She is never more light than when she is on stage, on her toes. Her athleticism and grace on full display. She can leave through the air. She can spend on a dime. She can make you believe she is a swan by a lake. Do you feel comfortable up there . Yes, something happens when you feel that energy and excitement from the audience. You jump higher than you ever have. Its just a really magical thing that happens in those moments. Charlie im pleased to have Misty Copeland at this table for the first time. Misty thanks for having me. Charlie are you better because she took the arduous journey that you took to be where you are. Misty its hard to say. I think that because of all the obstacles and just the way i grew up in my Life Experiences i think it has made me fight harder. It has pushed me to be better and not take things for granted. So maybe it has. Charlie its a lesson and will a lesson in support, a lesson in belief. What else made it happen . Misty talent . Charlie yes, of course, ta
Reporter Misty Copeland will tell you she is never more alive than when she ahs is on stage. Her athleticism and grace on full display. She can leap through the air. She can spin on a dime. She can make you believe she is a swan by a leak. Lake. Do you feel comfortable up there . Misty yes. Something happens when you feel the energy and excitement from the audience heard you jump higher than you ever have. It is really magical. Charlie i am pleased to have missed the for the first Misty Copeland for the first time. Nice to see you. Are you better because you took the arduous journey that you took to be where you are . Misty its hard to say. But i think that because of all of the obstacles and the way i grew up and my Life Experiences, i think it has made me fight harder. It has pushed me to be better and not take things for granted. So maybe it has. Charlie it is a lesson in will. A lesson in support. A lesson in belief. What else made it happen . Misty talent. Charlie yes, of course.
Who talks about harper lees new book, go set a watchman. I think its a very good book. The part of me that set out to be an english professor before i got kidnapped by newspapering thinks this is a very significant moment in terms of literary scholarship, and ill tell you why here we get to see the growth process of a writer starting out and feeling her way toward the writer she wanted to be toward the story that she wanted to tell, then abandoning it and giving ate more polished expression. Rose we conclude this evening with Charles Kaiser. His new book is about courage at the time of the French Resistance during world war ii. Whats important to remember is that in the two days after the normandy invasion, there were 1,000 acts of sabotage carried out by the resistance to prevent the germans from being able to reinforce the troops after the invasion. And de gaulle and eisenhower says in his memoirs over and over again how grate offful he was. Rose copeland, raines and kaiser when we c
Misty copeland will tell you, she is never more alive than when she is on stage, on her toes, her athleticism and grace on full display. She can leap through the air. She can spin on a dime. She can make you believe she is by a lake. Wan you feel comfortable up there . Misty yes. Something happens when you feel that energy and excitement from the audience, and you do, you jump higher than you ever have. Its this really magical thing that happens in those moments. Charlie i am pleased to have Misty Copeland at this table for the first time. Welcome. Misty thank you so much for having me. Charlie are you better because you took the arduous journey that you took to be where you are . Are misty its hard to say. But you know, i think that because of all the obstacles, just the way i grew up, my Life Experiences, i think it has made me fight harder. It has pushed me to be better and not take things for granted. So maybe it has. Charlie is it a lesson in will, a lesson in support, a lesson in
Career. You have to be able to have one foot in the music, also in the creation of the media around the music and the way your shows put together. Im not a musician, per se, but ive always been obsessed with music and i create music now and ive learned how to play music on my own, and i think its bigger than just getting a guitar and putting something together. You have to create an atmosphere and something electronic, the music we make is more complex. Rose music and dance, next. Rose funding for charlie rose has been provided by rose additional funding provided by and by bloomberg, a provider of multimedia news and Information Services worldwide. Captioning sponsored by Rose Communications from our studios in new york city, this is charlie rose. Misty copeland is here. Last month, she became the first africanamerican woman to be named a principal dancer in american ballet theaters 75year history. The news came just a few days after her new york debut in swan lake. She began her balle