Hello. As you can see I am Soluna and this is my wiki page. These are some fun facts and things about me that I think you would like to know.
My favorite color is blue and I enjoy playing sports. My favorite sport is volleyball. I also enjoy playing soccer, lacrosse, tennis and I love to swim. I always love to listen to a good song when I study or do anything productive. I sing very often at home as well but I have really bad stage fright. I have never played an instrument but hope to learn to play the violin. I have learned to play the piano and guitar but kind of forgot due to sports making me busy. This is my first year at MacDonald Middle School. All my life up until now I have been in the Lansing School District. This is my 5th school I have been to and I am really enjoying everyone welcoming me to this school and I am also enjoying this year so far. Read more of my wiki for book reviews and assignments.
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My essay:
Soluna Fuentes
February 29, 2016
Misty Copeland
How many people do you know dance as a principal dancer at the
American Ballet Theater that is an african american women? Not many people can say that is their title that people know them by. Luckily Misty Copeland can say that about herself and she is the only one. Misty Copeland is a dancer for the American Ballet Theater and was just promoted not to long ago to a principal dancer for the last 75 years. This essay is about Misty Copeland and her life up until now.
It all started on September 10th 1982 in Kansas City, Missouri when this little girl was born ready for an adventure that is soon to come. Misty’s parents are Doug Copeland and Sylvia DelaCerna. She has 5 siblings total, 2 sisters and 3 brothers. Their names are Lindsey Monique Brown (sister) Erica Stephanie Copeland (sister) Christopher Ryan Copeland (brother) Douglas Copeland jr. (brother) and lastly Cameron Koa DelaCerna (brother). She grew up with a single mom and siblings always on the move. Even though she was born in Kansas City but they soon moved to San Pedro.
When she was younger her mother and ballet teacher, along with some other teachers, got into a custody battle for her care. The decision came down to Misty going back to San Pedro high school to finish school with her mother instead of going back with her dance teachers. Even though she was with her mother and siblings she was able to study dance some more at the Lauridsen Ballet center in Torrance. It wasn’t the same as the dance school she was at before but it still was good enough for her to practice dance.
As she got older she started competing in some competitions and won awards and scholarships for dance in many states. At the age of 15, she won the first prize in the Los Angeles Music Center Spotlight Awards and won a full scholarship to a dance program at San Francisco Ballet. Copeland also was given the opportunity to study with master teachers and trainers. The award that she was given for this opportunity was called the Leonore Annenberg Fellowship in arts. In 2013 the Boys and Girls Club of America named her the National Youth of the year Ambassador. In 2014 she was also named President's Council on Fitness, Sports, and Nutrition and in the same year she was an honoree for the Dance Magazine Awards.
She has 3 endorsements at the time. Under Armour, Seiko, and the Boys and Girls club. Along with Stephen Curry , she makes commercials for Under Armour and does photo shoots for them as she wears their clothing. Seiko is a watch company that she does photo shoots for as well. The Boys and Girls Club was a place where she first started dancing and has been a part of their community so she helps out with them. The reason many people would ask Misty to be the sponsor I think would be because she is the only African American principal ballet dancer that makes such an impact on everyone including people that are not ballet dancers.
Misty Copeland wasn’t like a typical ballerina that ate a certain diet of foods that you can and cannot eat. Most ballerinas eat certain foods to keep them fit and in shape. They try to stay very skinny so it’s easier to be flexible in in order to be able to do a bunch of dance moves. They also have to have a lot of strength for their pointe shoes, which is why she is so incredible, She is strong but doesn’t have the typical body type of the ballerinas most people think of. She said growing up that she would eat like any other person with the typical McDonald's and Burger King and other fast food restaurants.
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