Tonight's sleep story is about Prima Ballerina Misty Copeland of American Ballet Theater!

ASMR triggers include close whispering throughout, mouth sounds, scratching, tapping, fabric sounds and we spend a nice bit of time playing with pointe shoe sounds and learning the parts of the shoe and the sounds they make.

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Sources:

Biography.com Editors. “Misty Copeland.” Biography.com, A&E Networks Television, 17 Aug. 2020, www.biography.com/athlete/misty-copeland.

Bourlin, Olga. “Misty Copeland (1982- ) •.” Blackpast.org, 17 Dec. 2020, www.blackpast.org/african-american-history/copeland-misty-1982/.

FitzPatrick, Hayley. “Misty Copeland on Acknowledging Race in Ballet and Revolutionizing the Art Form.” Good Morning America, 3 Feb. 2021, www.goodmorningamerica.com/culture/story/misty-copeland-acknowledging-race-ballet-revolutionizing-art-form-75600980.

Foreman, Cathy. “A Recap: Misty Copeland in Conversation.” Art. Music. Books. Film. Interviews. Opinions. Lifestyle, 8 Sept. 2019, notesandnarratives.com/2019/09/08/a-recap-misty-copeland-in-conversation/.

Hutcheson, Susannah. “How I Became a Ballerina: Misty Copeland.” USA Today, Gannett Satellite Information Network, 31 Mar. 2020, www.usatoday.com/story/money/careers/2020/03/31/how-misty-copeland-became-principal-dancer-american-ballet-theatre/2929620001/.

Unknown, Unknown. “Misty Copeland.” American Ballet Theatre, 1 Oct. 2019, www.abt.org/people/misty-copeland/?type=performer.

Winship, Lyndsey. “Misty Copeland: the Trailblazing Ballerina Loved by Prince, Obama and Disney.” The Guardian, Guardian News and Media, 7 Nov. 2018, www.theguardian.com/stage/2018/nov/07/misty-copeland-interview-ballet-broken-disney-nutcracker-prince-obama.

**I would like to acknowledge the following Traditional Custodians of the land that I record in: Peoria, Potawatomi, Kickapoo, Myaamia and the Ochethi Sakowin Nations and pay my respects to their Elders past, present and emerging