Misty Copeland was born in Kansas City, Missouri and raised in the San Pedro community of Los Angeles, California. She is of African, German and Italian descent. Copeland is considered a prodigy who rose to stardom despite not starting ballet until the age of 13. Misty Copeland (born 1982) is an American ballet dancer, described by many accounts as the first African American female soloist for the American Ballet Theatre (ABT), one of the three leading classical ballet companies in the United States (along with New York City Ballet and San Francisco Ballet). Anne Benna Sims (the first African-American danceuse at American Ballet Theatre) and Nora Koito Kimball-Mentzos or simply Nora Kimball (an African and Asian descent ballet teacher and former American Ballet Theatre ballerina), who were with the ABT in the early and mid 1980s respectively is said to have preceded her.
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