you kind of have to just dive into everyday like this is the last time I’m
everyday like this is the last time I’m
everyday like this is the last time I’m going to do this I think that’s how you
going to do this I think that’s how you
going to do this I think that’s how you become the best I just worked so hard to
become the best I just worked so hard to
become the best I just worked so hard to prove that my talent was enough that I
prove that my talent was enough that I
prove that my talent was enough that I didn’t have to fit into this box and
didn’t have to fit into this box and
didn’t have to fit into this box and this mold of what everyone thinks of
this mold of what everyone thinks of
this mold of what everyone thinks of which is listen to anything you want
which is listen to anything you want
which is listen to anything you want even if you’re being told negative
even if you’re being told negative
even if you’re being told negative things the students stay strong and and
things the students stay strong and and
things the students stay strong and and high motivation she’s an American ballet
high motivation she’s an American ballet
high motivation she’s an American ballet dancer she rose to stardom despite not
dancer she rose to stardom despite not
dancer she rose to stardom despite not starting ballet until the age of 13 in
starting ballet until the age of 13 in
starting ballet until the age of 13 in addition to her dance career she’s
addition to her dance career she’s
addition to her dance career she’s become a public speaker and stage
become a public speaker and stage
become a public speaker and stage performer she’s misty Copeland and
performer she’s misty Copeland and
performer she’s misty Copeland and here’s my take on our top 10 rules for
here’s my take on our top 10 rules for
here’s my take on our top 10 rules for success
success
success rule number one is my personal favorite
rule number one is my personal favorite
rule number one is my personal favorite and I’d love to know which one you guys
and I’d love to know which one you guys
and I’d love to know which one you guys like the best and as always as you’re
like the best and as always as you’re
like the best and as always as you’re watching if you hear something that
watching if you hear something that
watching if you hear something that really resonates with you please leave
really resonates with you please leave
really resonates with you please leave in the comments below full surrender to
in the comments below full surrender to
in the comments below full surrender to other people can be inspired as well and
other people can be inspired as well and
other people can be inspired as well and when you write it down it’s much more
when you write it down it’s much more
when you write it down it’s much more likely to stick with you as well enjoy
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[Music] I haven’t had the typical path of most
I haven’t had the typical path of most
I haven’t had the typical path of most dancers and especially as a professional
dancers and especially as a professional
dancers and especially as a professional dancer to be in the corps de ballet and
dancer to be in the corps de ballet and
dancer to be in the corps de ballet and to be a soloist and for as long as I was
to be a soloist and for as long as I was
to be a soloist and for as long as I was and to then get my first big break doing
and to then get my first big break doing
and to then get my first big break doing a principal role that’s not typical
a principal role that’s not typical
a principal role that’s not typical usually if that doesn’t happen early on
usually if that doesn’t happen early on
usually if that doesn’t happen early on in your career that path is kind of shut
in your career that path is kind of shut
in your career that path is kind of shut down for you to ever become a principal
down for you to ever become a principal
down for you to ever become a principal dancer so I knew that when Alexei
dancer so I knew that when Alexei
dancer so I knew that when Alexei Ratmansky the choreographer
Ratmansky the choreographer
Ratmansky the choreographer choreographer in residence at abt and
choreographer in residence at abt and
choreographer in residence at abt and the choreographer of Firebird when he
the choreographer of Firebird when he
the choreographer of Firebird when he gave me the opportunity to learn the
gave me the opportunity to learn the
gave me the opportunity to learn the role I knew that this was kind of my
role I knew that this was kind of my
role I knew that this was kind of my last opportunity to prove at 29 years
last opportunity to prove at 29 years
last opportunity to prove at 29 years old that I’m capable of still being able
old that I’m capable of still being able
old that I’m capable of still being able to develop into an artist that can carry
to develop into an artist that can carry
to develop into an artist that can carry an entire company on my shoulders as a
an entire company on my shoulders as a
an entire company on my shoulders as a principal dancer and so I just kind of
principal dancer and so I just kind of
principal dancer and so I just kind of went into it like headfirst and worked
