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Jimmy Kimmel's pink tutu and ballet moves didn't impress professional ballerina Misty Copeland one bit._  by [Megan McCluskey](https://time.com/author/megan-mccluskey/)  ## Megan McCluskey Staff Writer Oct 20, 2015 3:25 PM UTC Jimmy Kimmel's pink tutu and ballet moves didn't impress professional ballerina Misty Copeland one bit.  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. See the whole clip below: ## Transcript [00:00] After more than a decade of hosting his own late night [00:02] show, Jimmy Kimmel has plenty of cred in the [00:04] entertainment industry. But there's one thing he should [00:07] probably leave off his resume, ballet. Isn't this good [00:11] though? Oh, no. This is what you [00:15] guys were Doing. [ LAUGH ] Yeah. Jimmy [00:19] Kimmel Live came to Brooklyn, Kimmel's hometown. [00:22] And Kimmel and his pal, Guillermo, met up with [00:24] professional ballerina Misty Copeland for some [00:27] lessons. Copeland is the principle dancer for American [00:30] Ballet Theater and the first African American to hold [00:32] the The spot. So in the ballet world, she's a pretty big [00:35] deal. And she's used to working with professionals, not [00:39] two middle- aged late night personalities in tights. [00:42] Ballet was born in Italy more than 600 years ago, and [00:47] today it died. 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