Life in Motion: An Unlikely Ballerina (39 page)

Dance Theatre of Harlem,
6
,
97
,
175
,
178
,
183
–86,
195
,
240
,
241

Danielle (friend),
26
,
31

DelaCerna, Cameron (brother),
53
,
54
,
55
,
68
,
126
,
208

and Robert,
18
,
51
,
52
,
61
,
83
,
110

DelaCerna, Sylvia (mother),
55
–65

adoption of,
13
–14,
206

at Boys and Girls Club ceremony,
232
–33

as cheerleader,
23
,
39

childhood of,
13
–14,
56
,
204
,
206

children of,
9
,
18
,
20
,
56
,
65
,
78
,
186
,
204

and Cindy,
39
–40,
63
–65,
83
–87,
111
,
114
,
116
,
117
,
118
–19,
130
–33,
139

and Doug,
56
,
203
–4,
205
,
206
–7

and Harold,
12
,
13
,
14

jobs held by,
55
–56,
78
,
133
–34

and men,
9
,
14
,
18
,
24
–25,
26
,
53
,
57
,
58
–60,
126
,
133
,
197
,
234

and Misty’s childhood,
10
,
18
,
19
–20

and Misty’s dancing,
40
,
63
–65,
83
–87,
89
,
96
,
110
–11,
118
–19,
146
,
150
,
180
,
187
,
214
,
242
,
247

and Misty’s emancipation,
122
–23,
124
–25,
127

personal traits of,
13
,
55
–56

and responsibility,
59
,
64
,
121
,
207

and Robert,
47
,
50
,
51
–55

wanting Misty back home,
110
–11,
113
,
114
,
118
–20,
123
,
124
,
163
–64

Delman, Gregg,
259

Diggs, Taye,
194

Don Quixote:

Dryad Queen role in,
257

flower girl variations,
202
,
237

Kitri role in,
15
–16,
73
–74,
90
,
91
,
92
–93,
96
,
114
,
139

pas de deux
,
73
,
127

Dorothy Chandler Pavilion,
15
–16,
74
,
93
,
114

Dutch National Ballet,
176
,
227

Ellis, Ashley,
128
,
138
,
144
,
145
,
149

emancipation:

of child performers,
120
–23,
127

fought by Misty’s mother,
122
–23,
124
–25

Misty declared emancipated minor,
121
–22,
232

petition withdrawn,
125
,
153

English National Ballet,
98

Erik Bruhn Competition,
229
–31

Extra
,
126

Eyes That Gently Touch
,
224

Fales, Timothy,
181

Fales-Hill, Susan,
181
–82,
188
,
242

Fayyaz, Leyla,
151
,
153
–54,
155
,
164
,
167
–68,
177
,
192
–93

Firebird
,
237
–50

critical reviews,
242
–44,
249

dancing in pain,
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,
246
–47,
252
–53

Misty as Firebird in,
1
–8,
238
–39,
241
–44,
245
–50,
252
,
253
,
261
–63

pas de deux
,
240

Ratmansky as choreographer for,
4
–5,
239
–40,
243

on the road,
242
–43

schedule for,
238
–39

story of,
237
–38

unique performances in,
239
–40,
243
,
259

Forum, Los Angeles,
224

Garland, Robert,
250

George, Nelson,
7

Gibbons, Leeza,
131
,
132

Giselle
,
109
,
154
,
165
,
174
,
175
,
185
,
201
,
262

Glass, Philip,
144
–45

Gong
,
196

Gooding, Cuba, Jr.,
232

Graham Central Station (funk rock group),
216

Grandma Marie,
31
,
48
,
206

Grandpa Martin,
48
–49

Graves, Lorraine,
250

gyrotonics classes,
256
–57

Haley, Jason,
42

Hallberg, David,
152
,
225

Harold (stepfather),
16
,
50
,
204

leaving,
13
,
14
,
24
,
26
,
61
,
68
,
86
,
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,
211

life with,
10
–14,
19
,
46
,
47
,
54
,
76
,
203
,
206

and Lindsey,
11
,
12
,
61
,
83

Herrera, Paloma,
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,
74
–75,
114
,
127
,
133
,
136
,
235

and
Dance
story,
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