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Rejecting Misty Copeland
Season 3 · Episode 8

Rejecting Misty Copeland

We Regret To Inform You: The Rejection Podcast · Apostrophe Podcast Network

June 28, 202242m 14s

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Show Notes

Misty Copeland made history as the first Black female principal dancer with the prestigious American Ballet Theatre. But along her incredible journey to the front of the stage, Copeland was told she had the wrong body for ballet. That she was too curvy, too short, too old, that her skin colour ruined the “aesthetic." Join us this week as we tell Copeland’s story — from sleeping on the floor of a motel room to becoming one of Time Magazine’s Most Influential People.


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