Speaker 1: It may not look the same to everyone else, but

627
00:36:13,320 --> 00:36:16,600
Speaker 1: for you and your life based on what you've experienced before, like,

628
00:36:16,640 --> 00:36:18,520
Speaker 1: this is stillness, and that sounds beautiful to get to

629
00:36:18,520 --> 00:36:21,919
Speaker 1: spend more time with your family as well. So, mister,

630
00:36:22,080 --> 00:36:25,680
Speaker 1: you have poured to so many people over the years,

631
00:36:26,120 --> 00:36:29,760
Speaker 1: and as you close one chapter and open another chapter,

632
00:36:29,880 --> 00:36:31,960
Speaker 1: what are some of the things that you're most excited

633
00:36:32,239 --> 00:36:34,480
Speaker 1: to receive or experience next.

634
00:36:37,000 --> 00:36:39,440
Speaker 6: You know, that's a hard one because I feel like

635
00:36:39,600 --> 00:36:46,880
Speaker 6: I've received so much throughout my career that I you know,

636
00:36:47,719 --> 00:36:51,040
Speaker 6: I used to think, like, you know, performing was like

637
00:36:51,160 --> 00:36:53,120
Speaker 6: I mean, because it felt like it because you put

638
00:36:53,239 --> 00:36:55,680
Speaker 6: so much into it, And then you're giving so much

639
00:36:55,680 --> 00:36:57,120
Speaker 6: of yourself on the stage, and.

640
00:36:57,160 --> 00:36:59,239
Speaker 2: I think I used to and it is it is

641
00:36:59,280 --> 00:37:02,480
Speaker 2: a form of gift, but it's not. It's not giving

642
00:37:02,520 --> 00:37:04,640
Speaker 2: in a way that I feel like I want to

643
00:37:05,000 --> 00:37:09,920
Speaker 2: in this next phase. And you know, I often question,

644
00:37:10,200 --> 00:37:14,360
Speaker 2: like what would be able to like fulfill me in

645
00:37:14,400 --> 00:37:17,680
Speaker 2: the way that my performance career has like will will

646
00:37:17,719 --> 00:37:21,440
Speaker 2: I ever experience that again? And the work that I'm doing,

647
00:37:21,480 --> 00:37:27,000
Speaker 2: like with my foundation has completely filled that void and

648
00:37:27,400 --> 00:37:30,920
Speaker 2: even more. And to me, like that is like the

649
00:37:31,000 --> 00:37:33,279
Speaker 2: giving that I want to continue to do. Like I

650
00:37:33,400 --> 00:37:35,600
Speaker 2: poured so much into myself and so many people have

651
00:37:35,640 --> 00:37:38,000
Speaker 2: poured so much into me that like now it's like

652
00:37:38,400 --> 00:37:41,680
Speaker 2: I have to share all of the you know, knowledge

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Speaker 1: It, So.

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Speaker 3: All that sounds super exciting and such an important experience

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Speaker 2: Yeah, the foundation is definitely important to me. You can

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Speaker 2: You know, my production company is creating great content that's

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Speaker 2: furthering the cause and the same way that the foundation

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Speaker 2: and everything that I'm doing is. But go to the website,

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Speaker 2: Missy Copelandfoundation dot org. You can go to my website

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Speaker 2: miss dot com. I'm on Instagram at Misty on Point.

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Speaker 2: And the book is available wherever you buy books, wherever

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Speaker 2: So yeah, thank you so much for having me, and

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Speaker 2: I just feel so lucky and fortunate too well to

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Speaker 2: You know, it's really important to me that I'm doing.

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Speaker 1: Thank you so much, Mistery. We'll make sure to add

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