Dancing Through It: My Journey in the Ballet (40 page)

auditions for,
28
–29,
57
–58

as author’s calling,
55

author’s entry into world of,
2
–3,
12

ballet,
see
ballet

ballroom classes,
36

character,
25

in childhood,
6
–7,
13
–16

to country music,
127
–28

and falling in performance,
175
–80,
251

joy of,
4
,
5
,
7
,
49
,
114
,
118
,
152
,
158
,
159
,
187
,
206
,
208
,
250

muscle memory in,
173

performance as reward in,
74
,
173
–74

and pregnancy,
205
–7,
246
,
247
–49,
250
–51

professional jobs available in,
57

and recovery from injuries,
52
,
55

through pain,
21
–22,
51
,
80
–81,
87
,
185
,
197
–99

weight for,
3
–4,
54
–55,
86
–87,
104
,
107
–9,
136
,
151
,
153
,
159
–60,
219
–20,
248
–49

Daniels, Rob:

and
Oprah,
223
,
226
,
228
,
230

and
Today,
216
,
217
–18,
221

Danilova, Madame [Alexandra],
37
–38

David H. Koch Theater, New York,
47

see also
New York State Theater

Day, Mary,
18
–19,
26
,
28
,
176
–77

dedication,
34
,
43

Denim and Diamonds, New York,
126
–27

Desyatnikov, Leonid,
203

Diamond Project,
86
,
200
,
202

Dirty Dancing
(movie),
33

Dixie Chicks,
163

Dronova, Alina,
203

Dunleavy, Rosemary:

and author’s career,
72
,
107
,
154
–56

and
Ballo della Regina,
69
–72

and
The
Nutcracker,
64
–65

and rehearsals,
46
,
61
–62,
70
–71,
80

and
Tschaikovsky Suite No. 3,
61
–62

as teacher,
70
–71

eating disorders:

anorexia,
3
,
87
,
220

author’s admission of,
102
,
106

in ballet world,
107
–8,
219
–20,
224

binge-purge cycle,
91
,
92
,
93
,
97
,
98
,
104
,
108

and control of food,
86

and denial,
3
,
93
–94,
100
,
103
,
104
,
109
–10,
129

finding tools for fighting,
115
–16,
225

overcoming,
5
,
117
,
151
,
160

Overeaters Anonymous,
101
–3,
104
–5,
109
,
110

public attention to,
216
,
219
–21,
224
,
225
,
231

Erlon, Suzanne,
25
,
34
,
177

Evans, Albert,
203

Fairchild, Robert,
209

falling in performance,
175
–80,
251

Fayette, Deena,
149

Fayette, Grace Rebecca (daughter),
207
,
208
–10,
226
,
245
–48,
254
,
257

Fayette, James:

author’s engagement to,
160

and country music,
127
–28

and dancers’ union,
128
,
192

in
Dances at a Gathering,
240

and dating,
125
–26,
130
,
145
–48,
149
,
150
,
151
–52,
160

final performance at Saratoga,
193
–95

freelance dance projects with,
112
–13,
128
–29,
133
,
134
–44

and married life,
192

and New Paltz
Nutcracker,
134
,
138
–44

and parenthood,
205
,
207
–8,
245

promoted to principal dancer,
193

and religion,
128
,
131
–33,
136
,
151
,
188

and retirement,
192
–96

in
Romeo and Juliet,
150
,
180
–81

in
Serenade,
159

and Sugar Plumgate,
212
–13

in
Waltz Project,
95
–98

wedding of Jenifer and,
188
–91

Fayette, James and Benita,
188

Fayette, Luke Douglas (son),
247
,
250
,
251
,
254
,
257

Fearful Symmetries
(Martins),
78
–81

Feld, Elliot,
Intermezzo No. 1,
202

Fondiller, Fay,
111
–12,
117

food:

