Misty Copeland

Misty Copland is Principle dancer at the American Ballet Theater. There are many things about her that make her stand out from other ballet dancers. She didn't start dance till the age of 13 because she didn't have the money for it and then once she became apart of the ABT she is the 3rd African American to be a soloist at the company over the past 72 years.

She is not only a beautiful dancer but she is a role model to other young girls. Copland was told many times that she didn't have the body to be a professional dancer because of her large bust and muscular body. She states, "You don't have to come from money or have a certain body type to fit into this wonderful, beautiful world that is ballet,"

Her passion for dance shows by the dedication she has for it. She gives young girls that grow up with not that much money hope of one day becoming a famous ballet dancer just like her.

Copland has gotten a lot of attention lately being a judge on "So You Think You Can Dance" and other magazines.

Dancing With the Stars

Derek Hough of dancing with the stars has been on the show for seven seasons now. He's known for his great dances and being a great dancer himself. When the show gets to the middle of the season they always have the group dance. This is two groups going head to head. The groups consist of the top to dancers in the competition and then have them pick three other people to be in it with them, so each group has four stars and dancers. 


Each season he has been in when it came to the group dance his group always came on top. But this season he is not feeling so confident. "I won't say this week is crazy - I'm sure you're sick of hearing me say that. It's gonna be a patchwork week. We have our individual dance, the tango, which is looking good. We pretty much have the whole thing down and need to refine everything. Nastia is a quick learner and now that we're getting halfway through the season, I want to increase the difficulty in the routines, but it's tough to modulate since we're not together on the weekends."


We will have to toon in next week Monday to see if everything will come together and see if Derek's winning streak will finally come to an end.

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