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Herman Cornejo (right) photo by Lucas Chilczuk. Roberto Bolle (left), photo by Luciano Romano.
JULY 2015
GLORYA KAUFMAN PRESENTS DANCE AT THE MUSIC CENTER
PRESENTS
Roberto Bolle and Herman Cornejo
ARTISTIC DIRECTORS AND PRINCIPAL DANCERS
CO-PRODUCED BY
The Music Center
Richard Kielar/Arts Producer Plus LLC
Emanuela Bolle/Artedanza s.r.l.
DANCERS
Roberto Bolle, Herman Cornejo, Paulo Arrais, Mary Carmen Catoya,
Petra Conti, Erica Cornejo, Marlon Dino, Maria Eichwald,
Paloma Herrera, Maria Kochetkova, Lucia Lacarra, Juan Pablo Ledo,
Carlos Molina, Luciana Paris, Marijn Rademaker, Kleber Rebello,
Henry Sidford, Dinu Tamazlâcaru, Viengsay Valdes
PRODUCTION LIGHTING DESIGN
Brandon Stirling Baker
PRODUCTION STAGE MANAGER
Marco Pelle
DIRECTOR OF SOUND AND VIDEO TECHNOLOGY
Massimiliano Volpini
Support for this engagement is provided, in part, by the Glorya Kaufman Dance Foundation,
Center Dance Arts, Dorothy Buffum Chandler Program Fund, Elisabeth Katte Harris,
The Music Center Foundation, and The Music Center Annual Fund.
P1 PERFORMANCES MAGAZINE
2015-2016 THE MUSIC CENTER BOARD OF DIRECTORS
OFFICERS
MEMBERS AT LARGE
Lisa Specht
William H. Ahmanson
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Peter K. Barker
Wallis Annenberg
Timothy S. Wahl
Judith Beckmen
Louise Henry Bryson
Susan M. Wegleitner
Dannielle Campos Ramirez
Alyce Williamson
BOARD CHAIR
Robert J. Abernethy
Michael J. Pagano
VICE CHAIRS
Karen Kay Platt
SECRETARY
Shelby Notkin
TREASURER
Lisa Whitney
ASSISTANT TREASURER AND
CHIEF FINANCIAL OFFICER
DIRECTORS EMERITI
Craig A. Ellis
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GENERAL COUNSEL
Lloyd E. Cotsen
John B. Emerson*
Lois Erburu
Richard M. Ferry
Brindell Gottlieb
Bernard A. Greenberg
Nancy P. Jacoby
Joanne D. Hale
Arthur Kraus
Stephen F. Hinchliffe, Jr.
Mattie McFadden-Lawson^
Amb. Glen A. Holden
Nigel Lythgoe
Stuart M. Ketchum
Bowen “Buzz” H. McCoy
Amb. Lester B. Korn
Carolbeth Korn
Kent Kresa
Darrell D. Miller
Robert F. Maguire, III
Cindy Miscikowski
Ginny Mancini
Diane Paul
Edward J. McAniff
Max Ramberg
Walter M. Mirisch
Joseph Rice
Fredric M. Roberts
Richard K. Roeder
Claire L. Rothman
Joni J. Smith
James A. Thomas
Catharine Soros
Franklin E. Ulf
INTERIM
PRESIDENT
AND CEO
Marc I. Stern
Howard Sherman
Cary H. Thompson
P2 PERFORMANCES MAGAZINE
Ronald W. Burkle
Julie Goldsmith
Elizabeth Michelson
EXECUTIVE VICE PRESIDENT
AND CHIEF OPERATING OFFICER
Eli Broad
Andrea L. Van de Kamp*
Paul M. Watson
Cynthia A. Telles
Walter F. Ulloa
Thomas R. Weinberger
Rosalind W. Wyman
^­ LEAVE OF ABSENCE
*­ CHAIRMAN EMERITUS
THE MUSIC CENTER
THE MUSIC CENTER
WELCOMES
RACHEL MOORE
Rachel Moore, The Music Center President & CEO.
Photo by Jerry Ruotolo.
AS ITS NEW PRESIDENT & CEO
We are delighted to announce that Rachel S. Moore, an accomplished leader in the
performing arts, has been named president and CEO of The Music Center. Ms. Moore
joins The Music Center from American Ballet Theatre (ABT), where she served as CEO
since 2012 and as its executive director since 2004. After an extensive international
search, Ms. Moore was selected for her proven management and strategic skills,
along with her passion for the arts.
Ms. Moore comes from the performing
arts, having danced with ABT as a
member of its corps de ballet 1984-1988.
She has been credited with transforming
ABT’s brand during which ABT was
recognized by the United States Congress
as “America’s National Ballet Company”
in 2005. In addition, she expanded the
Company’s national presence with a
breakthrough bi-coastal initiative with
the Segerstrom Center for the Performing
Arts in California; developed strategic copresenting partnerships with The Music
Center and the Chicago Auditorium
Theater; developed and launched the
groundbreaking Project Plié program
to increase diversity in professional
ballet; expanded the ABT Jacqueline
Kennedy Onassis School by significantly
increasing enrollment, implementing a
“Healthy Dancer” initiative and building
a pipeline for students from the school in
the professional company; and created
a worldwide teacher training and
certification program for ballet teachers.
Prior to ABT, Ms. Moore held senior
positions in dance and arts
administration, including director of
Boston Ballet’s Center for Dance
Education (2001-2004), North
America’s largest professional ballet
school; executive director for Boston
classical music school Project Step
(1998-2001); managing director for
Ballet Theatre of Boston (1998);
director of the Institute for Community
Development and the Arts/National
Assembly of Local Arts Agencies
(1995-1997); and development officer
for the National Cultural Alliance
(1994-1995). She has served as
adjunct faculty for the Graduate
Program in Arts Administration for
both Columbia University and Boston
University, and in the dance
department of Emerson College.
The Music Center’s Board Chair Lisa
Specht said Ms. Moore is highly
qualified to lead The Music Center.
“She not only has many years of
experience in the performing arts,
but has the energy, drive and
creativity so important to running a
performing arts center of the caliber
of The Music Center.”
Accepting her new appointment, Ms.
Moore said, “This is an exciting time
for performing arts institutions, and
The Music Center has the opportunity
to be a leader by establishing itself
as the premiere destination in the
Western United States for world-class,
highly innovative experiences in the
performing arts that are also sensitive
to the needs and interests of a broader
audience. I am honored to serve the
County of Los Angeles as The Music
Center’s next president and CEO.”
Please join us in
welcoming Rachel S. Moore
to The Music Center!
PERFORMANCES MAGAZINE P 3
PROGRAMMING NOTE
BalletNow truly began over three years ago with an inspiring
meeting between myself, Roberto Bolle and Emanuela Bolle, who
have been touring ballet offerings throughout Europe for years.
