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Kevin Patrick McKenzie Biography (1954-)

Born April 29, 1954, in Burlington, VT; son of Raymond James and Ruth (maidenname, Davison) McKenzie. Addresses: Office: American Ballet Theatre,890 Broadway, New York, NY, 10003.

Nationality

American

Gender

Male

Occupation

Ballet dancer, choreographer

Birth Details

April 29, 1954

Burlington, Vermont, United States

Famous Works

• CREDITS
• Stage Appearances; Ballets
• Principal dancer, Monotones, City Center Joffrey Ballet, New YorkCity, 1974
• Oberon, The Dream, City Center Joffrey Ballet, 1976
• Principal dancer, Tchaikovsky Pas de deux, City Center Joffrey Ballet, 1976
• Romeo, Romeo and Juliet, City Center Joffrey Ballet, 1977
• Principal dancer, Theme and Variations, American Ballet Theatre, Washington, DC, 1979
• Principal dancer, Pas de deux Holberg, American Ballet Theatre, Chicago, IL, 1979
• Principal dancer, Les Sylphides, American Ballet Theatre, Washington, DC, 1980
• Her love, Jardin aux lilas, American Ballet Theatre, Minneapolis,MN, 1980
• Prince Siegfried, Swan Lake, American Ballet Theatre, Minneapolis,1980
• Champion roper, Rodeo, American Ballet Theatre, 1980
• Solor, La Bayadere, American Ballet Theatre, Minneapolis, 1980
• Principal dancer, Concert Waltzes, American Ballet Theatre, New York City, 1980
• Color, La Bayadere, American Ballet Theatre, New York City, 1980
• Albrecht, Giselle, American Ballet Theatre, New York City, 1980
• Dark Elegies, American Ballet Theatre, 1980
• Principal dancer, The Leaves Are Fading, American Ballet Theatre,1980
• Principal dancer, Configurations, American Ballet Theatre, Washington, DC, 1981
• Young man, Wild Boy, American Ballet Theatre, Washington, DC, 1981
• Basil and Espada, Don Quixote, American Ballet Theatre, 1981
• The friend, The Moor's Pavane, American Ballet Theatre, 1981
• Principal dancer, Etudes, American Ballet Theatre, 1981
• Principal dancer, Torso, American Ballet Theatre, San Francisco, CA, 1982
• James, La Sylphide, American Ballet Theatre, 1983
• The prince, Cinderella, American Ballet Theatre, Washington, DC, 1984
• Amnon, Amnon v'Tamar, American Ballet Theatre, Miami, FL, 1984
• Principal dancer, Other Dances, American Ballet Theatre, Chicago,1984
• Principal dancer, Paquita, American Ballet Theatre, Miami, 1984
• Principal dancer, Nine Sinatra Songs, American Ballet Theatre, 1984
• Romeo, Romeo and Juliet, American Ballet Theatre, Washington, DC,1985
• Mercutio, Romeo and Juliet, American Ballet Theatre, Los Angeles,1985
• The Blind Man's Daughter, Seoul, South Korea, 1986
• Swan Lake, National Ballet of Cuba, Havana, 1986
• Tchaikowsky Pas de Deux, Bolshoi Theatre, Moscow, 1986
• Don Jose, Carmen, American Ballet Theatre, Washington, DC, 1987
• The gentleman with her, Dim Lustre, American Ballet Theatre, New York City, 1987
• Prince Desire, The Sleeping Beauty, American Ballet Theatre, Chicago, 1987
• Principal dancer, The Garden of Villandry, American Ballet Theatre, New York City, 1988
• Principal dancer, S.P.E.B.S.O.S.A., American Ballet Theatre, New York City, 1988
• Also performed as Franz, Coppelia, American Ballet Theatre; principal dancer, Interplay, Joffrey Ballet; the friend, Pillar of Fire, American Ballet Theatre; in Raymonda (Grand Pas Hongrois) and Requiem, both American Ballet Theatre; and as principal dancer, SylviaPas de deux, American Ballet Theatre. Guest dancer with Houston Ballet, 1978, Spoleto Festival, 1980 and 1984, Theatre des Champs Elysees, Paris, 1981, Sadler's Wells Theatre, London, 1981, Aspen Festival, 1982, Asami Maki Ballet Company, Tokyo, 1983, and London Festival Ballet, 1986.
• Major Tours
• Principal dancer, Song of a Wayfarer, 1988
• Principal dancer, Two Brothers, 1988
• Stage Choreographer
• Groupo Zamboria, New Amsterdam Ballet, Santa Fe, CA, 1984
• Liszt Etudes (also known as Transcendental Etudes), New Amsterdam Ballet, Jacob's Pillow Dance Festival, Lee, MA, 1991
• Lucy and the Coat, Washington Ballet, Baltimore, MD, 1992
• The Nutcracker, American Ballet Theatre, New York City, 1993
• (With Susan Jones) Don Quixote, American Ballet Theatre, 1995
• Swan Lake, American Ballet Theatre, Opera House, John F. Kennedy Center for the Performing Arts, Washington, DC, 2000, then Metropolitan OperaHouse, New York City, 2001
• Stage Work
• Other
• Producer and director, The Party of the Year, 1982
• Television Appearances
• Specials
• Unicorn, Gorgon, and Monticore, WETA (Washington, DC), 1971
• Himself, Variety and Virtuosity: American Ballet Theatre Now, PBS,1998
• Host, Le Corsaire with American Ballet Theatre, PBS, 1999
• Television Artistic Director
• Specials
• Variety and Virtuosity: American Ballet Theatre Now, PBS, 1998
• Le Corsaire with American Ballet Theatre, PBS, 1999

Further Reference

OTHER SOURCES

Books

• International Dictionary of Ballet, St. James Press, 1993

Periodicals

• Dance, May, 1997, p. 26; July, 2002, p. 32

Electronic

• American Ballet Theatre, http://www.abt.org, June 11, 2003