went into it like headfirst and worked
went into it like headfirst and worked so incredibly hard didn’t take any days
so incredibly hard didn’t take any days
so incredibly hard didn’t take any days off which I wouldn’t recommend to anyone
off which I wouldn’t recommend to anyone
off which I wouldn’t recommend to anyone and during that process of having
and during that process of having
and during that process of having Firebird created for me I developed six
Firebird created for me I developed six
Firebird created for me I developed six stress fractures in my tibia
stress fractures in my tibia
stress fractures in my tibia say that again six fractures yes your
say that again six fractures yes your
say that again six fractures yes your tibia yes you still dad strong and did
tibia yes you still dad strong and did
tibia yes you still dad strong and did that the night of the performance yes I
that the night of the performance yes I
that the night of the performance yes I didn’t know the severity of the injury
didn’t know the severity of the injury
didn’t know the severity of the injury and I think that was kind of a way of
and I think that was kind of a way of
and I think that was kind of a way of protecting myself that I didn’t want to
protecting myself that I didn’t want to
protecting myself that I didn’t want to know how badly I was injured and so I
know how badly I was injured and so I
know how badly I was injured and so I pushed through for as long as I could I
pushed through for as long as I could I
pushed through for as long as I could I knew that I had to get a couple of shows
knew that I had to get a couple of shows
knew that I had to get a couple of shows under my belt and prove that I was
under my belt and prove that I was
under my belt and prove that I was capable you talk about this confidence
capable you talk about this confidence
capable you talk about this confidence as perseverance you didn’t want to let
as perseverance you didn’t want to let
as perseverance you didn’t want to let people down but still most of us feel
people down but still most of us feel
people down but still most of us feel that way but may not have a you know the
that way but may not have a you know the
that way but may not have a you know the whatever it takes to get through it I
whatever it takes to get through it I
whatever it takes to get through it I think a lot of it is being
think a lot of it is being
think a lot of it is being african-american and having the
african-american and having the
african-american and having the struggles and the experiences that I’ve
struggles and the experiences that I’ve
struggles and the experiences that I’ve had and seeing all of the people that
had and seeing all of the people that
had and seeing all of the people that seeing me on the stage have how it’s
seeing me on the stage have how it’s
seeing me on the stage have how it’s affected them that’s what kept me going
affected them that’s what kept me going
affected them that’s what kept me going on those days when I couldn’t physically
on those days when I couldn’t physically
on those days when I couldn’t physically walk when I had doubts and thought like
walk when I had doubts and thought like
walk when I had doubts and thought like why am i fighting so hard I might not
why am i fighting so hard I might not
why am i fighting so hard I might not ever be able to jump again why am i
ever be able to jump again why am i
ever be able to jump again why am i doing this and it was those little brown
doing this and it was those little brown
doing this and it was those little brown girls it was those girls in the audience
girls it was those girls in the audience
girls it was those girls in the audience that were there the night of Firebird
that were there the night of Firebird
that were there the night of Firebird that made me feel that I was going to do
that made me feel that I was going to do
that made me feel that I was going to do it matter what physical obstacles I felt
it matter what physical obstacles I felt
it matter what physical obstacles I felt I was going to find a way around it
I was going to find a way around it
I was going to find a way around it because what was possible for me to
because what was possible for me to
because what was possible for me to create could change the future for so
create could change the future for so
create could change the future for so many young dancers and it just makes you
many young dancers and it just makes you
many young dancers and it just makes you superhuman when you feel that relations
superhuman when you feel that relations
superhuman when you feel that relations that let me feel that on it but I didn’t
that let me feel that on it but I didn’t
that let me feel that on it but I didn’t feel it is weight it felt like this
feel it is weight it felt like this
feel it is weight it felt like this amazing support and energy from you know
amazing support and energy from you know
amazing support and energy from you know all of these people that are there to
all of these people that are there to
all of these people that are there to support me and that we’re watching me
support me and that we’re watching me
support me and that we’re watching me because I was treating a path for them I