With the subsequent enthusiasm and drive of co-producer Richard
Kielar and Herman Cornejo, the venture was born. Both Roberto and
Herman are beloved ballet stars and continue to tour the world as
principals with American Ballet Theatre as well as their many guest
appearances, and both are also motivated by collaboration and a
creative challenge.
BalletNow celebrates the hybridity apparent in so much of the dance world today, along with the
diversity of ideas and approaches that surface when dancers guest with other companies and
artists. Ballet enthusiasts will especially appreciate the exceptional talent featured in BalletNow
as the artists, many of whom are partnering across geographies for the first time, push the
boundaries of technique and interpretation as they perform contemporary works alongside
the traditional. BalletNow is an extraordinary project and I am grateful to our co-producers,
Roberto, Herman and the entire Music Center team, especially, Michael Solomon, for all of the
effort to bring to life this first-time partnership featuring three unique programs, 18 dancers
from 12 different countries, and multiple premieres.
Also this month, we introduce a new series, Moves After Dark, which will highlight the work of
LA’s impressive artists in non-traditional performance spaces. This inaugural season we have the
honor to work with four inspiring and nationally touring artists/companies—Ana María Alvarez
(Artistic Director of Contra Tiempo), and companies Ate9, BODYTRAFFIC and Lula Washington
Dance Theatre. We hope you join us as we embark on this new endeavor, and also return to enjoy
Summer @ The Music Center with great events and food each Friday through August as well as
our annual National Dance Day, the official West Coast celebration, on Saturday, July 25. Please
visit the website for more information and to continue your dance journey.
As we conclude the season, I want to share on behalf of The Music Center our sincere appreciation
of Center Dance Arts for their vision and commitment to support a series that would inspire and
engage all ages through internationally renowned ballet and contemporary dance presentations.
With Glorya Kaufman’s significant gift and additional new donors, the series has grown its distinct
offerings, commissioning of new masterworks, and now provides more learning opportunities for
both adults and children. Thank you as well to our corporate partners, board of directors and the
ever-growing subscribers. Your support allows us to take creative risks, present once in a lifetime
experiences, feature the world’s most respected artists and transform lives.
It has been an honor and true privilege for me to have played a role in this phenomenal series
for close to 11 years.
Enjoy the Performance,
Renae Williams Niles
Vice President, Programming
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PROGRAM
FRIDAY
SATURDAY
JULY 10, 2015
PART I
Excelsior–pas de deux
CHOREOGRAPHY: Ugo Dell’Ara AFTER Luigi Manzotti
MUSIC: Romualdo Marenco
DANCERS: Petra Conti, Roberto Bolle
Trois Gnossiennes
CHOREOGRAPHY: Hans Van Manen
MUSIC: Erik Satie
DANCERS: Maria Eichwald, Marijn Rademaker
The Lady of the Camellias–pas de deux from act III
CHOREOGRAPHY: John Neumeier
MUSIC: Frédéric Chopin
DANCERS: Lucia Lacarra, Marlon Dino
PART I
La Danza del Gaucho Matrero–Musical Interlude
MUSIC: Alberto Ginastera
CHOREOGRAPHY: George Balanchine*
MUSIC: Peter Ilyich Tchaikovsky
DANCERS: Mary Carmen Catoya, Kleber Rebello
Transcendence–Musical Interlude
MUSIC/MUSICIAN: JP Jofre
Passage–U.S. Premiere
The Sleeping Beauty–wedding pas de deux
CHOREOGRAPHY: Marius Petipa
MUSIC: Peter Ilyich Tchaikovsky
DANCERS: Mary Carmen Catoya, Paulo Arrais
INTERMISSION
The Talisman
CHOREOGRAPHY: Marius Petipa
MUSIC: Riccardo Drigo
DANCERS: Luciana Paris, Kleber Rebello
CHOREOGRAPHY: Marco Pelle
MUSIC AND VIDEO: Fabrizio Ferri
DANCER: Roberto Bolle
PART II
PART I
Three Preludes
CHOREOGRAPHY: Ben Stevenson
MUSIC: Sergei Rachmaninov
DANCERS: Lucia Lacarra, Marlon Dino
Tchaikovsky Pas de Deux
CHOREOGRAPHY: George Balanchine*
MUSIC: Peter Ilyich Tchaikovsky
DANCERS: Maria Kochetkova, Dinu Tamazlâcaru
JULY 12, 2015
Tango y Yo–West Coast Premiere
CHOREOGRAPHY: Herman Cornejo
MUSIC: Fuga y Misterio BY Astor Piazzolla
DANCER: Herman Cornejo
MUSICIAN: JP Jofre
Verano Porteño
CHOREOGRAPHY: Mauricio Wainrot
MUSIC: Astor Piazzolla
DANCERS: Paloma Herrera, Juan Pablo Ledo
Tchaikovsky Pas de Deux
Excelsior–pas de deux
CHOREOGRAPHY: Ugo Dell’Ara AFTER Luigi Manzotti
MUSIC: Romualdo Marenco
DANCERS: Petra Conti, Roberto Bolle
Carmen–World Premiere
CHOREOGRAPHY: Carlos Molina
MUSIC: Georges Bizet
DANCERS: Erica Cornejo, Carlos Molina
Trois Gnossiennes
CHOREOGRAPHY: Hans Van Manen
MUSIC: Erik Satie
DANCERS: Maria Eichwald, Marijn Rademaker
Don Quixote–pas de deux
CHOREOGRAPHY AFTER Marius Petipa
MUSIC: Ludwig Minkus
DANCERS: Viengsay Valdes, Herman Cornejo
Spartacus–West Coast Premiere
CHOREOGRAPHY: Carlos Molina
MUSIC: Aram Khachaturian
DANCERS: Erica Cornejo, Carlos Molina
Three Preludes
CHOREOGRAPHY: Ben Stevenson
MUSIC: Sergei Rachmaninov
DANCERS: Lucia Lacarra, Marlon Dino
Le Corsaire–pas de trois
Mono Lisa
CHOREOGRAPHY: Itzik Galili
MUSIC: Thomas Höfs
DANCERS: Maria Eichwald, Roberto Bolle
CHOREOGRAPHY: Konstantin Sergeyev AFTER Petipa
MUSIC: Riccardo Drigo
DANCERS: Viengsay Valdes, Herman Cornejo,
Affi
CHOREOGRAPHY: Marco Goecke
MUSIC: Johnny Cash
DANCER: Marijn Rademaker
INTERMISSION
Paulo Arrais
INTERMISSION
PART II
Le Corsaire–pas de deux
CHOREOGRAPHY: Konstantin Sergeyev AFTER Petipa
