![]() ![]() Soon after Bradley invited Copeland to attend class at her small ballet school, San Pedro Dance Center. Her mother let her go to the club after school until the workday ended. Copeland attended several classes as a spectator before participating. Cynthia Bradley, a friend of Cantine's, taught a free ballet class at the club once a week. In early 1996, Cantine convinced Copeland to attend a ballet class at her local Boys & Girls Club. Following in the footsteps of her older sister Erica, Copeland became captain of the Dana Middle School drill team, where her natural grace came to the attention of its classically trained coach, Elizabeth Cantine. Her mother, a former Kansas City Chiefs cheerleader, had studied dance.Ĭopeland never studied ballet or gymnastics formally until her teenage years. Copeland is the youngest of four children from her mother's second marriage and has two younger half-siblings, one each from her mother's third and fourth marriages. ![]()
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