Life in Motion: An Unlikely Ballerina

"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 ground­breaking ballerina.



When she discovered ballet, Misty was living in a shabby motel room, struggling with her five siblings for a place to ...