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Exceeding expectations—the hallmark of a breakout...
Junior Elaine Belitsos’ offensive numbers alone wouldn’t lead the casual observer to name her a breakout athlete...
Perhaps too well. Idol was created in Britain by music executive Simon Fuller not just to make hit TV but also to find lasting talent for him to sign. So far the breakout star of this Idol season is William Hung, famous for butchering Ricky Martin's She Bangs at an audition; his debut CD sold nearly 38,000 copies in its first week. Jackson says he sometimes is worried that Idol the reality show will undercut Idol the music search, which in its first two seasons produced both salable talents and high ratings. "Kelly Clarkson was great," says Jackson...
Wheeldon's true breakout began in 2001 with Polyphonia, a dazzlingly imaginative suite set to the jagged piano music of contemporary Hungarian composer Gyorgy Ligeti. Other companies and other styles soon beckoned. There was a richly rendered A Midsummer Night's Dream for Denver's Colorado Ballet; another spiky, witty Ligeti work, Continuum, for the San Francisco Ballet; a fairy-tale treatment of Stravinsky's Firebird for the Boston Ballet. Like Balanchine before him, Wheeldon ventured onto Broadway, creating dances for the 2002 musical Sweet Smell of Success. It was a dud, but it led to a collaboration with Success...
...breakout success led to a pivotal moment in his life path. As he recalls, “I had to make a decision. I went back to my mentor at William James Hall and told him I didn’t know what to do. I really did enjoy research, and I thought I could make a contribution...