MUSIC: Riccardo Drigo
DANCERS: Mary Carmen Catoya, Kleber Rebello
Mono Lisa
CHOREOGRAPHY: Itzik Galili
MUSIC: Thomas Höfs
DANCERS: Maria Eichwald, Roberto
PART II
Carmen–World Premiere
CHOREOGRAPHY: Carlos Molina
MUSIC: Georges Bizet
DANCERS: Erica Cornejo, Carlos Molina
Borderlands–pas de deux
CHOREOGRAPHY: Wayne McGregor
MUSIC: Joel Cadbury AND Paul Stoney
ORIGINAL LIGHTING BY Lucy Carter
DANCERS: Maria Kochetkova, Henry Sidford
Tchaikovsky Pas de Deux
Tango y Yo–West Coast Premiere
CHOREOGRAPHY: Herman Cornejo
MUSIC: Fuga y Misterio by Astor Piazzolla
DANCER: Herman Cornejo
MUSICIAN: JP Jofre
Nuestros Valses
CONCEPT AND CHOREOGRAPHY: Massimiliano Volpini
ORIGINAL MUSIC: Piero Salvatori
REALISED BY Fausto Dasè
COSTUME: Roberta Guidi di Bagno
REALISED BY Sartoria Farani
VISUAL EFFECTS AND VIDEO EDITING: Xchanges VFX
DANCER: Roberto Bolle
CHOREOGRAPHY: Vicente Nebrada
MUSIC: Teresa Carreno
DANCERS: Paloma Herrera, Juan Pablo Ledo
Don Quixote Suite
CHOREOGRAPHY AFTER: Marius Petipa
MUSIC: Ludwig Minkus
DANCERS: Viengsay Valdes, Herman Cornejo,
Erica Cornejo, Juan Pablo Ledo, Luciana Paris,
Kleber Rebello, Paulo Arrais,
Mary Carmen Catoya, Carlos Molina
Bolle
Spartacus–West Coast Premiere
CHOREOGRAPHY: Carlos Molina
MUSIC: Aram Khachaturian
DANCERS: Erica Cornejo, Carlos Molina
CHOREOGRAPHY: George Balanchine*
MUSIC: Peter Ilyich Tchaikovsky
DANCERS: Mary Carmen Catoya, Kleber Rebello
Les Bourgeois
CHOREOGRAPHY: Ben Van Cauwenbergh
MUSIC: Jacques Brel
DANCER: Dinu Tamazlâcaru
Prototype–West Coast Premiere
SUNDAY
JULY 11, 2015
Prototype–West Coast Premiere
CONCEPT AND CHOREOGRAPHY: Massimiliano Volpini
ORIGINAL MUSIC: Piero Salvatori
REALISED BY Fausto Dasè
COSTUME: Roberta Guidi di Bagno
REALISED BY Sartoria Farani
VISUAL EFFECTS AND VIDEO EDITING: Xchanges VFX
DANCER: Roberto Bolle
*©The George Balanchine Trust. The performances of Tchaikovsky Pas de Deux, Balanchine® Ballets, are presented by arrangement with The George Balanchine
Trust and have been produced in accordance with the Balanchine Style® and Balanchine Technique® Service standards established and provided by the Trust.
Program subject to cast changes and variation without prior notice.
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WHO S WHO
GUEST ARTISTIC DIRECTORS
ROBERTO BOLLE | Roberto Bolle was born
in Milano, Italy and trained at the Theatre La
Scala Ballet School where his talents were
first noticed by Rudolf Nureyev. In 1996, two
years after he joined La Scala Ballet, he was
promoted to Principal Dancer and in 2004,
he was promoted to Étoile. After several
performances as a guest artist with American
Ballet Theatre, Bolle was appointed as a
Principal Dancer with the company in 2009. His repertoire includes
leading classical roles and works by choreographers including George
Balanchine; William Forsythe; Roland Petit; John Neumeier; and
Derek Deane, the English National Ballet director, who created two
productions for him: Swan Lake and Romeo and Juliet, both of them
performed at the Royal Albert Hall in London. He has performed
extensively by invitation of world-famous ballet companies such as
Paris Opera, English National Ballet, Royal Ballet, Tokyo Ballet, the
Berlin State Opera, the Mariinsky Ballet, and Bolshoi Ballet. Standout
appearances include a performance for Maya Plisetskaya’s 75th
anniversary at the Bolshoi Theatre; dancing in the 2002 Golden Jubilee
celebration at Buckingham Palace in the presence of H. M. Queen
Elizabeth II; dancing before Pope John Paul II in St. Peter’s Square,
celebrating Young People’s Day in 2004; performing at Covent Garden
in Frederick Ashton’s Sylvia which was broadcast by BBC on Christmas
Day 2005; and dancing a solo, created for him by Enzo Cosimi, at the
opening ceremony of the Winter Games in Turin, Italy in 2006. Since
1999 Bolle has served as a Goodwill Ambassador for UNICEF. His
awards and recognitions include Young Global Leader by the World
Economic Forum in 2009, being appointed Cavaliere dell'Ordine al
Merito della Repubblica Italiana in 2012 for his support to Italian
culture, and receiving in 2014 the prestigious Médaille de l’Unesco de
la Diversité culturellee in Paris for the universal value of his art.
HERMAN CORNEJO | Herman Cornejo
was born in Mercedes, San Luis,
Argentina. He danced with Ballet
Argentino, and is currently a Principal
Dancer with ABT where he has been
since 1999. Cornejo’s repertoire
includes numerous principal roles,
and he has been a guest artist with
New York City Ballet, Boston Ballet,
Pennsylvania Ballet, Martha Graham Dance Company, Ballet
Hispanico, Cuban Contemporary Dance Company, Teatro
Argentino de la Plata, Barcelona Ballet, Ballett Dortmund, and
The National Ballet of Japan. He has appeared as a featured
artist in many galas worldwide, and has performed in many
charity events including The Rainforest Fund Benefit Concert
at Carnegie Hall with Sting and Alessandra Ferri. Cornejo’s
multiple nominations, awards, and distinctions include the
Gold Medal of the VIII International Dance Competition in
Moscow; Peace Messenger by UNESCO; Dancer of the Year by
The New York Times; Latin Idol by Hispanic magazine; Star of
the 21st Century in 2005; Mr. Expressivity at the Dance Open
Festival in St. Petersburg in 2010 and 2013; Argentinian
Pride Award by the Argentinian Culture Center; The Bessies
prize presented by the NY Dance & Performance League in
2013; the "Premio Positano” in Italy in 2014; nominated in
2005 and awarded in 2014 the Prix Benois de la Danse as
Outstanding Male Dancer of the year.