because I was treating a path for them I
because I was treating a path for them I think that when I was younger I was you
think that when I was younger I was you
think that when I was younger I was you know you get so like antsy and you just
know you get so like antsy and you just
know you get so like antsy and you just want the good things to come and it’s
want the good things to come and it’s
want the good things to come and it’s hard to enjoy the process and I think
hard to enjoy the process and I think
hard to enjoy the process and I think that something that I really understand
that something that I really understand
that something that I really understand and appreciate now I mean my life is so
and appreciate now I mean my life is so
and appreciate now I mean my life is so chaotic with just being busy all the
chaotic with just being busy all the
chaotic with just being busy all the time that I literally just take
time that I literally just take
time that I literally just take everything one step at a time like even
everything one step at a time like even
everything one step at a time like even when I’m on the stage and I’m like I
when I’m on the stage and I’m like I
when I’m on the stage and I’m like I can’t think about third act I’m in
can’t think about third act I’m in
can’t think about third act I’m in second act now and I’m going to think
second act now and I’m going to think
second act now and I’m going to think about the piqué arabesque I’m about to
about the piqué arabesque I’m about to
about the piqué arabesque I’m about to do not about the you know the the
do not about the you know the the
do not about the you know the the pirouettes I’m going to do two seconds
pirouettes I’m going to do two seconds
pirouettes I’m going to do two seconds so it’s literally just like taking
so it’s literally just like taking
so it’s literally just like taking everything you know just pacing yourself
everything you know just pacing yourself
everything you know just pacing yourself and one thing at a time so when I for
and one thing at a time so when I for
and one thing at a time so when I for some reason felt that I had this small
some reason felt that I had this small
some reason felt that I had this small bit of confidence to audition for the
bit of confidence to audition for the
bit of confidence to audition for the drill team and I made sure I was
drill team and I made sure I was
drill team and I made sure I was auditioning for captain not just to be a
auditioning for captain not just to be a
auditioning for captain not just to be a part of the team which is not that was
part of the team which is not that was
part of the team which is not that was not something that I normally did in my
not something that I normally did in my
not something that I normally did in my life like step outside of my comfort
life like step outside of my comfort
life like step outside of my comfort zone and do something right was
zone and do something right was
zone and do something right was being put out in front of people but
being put out in front of people but
being put out in front of people but Aisha and they made me captain and the
Aisha and they made me captain and the
Aisha and they made me captain and the drill team coach Elizabeth cam Tyne saw
drill team coach Elizabeth cam Tyne saw
drill team coach Elizabeth cam Tyne saw something in me immediately she saw an
something in me immediately she saw an
something in me immediately she saw an ability that I had my body proportions
ability that I had my body proportions
ability that I had my body proportions and she thought you are a ballerina
and she thought you are a ballerina
and she thought you are a ballerina and I want to introduce you to someone
and I want to introduce you to someone
and I want to introduce you to someone who’s giving a free ballet class at the
who’s giving a free ballet class at the
who’s giving a free ballet class at the Boys and Girls Club that she already
Boys and Girls Club that she already
Boys and Girls Club that she already attends so I was not at all interested
attends so I was not at all interested
attends so I was not at all interested in ballet but after about a week of
in ballet but after about a week of
in ballet but after about a week of hiding out in the back of this ballet
hiding out in the back of this ballet
hiding out in the back of this ballet class on the basketball court the
class on the basketball court the
class on the basketball court the teacher Cynthia Bradley pulled me on and
teacher Cynthia Bradley pulled me on and
teacher Cynthia Bradley pulled me on and I took my first class and socks and
I took my first class and socks and
I took my first class and socks and shorts and a t-shirt I think that if we
shorts and a t-shirt I think that if we
shorts and a t-shirt I think that if we woke up every morning and we looked at
woke up every morning and we looked at
woke up every morning and we looked at our day or our careers as though
our day or our careers as though
our day or our careers as though something was going to go wrong or
something was going to go wrong or
something was going to go wrong or something could happen we couldn’t reach
something could happen we couldn’t reach
