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She was a shy, slight child who rarely spoke and tried not to be noticed.

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Twenty-three years later, hers is the kind of transformation story even ballet might think far-fetched. In , she became the first black female principal dancer at American Ballet Theatre — and with that a spokesperson, poster girl, and bona fide star. Barack Obama sought her out as an adviser, Prince invited her on tour, Spike Lee wants her in his films, and people queue up to meet her at the stage door of the Metropolitan Opera House in New York.

And now the latest chapter in her real-life fairytale has begun to unfold.

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Like all ballet dancers, Copeland is petite and perfectly put together, beaming with unerring positivity and a ready giggle as she sits in this London hotel room with a camel mac draped over her knees to keep warm. In ballet, where many things on stage look much as they did a century ago, there are few women of colour in major companies, and Copeland remembers the moment when she knew she had to take on the mantle of role model.

She was watching a documentary about the Ballets Russes that featured pioneering black ballerina Raven Wilkinson. I saw her and it was this unexpected reaction. I was crying.

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Copeland has actively sought out opportunities to bring ballet to new audiences and to change its image, from speaking engagements to endorsements and book deals. When she was a child, Copeland had no dreams of ballet. The family moved a lot as her mother married and divorced several times, there was little money and Copeland kept her head down. She loved grossing out her brothers with what her hyper flexible joints could do, but she had no idea she might have the perfect physique for a particular type of dance. Luckily, one of her teachers noticed. Copeland was 13, a very late age to start dancing for a professional, but she progressed fast with teacher Cindy Bradley.

But a serious stress fracture, followed by sudden weight gain after the delayed onset of puberty, led to her confidence crashing. Because of my body.

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I know those things for a fact. Things are changing, slowly. Now there are three. Audiences are changing too. To see, outside the Met, a line stretching from the door to the street of brown young people. How much responsibility does an art form have to reflect the world and send positive messages about race or gender? At the beginning of her ABT career, having had a delayed onset of puberty, she faced a vertebral fracture that required time off of dance and the wearing of a brace for practically the entire day. Years later, she had to temporarily stop dancing again to recuperate from stress fractures to her left shin.

Photo: Gilda N. With a non-traditional entry into ballet, Copeland has created buzz outside of that world due to her being one of the few African-American performers seen in classical dance. In a meteoric rise, she has continually acknowledged the responsibility she feels to brown girls looking to make their way in the art form.

Then on June 30 of that same year, Copeland scored a monumental achievement covered the world over, becoming the first African-American performer to be appointed an ABT principal dancer in the company's year history. At a subsequent news conference, an emotional Copeland stated in tears that the announcement marked the culmination of her lifelong dream. Copeland has also been able to forge a career outside of the classic traditions of ballet via the guidance of manager Gilda Squire.

In May , Copeland inspired a Barbie doll wearing a costume reminiscent of the one she wore in Firebird.

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