DANCERS
PAULO ARRAIS | Paulo Arrais was born
in Goiania, Brazil. He has danced with the
Norwegian National Ballet, Alonzo King's
Lines Ballet, and Boston Ballet where he
is currently a Principal Dancer. He has
performed numerous principal roles in
classical ballets by George Balanchine,
Mikko Nissinen, Florence Clerc, John Cranko,
Anna Marie Holmes, Cynthia Harvey, Rudolf
Nureyev, Harald Lander, Christopher Wheeldon, Christopher Bruce,
and Jorma Eloand in addition to working with choreographers such
as William Forsythe, Jir̂í Kylián, Paul Lightfoot, Sol Leon, and Liam
Scarlett. Arrais has toured throughout France, USA, and Italy in
addition to being invited to perform at international ballet galas
in Korea, Greece, Italy, Norway, Brazil, USA, and UK. Arrais was
awarded the Ninette de Valois Bursary; was a finalist in the 9th New
York International Competition in 2007; and the Youth America
Grand Prix in 2003 where he received a Rudolf Nureyev Dance
Foundation scholarship to The Paris Opera Ballet School. Arrais’
choreographic debut ballet, Work in Progress, was presented at the
2nd Boston International Ballet Competition Gala, and the Maris
Liepa Gala in London.
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MARY CARMEN CATOYA | Mary Carmen
Catoya was born in Caracas, Venezuela
and has been a dancer with the Youth
Ballet of Venezuela, the Contemporary
Ballet of Caracas, Cleveland Ballet, and
the National Ballet of Caracas. She joined
the Miami City Ballet as a standout
principal dancer in 1999 until April of
this year. In 2011 she opened and closed
Les etes de la Danse at the theatre du Chatelet in Paris with
Miami City Ballet dancing the principal role in Balanchine's
Ballet Imperial. Of the many galas and festivals that she has
been invited to dance at the highlights include an international
Gala before the King and Queen of Spain, the inauguration of
the theatre Simon Bolivar in Brazil, the Gala of Stars at the
Festival International Santander, the gala opening of the Queen
Mary 2 ship, Dennis Matvienko’s Gala Night at the Mikhailovsky
Theater in St. Petersburg, the Orlando Competition Gala of
the Stars, and the Fire Island Festival in New York City.
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WHO S WHO
PETRA CONTI | Petra Conti was born in Anagni,
Italy and has been a dancer with the Mariinsky Ballet,
the Bayerisches Staatsballett München, La Scala
Ballet, and a Principal Dancer with Boston Ballet in
2013. Conti’s repertoire includes ballets by Yvette
Chauvirè, Rudolf Nureyev, Sir Kenneth MacMillan,
John Cranko, George Balanchine, Harald Lander, Ugo
Dell'Ara, Martha Clarke, Frederick Ashton, Alexei
Ratmansky, Roland Petit, Maria Grazia Garofoli,
Sasha Waltz, Mikko Nissinen, Jiří Kýlián, William Forsythe, Jorma Elo, and
Helen Pickett. Conti has danced in international galas like Women on Music
in Los Angeles, Vladimir Vassiliev Gala in Rome, the 150th Anniversary of
Unità d'Italia in Rome, Gala des Etoiles in Goiania, Brazil, Spring & Winter
Gala in Ekaterinburg, Les Hivernales de la Danse in Liège, Belgium, Vogue
Fashion Dubai Experience in Dubai, and toured with Roberto Bolle and
Friends. Conti is the recipient of numerous awards including the The Best
Interpreter of the Year from Premio Danza & Danza in 2011, Premio delle
Arti in 2004, Premio Positano in 2007, Premio LaGinestra d'Oro in 2007,
Premio Roma in Danza in 2012 , Premio Danza Arenzano in 2013, Premio
Ciociaria nel mondo in 2013, and was recently awarded with the title of
Ambassador of the Italian Dance in the World. In 2010 Conti was the subject
of the Italian documentary Danzatori di Domani.
ERICA CORNEJO | Erica Cornejo was born in
Mercedes, San Luis, Argentina. She has danced
with Ballet Argentino, ABT, and as a Principal at
Boston Ballet since 2006. Carlos Molina is her
husband; Herman Cornejo is her brother. Her diverse
repertoire includes works by Mikko Nissinen, John
Cranko, Rudolf Nureyev, August Bournonville, Maina
Gielgud, Val Caniparoli, George Balanchine, Michel
Fokine, Florence Clerc, James Kudelka, Twyla Tharp, William Forsythe,
and Jiří Kýlián. She has performed worldwide in Italy, Spain, Greece,
Egypt, Israel, Portugal, Japan, Dominican Republic, Guatemala, Peru,
Colombia, Ecuador, Uruguay, Brazil, and at festivals and galas including
Gala des Étoiles du XXI Siècle in Paris and Canada, and Gala du Diamonds
in Moscow. Cornejo has been awarded the honor of Peace Messenger
by UNESCO, as well as receiving a medal of honor from the U.S. Chapter
of Institute Belgraniano as one of Argentina’s leading dancers. She has
danced for President George Bush at the White House; and along with her
brother was invited as a guest artist to dance at a special tribute held at
the Metropolitan Opera House in New York honoring both President Bill
Clinton and Argentinean President Carlos Menem. She has graced the
covers of both Pointe Magazine and Dance Magazine.
MARLON DINO | Marlon Dino was born in Tirana,
Albania and was a member of the Wiener Staatsoper
Ballett. In 2002 he joined Bayerisches Staatsballett
München where he has been a Principal Dancer
since 2010. His vast repertoire includes numerous
classical ballets as well as works by Jiří Kýlián,
George Balanchine, John Cranko, Hans van Manen,
John Neumeier, Ray Barra, Davide Bombana, Graeme
Murphy, Sir Kenneth MacMillan, Sir Peter Wright,
Jörg Mannes, Patrice Bart, Martin Schläpfer, Nacho Duato, and Russell
Maliphant. Dino has been a guest dancer with Bratislava Opera Ballet,
the Hamburg Ballet, Asami Ballet of Tokyo, and Opera of Tirana, as well
being invited to perform in numerous galas around Europe including the
Nijinsky Gala, and the last Malakhov and Friends tour in Japan. His awards
include the Best Artist of the Year from Rosenstrauss des Jahres in 2007,
as well as nominations for Best Artist of the Year in 2008 for the Merkur
Award, Best Dancer of the Year in 2008 by Dance For You Magazine, and
Best Dancer of the Season 2009/2010 by Tanz Magazine.
