--- title: Misty Copeland Gave Jimmy Kimmel A Ballet Lesson: Video description: Jimmy Kimmel and Guillermo met up with Misty Copeland at a Manhattan studio for a much-needed dance lesson. canonical: https://time.com/4079566/misty-copeland-jimmy-kimmel-ballet-lesson/ author: Megan McCluskey article:opinion: false article:content_tier: free article:published_time: 2015-10-20T15:25:59.000Z article:modified_time: 2026-04-13T07:26:10.506Z og:title: Watch Misty Copeland Give Jimmy Kimmel A Ballet Lesson og:description: "Ballet was born in Italy more than 600 years ago and today it died" og:url: https://time.com/4079566/misty-copeland-jimmy-kimmel-ballet-lesson/ og:site_name: TIME og:image: https://static.time.com/v3/assets/bltea6093859af6183b/blt3c39e377e3671042/698868fbcd1bba8b706fdb81/misty-copeland1.jpg?branch=production&width=3840&quality=75&auto=webp&crop=16:9 og:image:width: 1200 og:image:height: 675 og:image:alt: MISTY COPELAND, JIMMY KIMMEL og:type: article twitter:card: summary_large_image twitter:title: Watch Misty Copeland Give Jimmy Kimmel A Ballet Lesson twitter:description: "Ballet was born in Italy more than 600 years ago and today it died" twitter:image: https://static.time.com/v3/assets/bltea6093859af6183b/blt3c39e377e3671042/698868fbcd1bba8b706fdb81/misty-copeland1.jpg?branch=production&width=3840&quality=75&auto=webp&crop=16:9 ---  # Watch Misty Copeland Give Jimmy Kimmel a Ballet Lesson  by [Megan McCluskey](https://time.com/author/megan-mccluskey/)  ## Megan McCluskey Staff Writer Oct 20, 2015 3:25 PM UTC  JIMMY KIMMEL LIVE - ABC's "Jimmy Kimmel Live" returns to the host's hometown of Brooklyn, New York for five original shows which will tape live from the Brooklyn Academy of Music's Howard Gilman Opera House starting on Monday, October 19th. Emmy Award-nominated "Jimmy Kimmel Live" airs every weeknight (11:35 p.m. - 12:41 a.m., ET), packed with hilarious comedy bits and features a diverse lineup of guests including celebrities, athletes, musicians, comedians and humorous human interest subjects. The guests for MONDAY, OCTOBER 19 included Bill Murray, a performance by Principal Dancer Misty Copeland and American Ballet Theatre, plus musical guest Ryan Adams. (ABC/Randy Holmes) MISTY COPELAND, JIMMY KIMMEL JIMMY KIMMEL LIVE - ABC's "Jimmy Kimmel Live" returns to the host's hometown of Brooklyn, New York for five original shows which will tape live from the Brooklyn Academy of Music's Howard Gilman Opera House starting on Monday, October 19th. Emmy Award-nominated "Jimmy Kimmel Live" airs every weeknight (11:35 p.m. - 12:41 a.m., ET), packed with hilarious comedy bits and features a diverse lineup of guests including celebrities, athletes, musicians, comedians and humorous human interest subjects. The guests for MONDAY, OCTOBER 19 included Bill Murray, a performance by Principal Dancer Misty Copeland and American Ballet Theatre, plus musical guest Ryan Adams. (ABC/Randy Holmes) MISTY COPELAND, JIMMY KIMMELRandy Holmes—ABC  by [Megan McCluskey](https://time.com/author/megan-mccluskey/)  ## Megan McCluskey Staff Writer Oct 20, 2015 3:25 PM UTC Jimmy Kimmel knew Misty Copeland would be intimidated by his natural ballet talent, but he decided to let her try to teach him a few things anyway. Monday night’s episode of _Jimmy Kimmel Live!_ kicked off a week of Brooklyn hometown shows for the host, and featured Kimmel and Guillermo meeting up with Copeland at a Manhattan studio for a much-needed dance lesson. The American Ballet Theatre’s principal dancer whipped the two novices into shape, making them practice moves such as a plié and a grand battement. “Misty was nice but she was a little bit tough on us because, you know, ballet is a very competitive world, and you just get somebody like me who shows up and is immediately good at it and it had to bother her,” Kimmel commented. “I mean, she has worked at this her whole life, and I just stroll in and master it.” But while Copeland did compliment Kimmel on his shapely, yet hairy, legs, she had a different take on his dancing. “Ballet was born in Italy more than 600 years ago and today it died,” she said. 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