SELF PORTRAIT

Michael Bearden

Michael Bearden, artistic director of Ballet Arkansas, in the ballet company's new space downtown on Main Street. Dancers in background are, from left, Amanda Sewell and Hannah Bradshaw.
Michael Bearden, artistic director of Ballet Arkansas, in the ballet company's new space downtown on Main Street. Dancers in background are, from left, Amanda Sewell and Hannah Bradshaw.

• DATE AND PLACE OF BIRTH: April 12, 1980, in Searcy

• FAVORITE CUISINE: I love Mexican. And barbecue, but I have to be in the mood.

• I ABSOLUTELY WILL NOT EAT coconut.

• THE ENTREE FOR MY LAST MEAL: Enchiladas Suizas

• FAVORITE COLORS: Blue and red

• I'M MOST COMFORTABLE WITH PEOPLE WHO are honest and respectful.

• I'M A SUCKER FOR a good tie.

• FAVORITE BALLET I EVER DANCED: Jiri Kylian's Petite Mort

• FAVORITE ROLE I WISH I'D DANCED: I was in the ballet, but I never did Romeo in [Prokofiev's] Romeo and Juliet.

• I WANT MY CHILDREN TO REMEMBER that I love them.

• I KNEW I HAD TO GROW UP when my parents dropped me off at the University of Utah and I didn't know a single person there.

• THE CELEBRITY I RESEMBLE? My sister always told me I looked like a cross between Ben Stiller and Tom Cruise.

• I'VE ALWAYS MADE TIME to watch Downton Abbey.

• FAVORITE MOVIE: The Shawshank Redemption

• MY PET PEEVE: The lawless nature of driving in parking lots. I hate driving in parking lots. There are no rules.

• ONE WORD TO SUM ME UP: Direct

High Profile on 03/29/2015

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