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Local woman flies high
‘Luzia’ coming to Marymoor to feature Seattle’s McDonald by Samantha Pak
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Cirque du Soleil show at King County’s Marymoor Park near Redmond is not new. But when “Luzia” opens on March 30, there will be an added layer to the show’s run through May 21. This is because it will feature a hometown performer. Seattle native Kelly McDonald will be featured in “Luzia” as an Adagio flyer. Having performed as a general acrobat in Franco Dragone’s production “Le Rêve” in Las Vegas, flying through the air is something McDonald has become accustomed to. But before she was doing it on stage, she was flying through the air in a different environment as a competitive gymnast. McDonald got her start at the age of 5 at Seattle Gymnastics Academy. She switched clubs to Cascade Elite Gymnastics in Lynnwood, which
{ { “Luzia” performers toss Adagio flyer Kelly McDonald in the air during a performance, coming to Redmond March 30 - May 21. Photo courtesy of
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later moved to Mountlake Terrace. McDonald stayed at that club until she graduated from Roosevelt High School in Seattle and then moved on to compete for the University of Washington Huskies. She retired from competitive gymnastics in 2006 and started her stage career in Las Vegas the next year.
COMPETING VS. PERFORMING
There was a transition McDonald had to make going from competing to performing, as there were marked differences between the two. She said as a competitive gymnast, she was restricted to rules and a code of points she had to follow. Any new skills she learned and mastered were assigned a point value. In performing, there is more creativity and she could learn a new skill that does not have a name but would be connected to a specific emotion she is trying to convey. McDonald said performing is also ‘LUZIA’ CONTINUED ON PG 11
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