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Heather Watts, 24. Corps de ballet, New York City Ballet. Watts is a lithe wire of a woman who radiates both sensuality and wit onstage. She has approached her career rather casually; Balanchine persuaded her to quit smoking by restructuring a solo just for her. She lives now with Peter Martins, who created his first ballet, Calcium Light Night, for her. A lady with magnetism...
Kevin McKenzie, 24. Soloist, Jeffrey Ballet. Unlike most young male dancers, the tall (6 ft. 1 in.), lanky McKenzie started out with a fluid, adagio style, which usually comes only after long experience. His languid grace reflects an easygoing personality: "If dancing becomes so serious that it can make or break my psyche, then it's no more fun." He literally stumbled into ballet. Coaxed by a third-grade classmate into a tap class, he found he could not keep his balance; his father, a Vermont meat-packing company owner, suggested that he try ballet as a remedy. Even...
Sean Lavery, 21. Soloist, New York City Ballet. At 6 ft. 1 in. and 165 lbs., he is strong enough to "partner" ballerinas through the most strenuous works. "It can be like pumping iron," he says, "if your timing is off. You can put her up there like a barbell, but it doesn't look good." Lavery has also shone on his own. His long legs and short torso emphasize his speed, a quality prized by Balanchine, who has cast Sean in his new fast-paced work, Kammermusik No. 2. Born in Pennsylvania, Lavery started training as a Junior...
Leslie Browne, 20. Soloist, American Ballet Theater. More people have watched the auburn-haired Browne perform in The Turning Point than may ever see her in person. Her lucky casting in the film as an aspiring ballerina who rises to partnership with Baryshnikov not only made her a celebrity but also prompted her to take acting and singing lessons-though only for a while. She is not interested in an acting career and has refused several film offers. Dance remains her passion: "I love the physicality of it all." Like Emilia in The Turning Point, she is the daughter...
George de la Pena, 22. Soloist, American Ballet Theater. The slight (5 ft. 9 in., 140 lbs.) De la Pena's long suit is a powerful sense of theater. At A.B.T. he has danced such roles as the Bluebird in Sleeping Beauty, a sailor in Fancy Free and the Nutcracker prince. A high point came last year when he played the old dollmaker in Coppélia. A curtain-time substitute, he gave a dark, almost mystical performance that New York balletomanes still prize...