>>> MISTY COPELAND IS BALLET DANCER THAT MADE THE NEW YORK
THEATER COMPANY. >> SHE'S A "NEW YORK TIMES" BEST
SELLING AUTHOR WITH A NEW BOOK "BALLERINA BODY."
AND SHE HAS HER OWN BARBIE DOLL. YOU CAN CATCH HER AS A JUDGE ON
NBC'S HIT SHOW, "WORLD OF DANCE," ALONGSIDE J. LO, NEO AND
DEREK HO. >> DEREK HOUGH.
>> I KNOW. >> YOU'VE DONE JUDGING BEFORE.
THIS WAS DIFFERENT THIS TIME. >> YEAH.
>> BEING SURROUNDED BY ARTISTS LIKE NE-YO AND J. LO AND OTHERS.
IT WAS A DIFFERENT DYNAMIC. THAT'S SOMETHING I WAS ABLE TO
LEND BEFORE, BEING IN THE MYst OF MY CAREER.
AND GIVING THE DANCES AN IDEA OF WHAT IT IS LIKE TO BE A WORKING
PROFESSIONAL. >> WHEN YOU'RE JUDGING, ARE YOU
THINKING WHAT IT IS LIKE TO RECEIVE CRITICISM?
>> THAT'S PART OF BEING A DANCER.
WHEN AMERICA'S WATCHING, THEY GET CAUGHT UP.
YOU'RE TOO HARSH. OR THIS IS HARD THE SEE THE
YOUNG PEOPLE GET THE CRITICISM. BUT THAT'S PART OF A DANCER'S
LIFE. IT'S INGRAINED IN US.
WE'RE IN A STUDIO, STANDING IN FRONT OF A MIRROR TO CRITIQUE
OURSELVES. AND THE BALLET MATTERS ARE
THERE. >> I GOT TO SEE MISTY DANCE.
YOU HAVE BEEN DANCING SINCE YOU WERE A TEEN.
DO YOU GET TIRED OF IT? DO YOU GET TO WHERE YOU WANT A
DAY OFF? >> OF COURSE.
I LOVE WHAT I DO. THERE'S NO WAY YOU CAN WORK
EIGHT HOURS A DAY, PERFORMING SIX DAYS A WEEK, IF YOU DIDN'T
LOVE IT. THE WORK THATHAT GOES INTO IT IO
MUCH MORE THAN GETTING ON STAGE AND HAVING FLOWERS THROWN AT
YOU. YOU SPEND 90% OF THE TIME
WORKING YOUR BUTT OFF. I LOVE IT.
>> HAVING BEEN BLESSED ENOUGH TO SEE YOU DANCE, IT'S A JOY.
IT HAS TO BE FULFILLING WHEN THE LITTLE GIRLS COME UP TO YOU AND
WHAT DO THEY SAY? >> IT'S INCREDIBLE.
TO HEAR IT FROM THEIR PARENTS, AS WELL.
FOR THEM TO BE ABLE TO SEE POSSIBILITIES THAT THEY DIDN'T
SEE BEFORE. TO FEEL LIKE IT'S OKAY TO NOT
FIT INTO THIS COOKIE CUTTER MOLD OF WHAT A DANCER SHOULD BE.
AND THEY SEE A DIFFERENT FEATURE FOR THEMSELVES.
AND SEEING THEM WITH MY BARBIE, AND JUST READY TO TAKE A PUCK
IT'S BEAUTIFUL TO SEE THE NEXT GENERATION WITH NEW
POSSIBILITIES, I THINK. >> YOU HAVE A NEW SPECIAL.
THE LAST TIME WE GOT TOGETHER WAS YOUR UNDER ARMOUR
COMMERCIAL. TELL US ABOUT THE NEW ONE.
>> UNLIKE ANY IS THE CAMPAIGN. THIS IS MY SECOND COMMERCIAL AND
CAMPAIGN WITH ALL WILL. IT'S SETTING AN EXAMPLE FOR ALL
ATHLETES AND THE DIRECTION WE SHOULD BE GOING, EMPOWERING
WOMEN, THAT IT'S OKAY TO BE STRONG.
AND JUST BEING A PART OF UNDER ARMOUR AND WATCHING THE GROWTH.
AND HOW MUCH THE WOMEN'S LINE AND CAMPAIGN HAVE GROWN
THROUGHOUT THE TIME I'VE BEEN WITH THEM, IT'S INCREDIBLE TO BE
A BALLERINA, A BLACK WOMAN AND ONE OF THE FACES OF UNDER
ARMOUR. >> BREAKING SO MANY BOUNDARIES.
>> MISTY, THANK YOU SO MUCH. WE WANT TO REMIND YOU, "WORLD OF
DANCE," TONIGHT AT 10:00, 9:00 CENTRAL.
>>> I HAVE TO ANSWER TO THE WEATHER MAP.
>> PLEASE. >> NO, NO.
>>