something could happen we couldn’t reach our fullest potential you kind of have
our fullest potential you kind of have
our fullest potential you kind of have to just dive into every day like this is
to just dive into every day like this is
to just dive into every day like this is the last time I’m going to do this I
the last time I’m going to do this I
the last time I’m going to do this I think that’s how you become the best
think that’s how you become the best
think that’s how you become the best that’s how you become your best self and
that’s how you become your best self and
that’s how you become your best self and you know I don’t step on to the stage
you know I don’t step on to the stage
you know I don’t step on to the stage thinking I might fall tonight it’s like
thinking I might fall tonight it’s like
thinking I might fall tonight it’s like I’m going to go for it and if I fall how
I’m going to go for it and if I fall how
I’m going to go for it and if I fall how am I going to recover and you know
am I going to recover and you know
am I going to recover and you know that’s kind of the approach that you
that’s kind of the approach that you
that’s kind of the approach that you have to have especially when you’re at
have to have especially when you’re at
have to have especially when you’re at this level that you can’t think about
this level that you can’t think about
this level that you can’t think about you know what if what if but yeah goes
you know what if what if but yeah goes
you know what if what if but yeah goes wrong and just keep striving I think
wrong and just keep striving I think
wrong and just keep striving I think it’s important to be passionate about
it’s important to be passionate about
it’s important to be passionate about what you do but know that it doesn’t
what you do but know that it doesn’t
what you do but know that it doesn’t come without hard work success doesn’t
come without hard work success doesn’t
come without hard work success doesn’t come without sacrifice and
come without sacrifice and
come without sacrifice and it’s a beautiful thing when you put all
it’s a beautiful thing when you put all
it’s a beautiful thing when you put all that work into what you’re passionate
that work into what you’re passionate
that work into what you’re passionate about and you can sit back and enjoy the
about and you can sit back and enjoy the
about and you can sit back and enjoy the fruits of your labor you know I can’t
fruits of your labor you know I can’t
fruits of your labor you know I can’t say where where I will go next but I
say where where I will go next but I
say where where I will go next but I know that ballet will take me everywhere
know that ballet will take me everywhere
know that ballet will take me everywhere that I can imagine dreaming of going and
that I can imagine dreaming of going and
that I can imagine dreaming of going and it’s pretty awesome there were other
it’s pretty awesome there were other
it’s pretty awesome there were other issues too right with your body type
issues too right with your body type
issues too right with your body type because you’re very athletic
because you’re very athletic
because you’re very athletic okay she’s so tiny sitting next to me
okay she’s so tiny sitting next to me
okay she’s so tiny sitting next to me but you’re incredibly athletic and that
but you’re incredibly athletic and that
but you’re incredibly athletic and that also created some problems right yeah
also created some problems right yeah
also created some problems right yeah they’re just the the I guess you could
they’re just the the I guess you could
they’re just the the I guess you could call them setbacks but I overcame them
call them setbacks but I overcame them
call them setbacks but I overcame them they just continue to come you know once
they just continue to come you know once
they just continue to come you know once I became a professional I all of a
I became a professional I all of a
I became a professional I all of a sudden matured into this curvy woman
sudden matured into this curvy woman
sudden matured into this curvy woman with a bust and with more muscle and all
with a bust and with more muscle and all
with a bust and with more muscle and all of those things also are not thought of
of those things also are not thought of
of those things also are not thought of as a ballerina and I just worked so hard
as a ballerina and I just worked so hard
as a ballerina and I just worked so hard to prove that my talent was enough that
to prove that my talent was enough that
to prove that my talent was enough that I didn’t have to fit into this box and
I didn’t have to fit into this box and
I didn’t have to fit into this box and this mold of what everyone thinks of
this mold of what everyone thinks of
this mold of what everyone thinks of which is a white woman with no chest and
which is a white woman with no chest and
which is a white woman with no chest and no muscle and I was everything that that
no muscle and I was everything that that
no muscle and I was everything that that wasn’t being a black ballerina
wasn’t being a black ballerina
wasn’t being a black ballerina definitely is everything in my life and
