Life in Motion: An Unlikely Ballerina (40 page)

Misty’s first meeting,
140
,
141
–44

as role model,
74
–75,
92

Houston Ballet,
98

Irving “Papa” (Cindy’s father),
75
–76,
156

Jeff, and Erica,
40
,
63
,
208

Jessica (friend),
102
–3,
105
,
114
,
135

Jimenez, Tai,
175
,
228

Joffrey Ballet,
94
,
97
,
98
,
104
,
138

Johnson, Magic,
232

Johnson, Virginia,
240

Jones, Star,
7

Kansas City Chiefs,
23
,
39
,
57

Karl Marx Theatre, Havana,
222

Kayako (roommate),
102
–3,
105

KCET-TV,
90
,
97

King, Martin Luther, Jr.,
183

Kirkland, Gelsey,
73
,
74
,
92
,
136
,
142
,
143
,
149
,
167

Kirov Ballet,
98
,
245

Kniaseff, Boris,
255

Koch Theater, New York,
157

Krispy Kreme doughnuts,
168
–69

Kudo, Elaine,
149
,
224

Ku Klux Klan,
176
,
226

Kylián, Jirí,
230

La Bayadère
,
74
,
151
,
154
,
174
,
252

Gamzatti role in,
244
–45,
248
,
249
,
250
–51,
253

Nikiya role in,
262

Lansing, Mike,
38

La Scala opera house,
98

Lauridsen, Diane,
127
–28,
129
–30,
164
,
182
,
252

Lauridsen Ballet Centre,
119
,
127
–30,
138
,
147
,
163
,
204
,
252

Le Corsair
,
108

Lee, Debra,
7
,
249

Leeza
,
131
,
152

Leonard, Sugar Ray,
232

Liebert, Marjorie,
255
–56

Lindsey (sister),
18
,
54
,
68
,
96
,
126
,
133
,
147

birth and childhood of,
10
,
11
–12,
23
–24

and Harold,
11
,
12
,
61
,
83

and Robert,
46
,
50
–51,
174
,
203

wedding of,
208

Lopez, Jennifer,
232

Los Angeles Times
,
126
,
243

Los Angeles Times Magazine
,
89

Lotus, New York,
193
–94

Mack, Alicia Graf,
176
,
228

Mack, Craig,
24

MacLaine, Shirley,
148

Madison Square Garden, New York,
219
,
222
–24

Madonna,
74

Makarova, Natalia,
73
,
149
,
232
,
245
,
249

Malcolm X,
192

Maple, Charles,
71
,
93
,
100
–102,
108

Margeaux (roommate),
138

Mariah (niece),
205
,
208

Martins, Peter,
183

Matthews, Jared,
221
,
230

McAdams, Rachel,
216
–17

McKenzie, Kevin:

anniversary of,
5
,
248

as artistic director,
5
,
158
–59,
179
,
197
–200,
248
,
258

challenges presented by,
200
–202,
229
–31,
245
,
248

and Misty’s career,
143
,
145
–46,
150
–51,
160
,
164
,
173
,
182
,
186
,
197
–200,
226
,
229
–31,
235
,
238
–39

and Misty’s performances,
7
,
200
,
230
,
249

Meehan, John,
139
,
145
–46,
150
,
225

Metropolitan Opera House,
90
,
232

ABT spring seasons in,
157
,
173
,
242

banner on facade of,
246
,
253

post-performance in,
199
–200

preparation in,
5
–6

rehearsals in,
4
,
173
–74,
246

on stage in,
1
,
7
,
8
,
25
,
185
,
209
,
221
,
222
,
234
,
245
–48

Miami City Ballet,
98
,
201

Michael, George,
27
,
28

Mike (stepfather),
56

Miller, Roger,
35

Mitchell, Arthur,
6
,
7
,
183
–86,
224
,
242
,
250

Monique, Auntie,
57
–58,
60

Morissette, Alanis,
110
,
114

National Ballet of Canada,
98
,
229

National Ballet of Spain,
106

New Edition,
26
,
50
,
178

New York City:

ABT seasons in,
156
–57

Misty’s apartments in,
190
–91

Misty’s life in,
136
–38,
153
–54,
188
–94,
204

New York City Ballet,
98
,
176
,
183
,
201

New Yorker, The
,
249

New York Times
,
74
,
175
–76,
177

Nureyev, Rudolf,
73
,
106

Nutcracker, The:

and
Chocolate Nutcracker
,
87
–88,
145
,
160