MARIA EICHWALD | Maria Eichwald was born
in Talgar, Kazakhstan and has been a freelance
dancer since 2014. Previously she danced with
the National Ballet of Kazakhstan, Theatre KrefeldMönchengladbach, Bayerisches Staatsballett
München, Ballet Nacional de Cuba, Royal Danish
Ballet, and Stuttgart Ballet. Her vast repertoire of
leading roles include works by John Cranko, Patrice
Bart, Ray Barra, John Neumeier, Reid Anderson,
Valentina Savina, Peter Wright, Kenneth MacMillan, George Balanchine,
William Forsythe, Jerome Robbins, Jiří Kýlián, Leonid Jacobson, Márcia
Haydée, Christian Spuck, Uwe Scholz, Glen Tetley, and Itzik Galili. Eichwald
has had roles created for her by Christian Spuck, Wayne McGregor, and
Jorma Elo. She has toured with Roberto Bolle and Friends, as well as galas all
over the world. Awards have included Ms. Expressivity at the Dance Open,
Dancer of the Year 2012 in Danza e Danza magazine, Dancer of the Year
2010, 2011 and 2012 in Dance Europe magazine, and Dancer of the Year
2014 in Tanz magazine, and a nomination for the Prix de Benois in 2002.
PALOMA HERRERA | Paloma Herrera was born
in Buenos Aires, Argentina and joined ABT when
she was 15. This past June she gave her final
performance after 24 years with the company. She
has been a guest artist with New York City Ballet,
Mariinsky Ballet, Bolshoi Ballet, Colon Theatre,
Kremlin Palace Ballet, La Scala Ballet, Tokyo Ballet,
and Ballet Nacional de Cuba. Herrera’s honors
include a Gold Medal in the Arts from The Kennedy
Center International Committee, Buenos Aires; the New York Immigrant
Achievement Award; the Konex Platinum Prize as the Ballerina of the Decade;
the Maria Ruanova Award; the Clarin Prize; the International Prize Gino Tani
in Rome, Italy; Finalist at the Fourteenth International Ballet Competition
in Varna, Bulgaria; as well as being nominated for the Benois Prize, and the
Nijinsky Award from The Monaco Dance Forum. Notably Herrera was chosen
as one of “The Top Ten Dancers of the 20th Century” by Dance Magazine; one
of 30 Artists “Most Likely to Change the Culture for the Next 30 Years” by
The New York Times Magazine; and “Leader of the Millennium” by TIME
and CNN. Since 2005 she has been a member of the Artist Committee for
The Kennedy Center Honorees. In 2014 Herrera was recognized in the
President of Argentina’s permanent Gallery Of Popular Idols.
MARIA KOCHETKOVA | Maria Kochetkova was born
in Moscow, Russia and trained at the Bolshoi Ballet
School. She danced with The Royal Ballet and English
National Ballet before joining the San Francisco Ballet
as a Principal Dancer in 2007 where her repertoire
has included countless classical title roles. She has
performed in ballets by George Balanchine, William
Forsythe, Kenneth MacMillan, Frederick Ashton,
Serge Lifar, David Dawson, Derek Deane, Mark Morris, Jerome Robbins,
and Hans Van Manen as well as having roles created for her in ballets by
Yuri Possokhov, Helgi Tomasson, Christopher Wheeldon, Alexei Ratmansky,
Jorma Elo, Mauro Bigonzetti, and Wayne McGregor. Kochetkova has been a
guest artist with the Bolshoi Ballet, Stanislavsky Theatre, Mariinsky Theatre,
Mikhailovsky Theatre, ABT, Rome Opera, and the Tokyo Ballet. She has
performed with galas around the world including Stars of the 21st Century in
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Toronto, Moscow, Panama and Paris; Roberto Bolle and Friends in Verona and
New York; Nijinsky Gala in Hamburg; and Boris Eifman and Ballet Stars in St
Petersburg. Awards have included the Isadora Duncan Award; International
Ballet Competition medals in Seoul, Rome, Riety, Luxembourg, Varna, and
Moscow; winner of the Prix de Lausanne in 2002; and the solo gold medal in
the NBC series Superstars of Dance watched by over 10 million viewers.
JUAN PABLO LEDO | Juan Pablo Ledo was born
in Buenos Aires, Argentina. He danced with Ballet
Argentino, Contemporary Ballet at Teatro San Martín,
and is currently a Principal Dancer with Ballet
Estable del Teatro Colón. Christopher Wheeldon and
Alexei Ratmanski have choreographed on Ledo, and
his repertoire includes works by Rudolf Nureyev,
George Balanchine, Sir Kenneth MacMillan, John
Cranko, Pierre Lacotte, Mauricio Wainrot, and Zarko Prebil. A ballet and
tango choreographer, he founded and has toured extensively with Ballet de
Camara. He has danced internationally with galas and festivals including
the 80th Anniversary Commemoration Gala of Ballet Estable del Teatro
Colón; International Festival in Miami; International Stars Gala of Santo
Domingo; International Ballet Festival of La Habana; the 75th Anniversary
Gala of Ballet del Sodre; Alejandro Lerner 30 Años tribute show in Luna Park
Stadium, Buenos Aires; 24 Festival Internacional de Ballet de La Habana,
Cuba; and Shanghai’s International Festival. Ledo was named Clarin’s
Dance Revelation in 2006, and La Nación’s Dance Star in 2007. His Ballet de
Camara received acknowledgement from the National Institute of Culture of
Peru, and was nominated for Best Dance Show in the Estrella del Mar awards.
He is a Ballet Master in national and international ballet companies, and
is currently finishing his Law studies at Universidad de Buenos Aires.
LUCIA LACARRA | Lucia Lacarra was born in San
Sebastian, Spain and has been a Principal Dancer
with Bayerisches Staatsballett München since 2002.
Her countless principal lead roles in Munich have
included works by John Neumeier, Ray Barra, William
Forsythe, John Cranko, George Balanchine, Graeme
Murphy, Russell Maliphant, and Hans van Manen.
Previously she danced with Victor Ullate Ballet, Ballet
National de Marseille, and San Francisco Ballet.
Lacarra has been a guest star with the Politeama Theater in Palermo, the
Paris Opera Ballet, La Scala, and The Stuttgart Ballet. She has toured
multiple years with Stars of the 21st Century Gala to Japan, Toronto, New
York, Paris and Cannes. Her awards and recognitions have been just as
numerous and notable as her principal roles and guest engagements,
including but certainly not limited to being nominated as one of the six
best dancers in the world, and winning the Nijinsky Award for the “Best
Female Dancer in the World” by The Monaco Dance Forum. Additional
international awards include the Isadora Duncan Award, Benois de la
Danse Award, Sabino Arana Award, Best Ballerina of the Decade, Dance
Open Award, People’s Choice Award at the Dance Open in St. Petersburg,
and Artist of the Year in both Venice and Positano.
CARLOS MOLINA | Carlos Molina was born in
Cali, Colombia and has danced with Ballet de
Cali, The Hartford Ballet, ABT, The Boston Ballet,
and since 2010 has been a freelance Principal
Dancer. He has a wide and mixed repertoire
as a Principal Dancer, which includes not only
classical, but also works from fantastic and well
known choreographers such as Jiří Kýlián, William
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Forsythe, Nacho Duato, Martha Graham, Paul Taylor, Twayla Tharp, and
Choo San Goh among others. Throughout his long career Molina has
danced with many companies and in several events around the world
including being the first winner of the lgor Youskevitch Award at The
New York lnternational Ballet Competition in 1996. In 2008 he became
a Certified Ballet Teacher by The American Ballet Theatre's National
Training Curriculum.