definitely is everything in my life and
definitely is everything in my life and my past as a ballerina would be
my past as a ballerina would be
my past as a ballerina would be completely different if I wasn’t an
completely different if I wasn’t an
completely different if I wasn’t an african-american woman it has provided
african-american woman it has provided
african-american woman it has provided more obstacles than I think I knew when
more obstacles than I think I knew when
more obstacles than I think I knew when I discovered ballet at 13 years old but
I discovered ballet at 13 years old but
I discovered ballet at 13 years old but at the same time it’s made me want to
at the same time it’s made me want to
at the same time it’s made me want to persevere even more and I can get made
persevere even more and I can get made
persevere even more and I can get made me a stronger person because of it and I
me a stronger person because of it and I
me a stronger person because of it and I have so many more obstacles to overcome
have so many more obstacles to overcome
have so many more obstacles to overcome but I
but I
but I we love classical ballet you’ve
we love classical ballet you’ve
we love classical ballet you’ve accomplished so much at this point in
accomplished so much at this point in
accomplished so much at this point in your career what is your driving force
your career what is your driving force
your career what is your driving force and what is it that keeping you going
and what is it that keeping you going
and what is it that keeping you going every single day well the thing is I
every single day well the thing is I
every single day well the thing is I have so much more I want to accomplish
have so much more I want to accomplish
have so much more I want to accomplish so I think that as a ballet dancer
so I think that as a ballet dancer
so I think that as a ballet dancer you’re constantly being pushed to kind
you’re constantly being pushed to kind
you’re constantly being pushed to kind of stay on top of your game and you know
of stay on top of your game and you know
of stay on top of your game and you know with so many younger dancers that
with so many younger dancers that
with so many younger dancers that continue to come into the company it’s
continue to come into the company it’s
continue to come into the company it’s like you have to keep up with them I
like you have to keep up with them I
like you have to keep up with them I mean every generation gets better and so
mean every generation gets better and so
mean every generation gets better and so that’s constantly like pushing me and I
that’s constantly like pushing me and I
that’s constantly like pushing me and I just love what I do and I think as
just love what I do and I think as
just love what I do and I think as dancers we’re constantly striving for
dancers we’re constantly striving for
dancers we’re constantly striving for perfection and that’s never going to
perfection and that’s never going to
perfection and that’s never going to happen so it’s just going to keep us
happen so it’s just going to keep us
happen so it’s just going to keep us going and going but you know I have so
going and going but you know I have so
going and going but you know I have so many new roles coming up that I’m
many new roles coming up that I’m
many new roles coming up that I’m excited about
excited about
excited about so that’s keeping me motivated and of
so that’s keeping me motivated and of
so that’s keeping me motivated and of course being a principal dancer that’s
course being a principal dancer that’s
course being a principal dancer that’s my number one goal I understand the
my number one goal I understand the
my number one goal I understand the importance of me having a voice and
importance of me having a voice and
importance of me having a voice and exposing people beyond you know the
exposing people beyond you know the
exposing people beyond you know the typical ballet world to this art form I
typical ballet world to this art form I
typical ballet world to this art form I think it saved my life and I want to
think it saved my life and I want to
think it saved my life and I want to introduce it to more people and you know
introduce it to more people and you know
introduce it to more people and you know coming full circle that’s something that
coming full circle that’s something that
coming full circle that’s something that I’m trying to do now is to give back to
I’m trying to do now is to give back to
I’m trying to do now is to give back to those communities through Boys and Girls
those communities through Boys and Girls
those communities through Boys and Girls Clubs being an alum to invite people
Clubs being an alum to invite people
Clubs being an alum to invite people into my world as it’s happening I think
into my world as it’s happening I think
into my world as it’s happening I think it’s really amazing to have grown men
it’s really amazing to have grown men
it’s really amazing to have grown men that you know never seen a ballet in
that you know never seen a ballet in
that you know never seen a ballet in their life look at me and see a woman
their life look at me and see a woman
their life look at me and see a woman that they can relate to someone who