celebrating with,
103
–4

and control,
86
,
151
,
152
,
160

misuse of,
53
,
102
,
104
,
109

Fordham University,
73
,
89
,
124
,
138
,
150

The Four Seasons
(Robbins),
178
–79,
226
,
230

Fracci, Carla,
184
–86

Frolich, Jean-Pierre,
207

Galli, Louis,
51

Garcia-Stefanovich, Tatiana,
40
,
43
,
45

Gingerich, Tanya,
44

Giselle
(Adolphe Adam),
185

Gordon, Alan,
192
–93

Gould, Morton,
81

Hamilton, Linda,
86

Harlequinade
(Balanchine),
92
–93

Hauser, Lauren,
236

health and wellness,
87

hemp house,
143

Hendl, Susan,
28
,
96
,
97

Higgins, Arch,
43
,
44
,
45
,
48
–49,
57

Hilton, Perez,
216

Hindemith, Paul,
178

Hoag, Michelle,
225
,
246

Holland, SAB trip to,
52
–53

House Church, New York,
106
–7,
111
,
117

Houston, Kipling,
239
–40

Hübbe, Nikolaj,
184
–87

imagination,
7
,
10
,
15

insecurity,
87
,
91
,
92
,
93
,
94
,
136

Internet,
215
–16,
218
,
221
,
222
,
230

Interplay
(Robbins),
81
–83

Ivesiana
(Balanchine),
90
–91

Jackson, Michael,
66

Jaffe, Bryce,
43
–44

Jaffe, Susan,
185
–86

Joffrey Ballet,
56
,
227

Judds,
126
–27

Juilliard School, performances in,
32

Kaiser, Russell,
109

Kammermusik No. 2
(Balanchine),
178

Kennedy Center, Washington, DC,
27
,
28
–29

King, Rev. Jonathan,
188
–89

Kirov Ballet,
56

Kirov Ballet School,
52

Kistler, Darci,
194

Kowroski, Maria,
162

Kramerevsky, Andre,
37

Lacarra, Lucia,
185
–86

Lauer, Matt,
218
,
219
–21

Lavery, Sean,
44
,
83
–84

Lincoln Center, New York,
47

Lipp, Robert,
73

Lopez, Lourdes,
233
,
241

Macaulay, Alastair,
212
–17,
218
,
220
–21,
224

makeup,
16
–17,
157
,
158
,
163
–64,
167

Martins, Peter:

and author’s career,
56
–58,
93
,
156
,
161
,
199

and author’s injuries,
198
–99

and author’s return,
153
–56

and author’s weight problems,
108
,
109
–10,
112

as ballet master in chief,
46
,
79
,
81
,
197
,
200

choreography,
see
Martins, Peter, choreography by

and parenthood,
207

and rehearsals,
46
–47,
91
,
96
–97

roles assigned by,
50
,
86
,
211

Martins, Peter, choreography by:

Barber Violin Concerto,
193
–94

Fearful Symmetries,
78
–81

Naïve and Sentimental Music,
172
–73

Sinfonia,
94
–95

Swan Lake,
197
–99

The Waltz Project,
95
–98

Maryland Youth Ballet School,
20

metabolism,
54
,
88

Metropolitan Opera House, New York,
47

Metzger, Rebecca,
115

Meunier, Monique,
33
,
40
,
50
,
65
,
70
–71,
72

Mihok, Kathy,
111
–12,
117

Minns, Martyn,
41

mirrors,
255
–57

and body shape,
54
,
89
,
94
,
118
–19

flaws seen in,
86
,
89
,
119
,
245
,
256
–57

and stage makeup,
16
,
157
,
163

Moore, Cornelia,
41

Moves
(Robbins),
89
–90

muscle memory,
173

music,
169
–73

blanking in performance,
181
–82,
183
–84

and choreography,
169
,
171
–72,
174
,
201
,
242
,
252

country,
127
–28

joy of,
4
,
220
,
241

and movement,
4
,
5
,
209

rehearsal pianists,
171

Naïve and Sentimental Music
(Martins),
172
–73

Nantucket, performances in,
129
–31

National Ballet of Canada,
207

Naumann, Lisa,
138
–44

Naumann, Peter,
134
,
138
–44

Naval Criminal Investigative Service (NCIS),
9
,
17

Nelson, Willie,
126
,
127
,
163

neoclassical style,
35
–36,
178
,
184
,
262

New Paltz, New York,
Nutcracker
in,
134
,
137
–44

New Paltz School of Ballet,
138

New York City:

author’s first apartment in,
76
–77,
104

Christmas in,
41
–42,
64
,
146

First Night,
149

job opportunities in,
115
–17

life in,
29
,
38
,
39
,
68
–69,
76

Ringer family’s move to,
30
–31

Riverside Park,
151
,
160

Rose Building,
153

wedding in,
188
–92

Wollman Rink, Central Park,
146

New York City Ballet:

appearance as important to,
89
,
91
,
220
,
249

apprentices with,
56
–58,
59
–60,
68
–69

author as corps member of,
72
–74,
77
–78

as author’s goal,
55

author’s promotion to principal in,
161
,
188

author’s promotion to soloist in,
3
,
93
,
159

author’s release from,
109
–10,
111
,
113
,
115
,
118
,
128

author’s return to,
4
,
152
–60

and Balanchine,
27
,
187

and choreography,
56
,
70
–71

company class,
59
–60