 The 79-year-old Michaels tells Vanity Fair he was initially very skeptical of the plan by his bosses until he heard the AI-generated voice. Michaels says, frankly, it was astonishing and it's a little bit frightening. Yeah, it is frightening. Black ballet artists are stepping into the spotlight at the Kennedy Center. WTOP Entertainment reporter Jason Fraley spoke with the curator of Reframing the Narrative.