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The Ballerina said, 42 Weekly US Only her 3-year-old son, Jackson, started ballet classes-just like his talented mother. Copeland grew up about Jackson’s dancing abilities, telling us that the toddler is “doing it all.”
“Jackson Bale started in (age) 2,” Copeland shared when discussing her new book, Letters to Misty: How to move through life with confidence and grace. “He dances; he’s in music. I think being open to the arts, arts education, is a necessity. Every child should experience some kind of art form.”
Copeland and her husband of nine years, Evans.
“He is independent and knows what he wants,” Dished Copeland. “His little personality has come out. So much like my husband; it’s wild. They’re only two separate days – my Aries boys – and it’s like having a small version of my husband.”
Maternity has changed Copeland, who has been dancing professionally for more than 20 years. The ABT dancer revealed that she had to learn to prioritize a family and be less “isolated” after welcoming her son, adding that maternity has given her a “completely new rhythm.”
“I think it’s one that is softer and more base,” Copeland said of her new routine. “As an artist and as an athlete, you have to focus so much when you train and you push to be the best you can be. As a mother, I have to focus on myself to be healthy and not to pour from an empty cup, but I can step back and give someone else (too).”
Copeland’s focus on giving back not only includes her son, but her young fans as well. The Prodigy Ballet has written two children’s books, 2014’s Fire and 2020s Bunheadsand has a new book, Letters to fogHitting bookshelves this month.
Dance shapes Copeland and its activities, including her new book where she offers advice to young readers based on fan letters he has received through the years. Letters to fog framed from the “Lens of the Ballet Technique and the Five Jobs,” according to Copeland, who said that those skills had allowed it to be “confident in myself and comfortable in my body.”
“I think those are beautiful skills and tools that everyone can benefit from,” explained Copeland. “(I) use ballet as this foundation of structure, but (this book) is not just for dancers. It’s actually for anyone who navigates an identity or tries to gain confidence. Ballet has been this guide for me, and I’m so lucky that I have to use it as an instrument.”
Letters to Misty: How to move through life with confidence and grace It will be available for purchase on -lein and in bookshops across the country on Tuesday, May 6.