LUCIANA PARIS | Luciana Paris was born in
Buenos Aires, Argentina. She has danced with Ballet
Camara, Teatro Colon Ballet, Ballet Argentino, Angel
Corella's Company, and currently with ABT since
2001. Her vast repertoire includes the principal roles
in classical, neoclassical, and modern works. She has
toured extensively as a guest artist to Greece, Brazil,
Italy, Spain, China, Japan, Germany, the United
States, Israel, Thailand, France, Cuba, Panama,
Singapore and Chile. Paris has also appeared in numerous festivals and
galas including the Dance Open Ballet Festival in St. Petersburg, the
Festival des Arts de Saint-Saveur in Montreal, the Roberto Bolle and
Friends Gala at the New York City Center, the Brandon Ballet Ballet Gala,
the Birmingham Ballet Gala in England, the Smith Center for the Performing
Arts Gala Opening in Las Vegas, the Kennedy Center Honors for Twyla
Tharp, the 2011 ABT Fall Season Opening Night Gala, and the 2012 Fall for
Dance Festival at the New York City Center. She won a Gold Medal at the
Latin American Dance Competition in 1995, and was the recipient of the
2013 Jennifer Alexander Dancer Award. Since August 2012 Paris has been
designated as an ABT Certified Teacher.
MARIJN RADEMAKER | Marijn Rademaker was
born in Nijmegen, Netherlands. Upon graduating
from the Royal Conservatoire in The Hague in 2000
he joined the Stuttgart Ballet and was promoted to
principal in 2006. Marijn has danced the leading
roles in nearly all the big classical ballets and has
performed in ballets by John Neumeier, John Cranko,
George Balanchine, Jerome Robbins, Glen Tetley,
Sir Kenneth MacMillan, Hans van Manen, William
Forsythe, Jiří Kýlián, as well as having roles created for him in ballets
by Marco Goecke, Wayne McGregor, Mauro Bigonzetti, Christian Spuck,
Demis Volpi, Edward Clug and Javier de Frutos. Marijn has guested with
companies all over the world like the Tokyo Ballet, Zürich Ballet, Het
Nationale Ballet in Amsterdam, Hamburg Ballet and has been invited
to many gala performances including the World Ballet Festival in Japan,
Roberto Bolle and Friends, Malakhov’s Gift, and Men in Motion. Marijn’s
many awards have included an Incentive Award in 1999 and the Special
Prize in 2012 from the Dansersfonds ’79; Best Dancer in 2006 from Der
Faust in Germany; Future Award in 2009 from the Deutscher Tanzpreis;
the Merit Award in 2009 at Premio Apuli Arte Prize; and voted one of the
outstanding dancers of the 2009/2010 season in Dance Europe magazine.
KLEBER REBELLO | Kleber Rebello was born in Rio
de Janeiro, Brazil. He joined Miami City Ballet in 2010
where he rapidly rose the ranks to Principal Dancer by
2013. His lead roles have included a vast repertoire
of works by George Balanchine, John Cranko, and
Jerome Robbins. Additionally roles have been created
on him by Alexey Ratmansky, Liam Scarlett, and Justin
Peck. He has toured internationally, performing at Les
Etes de la Danse in Paris, France; Miami City Ballet:
,
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Balanchine in Vancouver, Canada; NAC DANCE in Ottawa, Canada; Works
in Process in New York. Rebello has performed as a Principal guest dancer
for Internacional Gala de Sao Paulo in Brazil, and Monterrey International
Ballet Gala in Mexico. His awards include winning the Premio Jorge Tomin
medal of legitimate gold in Cordoba, Argentina; Prix de Lausanne; Youth
America Grand Prix; Beijing International Competition; and Festival
Internacional de Danca de Joinville. In 2011 he was selected by Dance
Magazine as one of their annual 25 To Watch.
HENRY SIDFORD | Henry Sidford was born in
Marblehead, Massachusetts, trained at Boston
Ballet School and San Francisco Ballet School,
and has been a member of the San Francisco
Ballet since 2012. Sidford has danced featured
roles in ballets by Helgi Tomasson, George
Balanchine, Val Caniparoli, Serge Lifar, Jerome
Robbins, John Neumeier, Mikhail Fokine, John
Cranko, Yuri Possokhov, Christopher Wheeldon,
Mark Morris, and Rudolf Nureyev. In 2011 Sidford was a finalist at
the prestigious Prix de Lausanne.
DINO TAMAZLÂCARU | Dinu Tamazlâcaru was born
in Chisinau, Moldova and is a Principal Dancer with
Staatsballett Berlin where he has been since 2002.
His rich repertoire of famous classical main roles
include ballets by Patrice Bart, John Cranko, Vladimir
Malakhov, Pierre Lacottes, George Balanchine, Jerome
Robbins, Roland Petit, William Forsythe, Mauro
Bigonzetti, Marco Goecke, Maurice Béjart, and Ben van
Couwenberg. He has participated in galas around the
world which have taken him to Italy, Japan, France, Finnland, Switzerland,
Kazakhstan, Russia, Romania, China, Mexico, and the United States. His
guest artist invitations have included Teatro dell’Opera di Roma, Teatro Communale Opera di Firenze Maggio Danza, Tokyo Ballet, Mikhailovsky Theatre
St. Petersburg; and dancing in Vienna’s 2009 New Year Concert with choreography by Vladimir Malakhov. Tamazlâcaru’s awards include a gold medal
from the Australian Ballet and Dance Contest in 2001, a gold medal from the
international competition Arabesk at Perm, winning the Prix de Lausanne in
2002, and winning the Mr. Expressivity award in 2012 at Dance Open.
VIENGSAY VALDES | Viengsay Valdés was born
in Havana, Cuba and has been a member of Ballet
Nacional de Cuba since 1994, and Prima Ballerina
since 2001. Her repertoire includes leading roles
in works of the romantic-classical grand tradition
as well as in contemporary works by Cuban and
foreign choreographers. She has been a guest artist
for several companies such as The Royal Danish
Ballet, The Washington Ballet, Donetsk National
Academic Opera and Ballet Theatre, Ankara State Opera and Ballet,
Mariinsky Theatre, Ballet Concierto de Puerto Rico, and the Joburg Ballet.
Valdés participated in the Youth American Grand Prix galas in 2011 and
2013 as well countless international ballet galas and festivals. She has
been awarded by the Cuban Ministry of Culture in 1999 and again in 2003,
by the Cuban Union of Artists and Writers with the prize for Outstanding
Female Interpretation in 2009, by the National Union of Culture with the
Medal Laureate Stamp in 2011. According to Dance Europe magazine
Viengsay occupies the fourth place among women and the sixth overall in
the list of the 100 best dancers in the world for the 2010/2011 season, as
well as being selected as the best in the same year by Dance Magazine.
