Life in Motion: An Unlikely Ballerina (36 page)

principal dancers,
7
,
154
,
156
,
158
–59

qualities required by,
108
–9

roles assigned to,
158
–59

ballet:

appearance as critical in,
108
,
165
–66,
167

artistic directors’ roles,
198
–200

assemblé
,
129

audiences,
7
–8,
216
,
235
,
260
–61

ballon
,
162

barre à terre
,
255

basic positions,
36
–37,
70

black community of,
7
,
87
–88,
228
,
232

brisé
,
107

chaîné
,
30

classes,
157
–58,
164
,
237

competitions entered,
90
,
200
–202,
229
–31

competition within,
129
,
155
,
198
,
228

corps de ballet,
154
,
156
,
158
,
172

dancing in pain,
159
,
177
,
230
,
246
–47,
248

eating disorders,
167
–69

échappés
,
202

entrechat
,
118

épaulement
,
73

esprit de corps,
6
,
241

fondu
,
2

fouetté
,
70
,
93
,
96

freelance engagements,
157
,
216
–18,
221
,
226

glissade
,
2
,
118

grand allegro
,
107

grand battement
,
218

grand jeté
,
37
,
105
,
118
,
163

hard work in,
69
–72,
129
–30,
144
,
149
,
259
,
261

here today, gone tomorrow,
160
,
253
,
257

hierarchies in,
156

injuries in,
160

lengthening the body for,
165
–66,
171

as Misty’s world,
43
,
46
,
62
–63,
67
,
68
,
74
,
89
,
122
,
128
,
130
,
137
,
152
–53,
162
–63,
170
,
187
,
190
,
197
,
203
,
208
,
209
,
236
,
255

pas de deux
,
4
,
71
,
105
,
144
,
152
,
201

passé
,
69
–70

petit allegro
,
107

piqué,
31

piqué ménage
,
94

pirouette
,
37

plié
,
2
,
69

port de bras
,
2
,
256
,
258

and race issues,
52
,
98
,
101
–2,
143
,
156
,
163
,
173
–76,
177
,
183
,
226
–29,
235
,
236
,
251
,
252

ronds de jambe
,
2
,
129

schedules in,
156
–59

stamina needed in,
105
,
158
,
162
,
166
,
169
,
258

summer programs,
97
–99,
103
–5,
130
,
135
,
183

temps de cuisse
,
107
,
117

tendu
,
2

“white ballets,”
174
,
175

Ballet Russe de Monte Carlo,
175
,
226

Bancroft, Anne,
148

Bartell, Steven,
121
–22,
123

Baryshnikov, Mikhail “Misha,”
73
,
75
,
136
,
142
,
148
,
149
,
224

Bassett, Angela,
87

Beating the Odds
(TV),
91
,
97

black ballerinas,
226
–29

as family,
241
–42,
249
,
253

iconic roles danced by,
1
–2,
241
–42,
247
,
249
–50,
251

on Met banner,
246
,
253

Misty as role model for,
2
,
5
,
6
,
7
,
8
,
210
,
236
,
237
,
245
,
247
,
248
,
259
–61,
262

and race issues,
52
,
98
,
101
–2,
143
,
156
,
163
,
173
–76,
177
,
184
,
226
–29,
235
,
236
,
251
,
252

soloists,
210
–11,
231

“Where Are All the Black Swans?,”
175
–76,
177

Bolshoi Ballet,
98

Bolshoi Theatre, Moscow,
25

Boston Ballet,
98
,
128
,
175

Boys and Girls Club, San Pedro,
30
,
42
,
56
,
185

ballet classes,
32
–33,
34
,
38
–39,
69
,
107
,
117
,
139
,
233
,
237
,
260

Boys and Girls Clubs of America:

Hall of Fame,
232
–33

Misty as ambassador for,
259

Project Plié,
260

Bradley, Cindy:

ambitions for Misty,
43
–45,
73
,
78
,
97
,
113
,
114
,
163