Executive Q&A: Director puts OKC ballet in position for success

Oklahoma City represented a drastic change for John Krasno, who arrived one year ago to take over a reorganized Oklahoma City Ballet that almost faced doing its final show.

BY STEVE LACKMEYER Published: August 8, 2010
John Krasno readily admits he was much more acquainted with the two coasts of the country than with Oklahoma City, which he visited just briefly 20 years ago during a movie production.
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Personally speaking
Position: Director of the Oklahoma City Ballet.

Age: 57.

Hometown: Born in Milwaukee, raised in Los Angeles.

Education: Bachelor's in English, UCLA.

Reading: "The Girl With the Dragon Tattoo” by Stieg Larsson.

Listening: Randy Newman.

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