Misty Copeland

Your Mama’s Kitchen

Higher Ground

Relationships, Society & Culture

4.8 • 2.2K Ratings

🗓️ 29 May 2024

⏱️ 48 minutes

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Renowned American ballet dancer Misty Copeland opens up about the instability she faced in her childhood and how her natural athleticism and incredible discipline led her to shine as a dance prodigy in her teens. She talks about the evolution of her relationship to food and nutrition from growing up in various different kitchens to eating like an athlete. Plus, you’ll hear how to make one of her healthy, go-to recipes: Baked tilapia with veggies.

Misty Copeland is a Principal Dancer with the American Ballet Theatre. She made history in 2015, becoming the first African-American woman to ever be promoted to that position. She’s written several New York Times bestselling books and launched her own foundation in 2022.

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0:00.0	Cindy said that she drove away and the thought of me not continuing on with so much
0:15.8	potential just she couldn't let it happen so she turned around you know we didn't
0:19.6	have cell phones then so she couldn't even call her husband and tell him what she had decided. So we drove
0:26.4	back to San Pedro, walked in the door and Patrick, her husband was making dinner and she
0:31.7	yelled up to him and said,
0:33.6	Misty's here with us, she's moving in, can you set another place at the table?
0:38.0	And that was the start of it.
0:40.0	I ended up living with them for three and a half years.
0:42.8	Welcome to your mama's kitchen,
0:48.1	the podcast that explores how we're shaped as adults by the kitchens
0:52.1	we grew up in as kids.
0:53.7	I'm Michelle Norris.
0:55.2	Today we're graced with a special guest,
0:57.8	Misty Copeland.
0:58.9	She's the first African-American woman
1:00.7	to be a principal dancer with American ballet theater.
1:04.4	That's a big deal because the ABT is one of the top classical dance companies in the entire
1:10.3	world.
1:11.3	Raised in San Pedro, California, Misty began her ballet journey late by typical standards.
1:18.0	She didn't start dancing until she was in her teens, but she was immediately recognized as a prodigy.
1:24.0	Misty's family experienced a lot of instability during her childhood,
1:28.0	moving often, living in motels,
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