JP JOFRE | JP Jofre is an Argentinean born
bandoneon player and composer whose discography
includes Be Like Water and Hard Tango. He has
collaborated with the likes of Paquito D’Rivera,
Kathryn Stott, Gloria Estefan, Symphony Silicon
Valley, Santa Rosa Symphony Orchestra, Orquesta
Sinfonica Nacional de Argentina, Sacramento
Philharmonic, Philippe Quint, Fernando Otero,
Westchester Jazz Orchestra, Aida Cuevas, Nina Beilina and Bachanalia
Taiwan, and Fred Sturm among others. Jofre has received commissions
and performed internationally at festivals including the First
International Festival of Chamber Music, the Celebrity Series of Boston,
Umbria Jazz Festival, Great Performers at Lincoln Center, Seattle Town
Hall’s Global Rhythms, Borislav’s Belgorod Music Festival, Sudtirol
Jazz Festival, American Virtuosi, the International Tango Festivals of
Granada and Alméria. Notable performances include the inauguration
ceremony of the Granada School for the Bandoneón; the homage to
Argentinean Nobel Peace Prize winner Adolfo Perez Esquivel at the Free
University of Bolzano, Italy; the presentation ceremony for the book
Adventures and Triumphs of Argentines in Paris at the Hall Café Tortoni in
Buenos Aires; the Latin Grammy Ceremony in Las Vegas; the ESSE Jazz
Festival; and NBC’s Rosie O’Donnell Live. He proudly uses the New AA
by Bandonion Fabrik Klingenthal.
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BRANDON STIRLING BAKER | Brandon Stirling
Baker was born in Los Angeles, California. His
lighting has been commissioned by New York City
Ballet, Miami City Ballet, San Francisco Ballet,
Dutch National Ballet, Pennsylvania Ballet, LA Dance
Project, Paul Taylor’s American Modern Dance, The
Music Center, Ailey II, and the Limón Dance Company
among many others. His lighting has been presented
by major theaters nationally and internationally including Lincoln Center,
Kennedy Center, New York City Center, Theatre du Chatelet, Sadlers Wells
Theatre, Maison de la Danse, Le Silo, Teatro Carlo Genoa, Havana Ballet,
Oldenburg Staatstheater, National Theater Jamaica, Teatro Municipal in
Colombia, Guggenheim Bilbao, Lincoln Center Festival, Dorothy Chandler
Pavilion/The Music Center, Joyce Theatre, REDCAT, Saratoga Performing
Arts Center, Tri-Cities Opera, Dogwood Performing Arts Center, Telluride
Palm Theatre, Centre in the Square, and the Guggenheim Museum. Baker
is a graduate of California Institute of the Arts and studied at the Royal
Scottish Academy of Music & Drama in Glasgow, Scotland. He is a member
of the United Scenic Artists Local 829.
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2014-2015 CDA
BOARD OF DIRECTORS
Catharine Soros
PRESIDENT
Jane Jelenko
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JoAnn Bourne
Samantha Davies
Sharon Darnov
Hany Haddad
Joan Herman
Liz Levitt Hirsch
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Dominique Shelton
Bradley Tabach-Bank
Sue Tsao
Alyce Williamson
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As founding supporter of Glorya Kaufman
Presents Dance at The Music Center,
Center Dance Arts (CDA) members include
LA's leading dance advocates whose vision
and philanthropy continue to advance arts
and culture in our community.
CDA plays a vital role in bringing the world's
most illustrious dance companies to Los Angeles.
Membership begins at $1,000 and exclusive benefits include:
•
Receptions with dancers and artistic leadership
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Rehearsals and backstage tours
Intimate Dance Salons in private homes. Past guest artists have included Jennifer Ringer, Paloma Herrera and Benjamin Millepied.
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CENTER DANCE ARTS MEMBERS (as of June 21, 2015)
$10,000 AND UP
Jane Arnault-Factor
Susan Baumgarten
JoAnn and Wayland Bourne
Joan A. Friedman, PhD
and Robert N. Braun, MD
Walter and Ruth Chameides
Cornerstone Research
Sharon Darnov
City National Bank /
Samantha Davies
Joan Herman and Richard Rasiej
Liz Levitt Hirsch
Jane Jelenko and Bill Norris*
Carol and Patrick Kinsella
Anita Mann Kohl
and Allen D Kohl
Dominique Shelton
Catharine and Jeffrey Soros
Sutton and Christian Stracke
Bradley Tabach-Bank
Julia Strickland
and Timothy Whal
Stroock & Stroock & Lavan LLP
Sue Tsao
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Ron Watson
Alyce and Warren Williamson*
Diane Wittenberg
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$5,000 - $9,999
Libbie Agran
Linda Maddocks Brown
Lisa Field
Susan Friedman
Racquel and Bert Lewitt
June and Simon Li
Steven Neu/Neu Foundation
The Muriel Pollia Foundation /
Jerry Luedders
Fran and Ray Stark Foundation /
Wendy Stark Morrissey
Olivia and Anthony Neece
Valeria Rico-Nikolov
and Nicholas Nikolov
$2,500 - $4,999
Maria V. Altmann Foundation /
Donna and Charles Altmann
Barry Baker
Martin and Linda Blank
Elizabeth and Otis Chandler
Karla and Richard Chernick
David Conney
Catherine Cristall
Theodore Cordes
Aviva and Carl Covitz
Jennifer and Royce Diener*
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Fred Abdelnour
Martin Freedman
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Genevieve and Lew Geyser
The Rosalinde & Arthur
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Marcy and Edgar Gross
Anita Lorber
Beth and Leslie Michelson
Kathy and Michael Moray
John, Alicia, Cheryll
and Michael Raedeke
Judith Reichman
Laurie Vender and Stephen Halper
$1,000 - $2,499
Anonymous
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Tama and Paul Deitch
Patricia Devin
Eva Gaustad
Ann Grausam
Thea, Seaf and Clabe Hartley
Katinka and Eugene Holt
Ruby Hori
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Tatiana and Todd James
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Susanne and Franklin Konigsberg
Jamie Bishton and Christian Kraus
Rey Lozano
Fabio Madonna
Carla Malden and Norman Beil
Shelley Miller
David Richard Pullman
Hadley and Lee Rierson
Jerry Rosenstock
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Thomas Safran
Desiree and Joel Samuels
Maxine Savitz
Sherie and Alan Schneider
David and Mpambo Shaw
Carol Stein-Sterling
and James Sterling
Allan and Roslyn Holt Swartz*
Maia and Matthew Wapnick
* Center Dance Arts charter members
CENTER DANCE ARTS
FLASH BACK: Meet the Artists Opening Night
Post-Performance Reception with
the Eifman Ballet of St. Petersburg
Boris Eifman’s popular St. Petersburg-based company returned
to The Music Center for the latest of his signature dance-theatre
pieces—Rodin. Center Dance Arts, Annual Fund members, and
other Music Center supporters had the opportunity to hear from
Eifman, the company’s Artistic Director, who discussed his foray
into the world of dance, his ideas about choreography, and the
Boris Eifman Dance Academy, a cutting-edge facility which
opened in 2013 and provides free training for young students.