that they can relate to someone who
that they can relate to someone who looks like their sister their daughter
looks like their sister their daughter
looks like their sister their daughter or their mother and to say well I’m
or their mother and to say well I’m
or their mother and to say well I’m going to put my child in that because
going to put my child in that because
going to put my child in that because they can see themselves through you I
they can see themselves through you I
they can see themselves through you I think it’s creating a completely
think it’s creating a completely
think it’s creating a completely different path for these people that
different path for these people that
different path for these people that never saw themselves
never saw themselves
never saw themselves and to wash me still growing and on my
and to wash me still growing and on my
and to wash me still growing and on my path I think is really powerful I was
path I think is really powerful I was
path I think is really powerful I was very open to accepting guidance and I
very open to accepting guidance and I
very open to accepting guidance and I think that that something that you
think that that something that you
think that that something that you really have to be vulnerable and open to
really have to be vulnerable and open to
really have to be vulnerable and open to or these people will just kind of pass
or these people will just kind of pass
or these people will just kind of pass by and they don’t enter your life when
by and they don’t enter your life when
by and they don’t enter your life when they should be and Prince came into my
they should be and Prince came into my
they should be and Prince came into my life I think I was around 27 I’m 31 now
life I think I was around 27 I’m 31 now
life I think I was around 27 I’m 31 now and he thought I was extremely talented
and he thought I was extremely talented
and he thought I was extremely talented and wanted me to dance in one of his
and wanted me to dance in one of his
and wanted me to dance in one of his music videos which I thought was odd so
music videos which I thought was odd so
music videos which I thought was odd so when I met him I saw this incredible
when I met him I saw this incredible
when I met him I saw this incredible human I didn’t know him as Prince this
human I didn’t know him as Prince this
human I didn’t know him as Prince this big star I met him and I spent a lot of
big star I met him and I spent a lot of
big star I met him and I spent a lot of time with him as an individual and I
time with him as an individual and I
time with him as an individual and I learned so much about myself and about
learned so much about myself and about
learned so much about myself and about again just being even more vulnerable I
again just being even more vulnerable I
again just being even more vulnerable I think to in order to grow as an artist
think to in order to grow as an artist
think to in order to grow as an artist you really have to have that side of
you really have to have that side of
you really have to have that side of yourself be open you can do anything you
yourself be open you can do anything you
yourself be open you can do anything you want even if you’re being told negative
want even if you’re being told negative
want even if you’re being told negative things
things
things stay strong and find motivation I’m 5-2
stay strong and find motivation I’m 5-2
stay strong and find motivation I’m 5-2 I start around 39 black there’s so many
I start around 39 black there’s so many
I start around 39 black there’s so many things but I’ve made it happen
things but I’ve made it happen
things but I’ve made it happen I’m very lucky to be where I am but it
I’m very lucky to be where I am but it
I’m very lucky to be where I am but it it’s a it’s possible
it’s a it’s possible
it’s a it’s possible [Music]
[Music]
thank you guys so much for watching I
thank you guys so much for watching I made this video because
made this video because
made this video because Tigerlily asked me to also if you want
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well I’d love to know what did you take
well I’d love to know what did you take from this video what was the most
from this video what was the most
from this video what was the most important lesson that you learned that
important lesson that you learned that
important lesson that you learned that blew your mind that you’re going to
blew your mind that you’re going to
blew your mind that you’re going to immediately apply to your life or your
immediately apply to your life or your
immediately apply to your life or your business somehow please leave it down in
business somehow please leave it down in
business somehow please leave it down in the comments below I’m super curious to
the comments below I’m super curious to
the comments below I’m super curious to find out I also want to give a quick
find out I also want to give a quick
find out I also want to give a quick shout out to William and Tim from
shout out to William and Tim from
shout out to William and Tim from Project authenticity org thank you guys
Project authenticity org thank you guys
