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ONE SINGLE-MINDED SENSATION TO THOSE WHO WORKED WITH HIM ON A CHORUS LINE, MICHAEL BENNETT WAS A GIFTED CHOREOGRAPHER - AND A RUTHLESS MASTER OF MANIPULATION
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ADAPTED FROM ONE SINGULAR SENSATION: THE MICHAEL BENNETT
STORY, WHICH IS BEING PUBLISHED THIS MONTH BY DOUBLEDAY.
From One Singular Sensation: The Michael Bennett Story.
Copyright (c) 1990 by Kevin Kelly. Used by permission of
Doubleday.
Although Michael Bennett said he loved dancers, they sometimes
drove him crazy. They had such small minds. There were exceptions,
but most of them weren't very smart. Dancers rarely thought about
ca...
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ONE SINGLE-MINDED SENSATION TO THOSE WHO WORKED WITH HIM ON A CHORUS LINE, MICHAEL BENNETT WAS A GIFTED CHOREOGRAPHER - AND A RUTHLESS MASTER OF MANIPULATION
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