Catching Up with Ballerina Misty Copeland
American Ballet Theatre Principal Dancer, Misty Copeland chatted with us at Pamella Roland's New York Fashion Week runway show last month. We caught up with the artist about her non-profit, The Misty Copeland Foundation; her new activewear line, Greatness Wins she has with Derek Jeter; travel; family; and go-to dish to make at home.
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00:00 Hi, I'm Misty Copeland and you're watching Life Minute TV.
00:03 [MUSIC PLAYING]
00:06 I'm in the midst of really developing my foundation
00:10 that's super exciting.
00:11 We're going into our second year of this program.
00:13 It's Misty Copeland Foundation.
00:15 It's a free ballet class being offered
00:16 to under-served children in the Bronx and in Harlem.
00:19 It's inspiring as an artist and as a dancer
00:21 to be able to look at young people
00:22 and think, like, wow, at their age
00:24 I could not do what they could do.
00:25 I feel like we just keep getting better and better.
00:27 But I feel like that's what all of this is for.
00:29 That's what life is for, to share your experiences
00:31 and hope that the next generation is
00:33 better and more than you are.
00:36 Then I have my new activewear line
00:37 that I started with Derek Jeter back in September
00:40 called Greatness Win.
00:41 So that's really exciting as an athlete.
00:43 But lots of years of experience of wearing this type of gear
00:48 to be able to really put that out into the world
00:52 is really exciting.
00:55 Travel, eat, cook.
00:57 Be with my family, my son and my husband.
01:01 I'd say food is a big part of what I like to do in my free
01:07 time.
01:07 I do.
01:08 I'm every night in the kitchen.
01:10 I have so many go-tos.
01:12 I love a broiled salmon.
01:14 I make the sauce from scratch.
01:17 Orange juice and scallions and soy sauce and brown sugar
01:22 with a sweet potato mash.
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01:28 (upbeat music)