Project authenticity org thank you guys so much for picking up a copy of my book
so much for picking up a copy of my book
so much for picking up a copy of my book your one word taking the picture making
your one word taking the picture making
your one word taking the picture making the blogpost I really appreciate the
the blogpost I really appreciate the
the blogpost I really appreciate the support and I’m glad you enjoyed the
support and I’m glad you enjoyed the
support and I’m glad you enjoyed the read so thank you guys again for
read so thank you guys again for
read so thank you guys again for watching I believe in you I hope you
watching I believe in you I hope you
watching I believe in you I hope you continue to believe in yourself and
continue to believe in yourself and
continue to believe in yourself and whatever your one word is much love I’ll
whatever your one word is much love I’ll
whatever your one word is much love I’ll see you soon
I think there’s no real way of preparing
I think there’s no real way of preparing for something that seems scary I think
for something that seems scary I think
for something that seems scary I think it’s really important for a young person
it’s really important for a young person
it’s really important for a young person to not set limits on what their dreams
to not set limits on what their dreams
to not set limits on what their dreams are if they have something in their mind
are if they have something in their mind
are if they have something in their mind and they feel strongly without it give
and they feel strongly without it give
and they feel strongly without it give it your all
it your all
it your all before I danced I was extremely shy and
before I danced I was extremely shy and
before I danced I was extremely shy and I literally wouldn’t speak and I was
I literally wouldn’t speak and I was
I literally wouldn’t speak and I was terrified too and my way of
terrified too and my way of
terrified too and my way of communicating started out by writing in
communicating started out by writing in
communicating started out by writing in journals with the opportunity of writing
journals with the opportunity of writing
journals with the opportunity of writing life and motion and firebird it’s kind
life and motion and firebird it’s kind
life and motion and firebird it’s kind of taking me to the next level and I’m
of taking me to the next level and I’m
of taking me to the next level and I’m just getting better and better about
just getting better and better about
just getting better and better about feeling confident about how I
feeling confident about how I
feeling confident about how I communicate things and it’s extremely
communicate things and it’s extremely
communicate things and it’s extremely different writing but it all kind of
different writing but it all kind of
different writing but it all kind of ties into the same thing I think that
ties into the same thing I think that
ties into the same thing I think that this experience has made me a better
this experience has made me a better
this experience has made me a better performer it took a while to really find
performer it took a while to really find
performer it took a while to really find myself and to find the right I don’t
myself and to find the right I don’t
myself and to find the right I don’t know just way of taking care of your
know just way of taking care of your
know just way of taking care of your body I’m sure every professional dancer
body I’m sure every professional dancer
body I’m sure every professional dancer goes through that and you know becoming
goes through that and you know becoming
goes through that and you know becoming going from being a teenager to an adult
going from being a teenager to an adult
going from being a teenager to an adult and your body changes and also I think
and your body changes and also I think
and your body changes and also I think that my body type is very different from
that my body type is very different from
that my body type is very different from a lot of the dancers that I definitely
a lot of the dancers that I definitely
a lot of the dancers that I definitely so like I was saying it just took me
so like I was saying it just took me
so like I was saying it just took me just accepting that I am beautiful and
just accepting that I am beautiful and
just accepting that I am beautiful and then I have this body and just accepting
then I have this body and just accepting
then I have this body and just accepting me for me and I think that’s when I
me for me and I think that’s when I
me for me and I think that’s when I really found this confidence that I
really found this confidence that I
really found this confidence that I could go onstage and I mean I think
could go onstage and I mean I think
could go onstage and I mean I think Kevin the director saw that as well and
Kevin the director saw that as well and
Kevin the director saw that as well and I think that’s when he promoted me and I
I think that’s when he promoted me and I
I think that’s when he promoted me and I think that’s when I started getting
think that’s when I started getting
think that’s when I started getting getting more opportunities
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