Life in Motion: An Unlikely Ballerina

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HardCover. Pub Date :2014-03-04 Pages: 288 Language: English Publisher: Simon & Schuster . Picture a ballerina in a tutu and toe shoes What does she look like As the only African American soloist dancing with the prestigious American Ballet Theatre. Misty Copeland has made history. But when she first placed her hands on the barre at an after-school community center. no one expected the undersized. anxious thirteen-year-old to become a ground-breaking ballerina.When she discovered ballet . Misty was living in a shabby motel room. struggling with her five siblings for a place to sleep on the floor. A true prodigy. she was dancing en pointe within three months of taking her first dance class and performing professionally in just over a year : a feat unheard of for any classical dancer But when Misty became caught between the control and comfort she found in the world of ballet ...