From beaten and bruised to one of the brightest stars in the world

He used to sit quietly in a corner of the studio while his mother worked. There were no babysitters in his early years. Whenever Patsy was choreographing, he was there—watching, listening, taking everything in. While other boys spent their afternoons trading baseball cards, he was counting beats, stretching his legs, and learning the rhythm that filled a Houston dance studio. He was born on August 18, 1952. From the start, there was something energetic and driven about him. His father, Jesse, worked as a draftsman at a chemical plant, while his mother founded the Houston Jazz Ballet Company. He grew…

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