![]() “He gets so nervous, like it’s not enjoyable for him to watch me. She doesn’t get stage fright before her performances, but he does. Also, when you get older, you’re so tired you don’t care,” she says. Her favored Christmas plans? Jetting off to a warm locale with her husband “and going somewhere that literally I can sleep for like three days straight before I start the vacation.”Ĭopeland has been married to lawyer Olu Evans for two years, but the couple has been together since she was 21. ![]() “It’s just nice to feel like I don't have to try to be someone I’m not. Confidence, she says, is what’s changed in her 30s. Watch Video: Disney's 'The Nutcracker and the Four Realms' reimagines classic tale This is actually glamorous," she laughs, painting a Zen picture of the spacious hotel room where her hair and makeup team will soon arrive. Prior to opening night at the ballet in New York, for example, she's running from dance class to rehearsal to a tiny changing area for the red carpet – and all of that is followed by her performance, another gown and a dinner schmoozing with donors. Today, Copeland chuckles over the luxury of her Hollywood glam squad ahead of the "Nutcracker" premiere. ![]() Related: 10 burning questions you might have about Disney's new 'Nutcracker' movie More: Remember Renesmee in 'Twilight'? Mackenzie Foy is all grown up – and stars in 'Nutcracker' “To be there to learn about the physical pain you go through, the kind of warm-up you need for every take – I had a lot of respect for dancers, but it grew as I watched her in action,” he says. Our bodies are our tools, and if it’s not rested or properly warmed up with enough time, then we’re going to get injured or just have a really bad product on the screen.”Ĭopeland's team made Disney aware that she, like all professional dancers, begins her day by warming up with a ballet class every morning – no matter if she’s on the road for a book tour or performing "Swan Lake" at the Metropolitan Opera House.Įven Hallström left the "Nutcracker" set with a new appreciation for Copeland's craft. and say, 'Get up, you’ve got to go do your fouettés!' " “It’s very difficult for dancers on most films on the sets because I don’t think there’s a true understanding of what we need in that space,” says Copeland, who has ballerina friends who performed in the movies “Black Swan” and “Red Sparrow.” “I know what it’s like to be on those sets as a dancer and you’re kind of just treated like everyone else, like an extra. Still, trading the Metropolitan Opera House for a Hollywood soundstage had its complications. The dancer has become an iconic figure both commercially (she's the face of Under Armour) and in pop culture (yes, that was her in Drake's “Nice for What” music video).
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