(from left to right): CDA member Susan Friedman and CDA Board Members Sue Tsao
and Catharine Soros, along with Boris Eifman, and Renae Williams Niles, VP of
Programming, and dancers of the Eifman Ballet of St. Petersburg.
The Music Center and Center Dance Arts gratefully recognize in-kind
support comes from The Patina Group for providing food for the dancers.
FLASH FORWARD:
Meet the Artists Post-Performance
Reception with dancers and artistic
leadership from the Mariinsky Ballet
Thursday, October 8, 2015
Dorothy Chandler Pavilion Founders Room
Join us in welcoming the Mariinsky Ballet (formerly Kirov)
at the first Meet the Artists Opening Night Post-Performance
Reception of the 15/16 season! As an exclusive benefit of your
Center Dance Arts and Annual Fund membership, you’ll have
the opportunity meet dancers and artistic leadership from the
one of the world’s leading ballet companies. Celebrate the new
season with other Music Center supporters who share your
enthusiasm for dance while enjoying wine and light fare.
Cinderella. Photo by Natasha Razina.
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THE MUSIC CENTER
PRESENTS
MOVES AFTER DARK
Series sponsored by
CENTER DANCE ARTS
with lead sponsor support
The Music Center is pleased to announce a new site-specific dance series, MOVES AFTER DARK, featuring four Los Angelesbased dance companies all led by female choreographers. Each company will utilize non-traditional spaces across The Music
Center campus, inspired by the design, architecture, and history of The Music Center, as well as the city’s diverse communities.
PARTICIPATING DANCE COMPANIES
Ate9 dANCEcOMPANY
Dorothy Chandler Pavilion
Founders Room
Lula Washington Dance Theatre
Exterior steps of the Walt
Disney Concert Hall
Ana Maria Alvarez,
Founding Artistic Director &
Choreographer of CONTRA-TIEMPO
BODYTRAFFIC
The Music Center Plaza
Pond adjacent to the Mark Taper Forum
SERIES SCHEDULE
Monday, July 13 & 20, 2015 – 8:30 p.m.
Tuesday, July 14 & 21, 2015 – 8:30 p.m.
For ticket purchase and more information, please visit musiccenter.org/moves.
The Music Center gratefully acknowledges support from Center Dance Arts Board Members:
Susan Baumgarten
Morris and Natalie Darnov
Joan Herman and Richard Rasiej
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Liz Levitt Hirsch
Jane Jelenko and Bill Norris
Pat and Carol Kinsella
Catharine and Jeffrey Soros
Julia Strickland
Sue Tsao
DANCE EDUCATION
THE MUSIC CENTER
INSPIRES OVER 20,000
STUDENTS ANNUALLY
WITH OUR DANCE SCHOOL
ASSEMBLIES, MASTER
CLASSES AND STUDENT
PERFORMANCES
INSPIRING STUDENTS IN SCHOOLS
• 4,000 students attended student performances of
Alvin Ailey® American Dance Theater or Tania
Pérez-Salas Compañía de Danza
• Over 10,000 students attended dance school
assemblies as part of our Music Center On Tour program
Sponsors Anita Mann Kohl
and Darrell Brown, US Bank
Senior VP, with students
attending the Alvin Ailey®
American Dance Theater
Student Performance
• Dancers and artistic leadership from Alvin Ailey®
American Dance Theater led 5 Master Classes and 2
Community Classes
• Alvin Ailey® American Dance Theater conducted 2
week-long School Residencies that reached 200
middle school students in Los Angeles County
The Music Center gratefully acknowledges our lead dance education supporters
ANITA MANN KOHL
AND
ALLEN D KOHL AND
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We are proud to be a lead sponsor of
Moves After Dark
a new site-specific performance series featuring Los Angeles based
dance companies showcasing unique Music Center spaces
and
Opening Night
“Meet the Artists” Reception
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BOARD OF AMBASSADORS
The Music Center is proud to recognize its leadership donor group,
The Board of Ambassadors, chaired by Tim Wahl and Julia Strickland
Jane Arnault-Factor
Beverly and Frank Arnstein
Cecile and Fred Bartman Foundation
Susan Baumgarten
Pamela and Dennis Beck
Adele and Gordon Binder
Helen and Peter Bing
JoAnn and Wayland Bourne
Robert N. Braun, MD and
Joan A. Friedman, PhD
Claire and Brad Brian
Linda and Maynard Brittan
Chantal Burnison
Marcy Carsey
Walter and Ruth Chameides
Ana and Robert Cook
Morris and Natalie Darnov
Sharon Darnov
Patricia Devin
Gina DiBona
Louise and Bradford Edgerton
Helen Funai Erickson
Ann and Gordon Getty
Joan Herman and Richard Rasiej
Liz Levitt Hirsch
Darryl Holter
The Bob Hope Legacy
Jane Jelenko and Bill Norris
Randi and Richard Jones
Glorya Kaufman
Mrs. Dona S. Kendall and
Dr. Susan E. Kendall
Carol and Patrick Kinsella
Anita Mann Kohl and Allen D Kohl
Sandra Krause and William Fitzgerald
Maria V. Altmann Foundation
Nancy and Patrick McCabe
Diane Wittenberg and David Minning
Ann and Jerry Moss
Steven Neu
Phyllis Parvin
Vincent Passeri and Andrea Lieberman
Kurt Peterson
Ann and Arnold Porath
Rosemary Ringwald
Lois Rosen
Jeffrey Saikhon
Joan and Arnold Seidel
Dominique Shelton
Sutton and Thibault Stracke
Bradley Tabach-Bank
Sue Tsao
Ron Watson
Janis and William Wetsman
Craig and Jennifer Zobelein
Members of The Board of Ambassadors and The
Music Center Board of Directors came together on
June 6 for the annual Leadership Dinner, sponsored
by City National Bank. After dinner, guests enjoyed
a performance of Available Light, a co-presentation
by Glorya Kaufman Presents Dance at The Music
Center and the LA Phil.
above: The Music Center Board Chair Lisa Specht, Board of Ambassadors Members David
Minning and Diane Wittenberg. below left: Choreographer Lucinda Childs with Center Dance
Arts President Catharine Soros. below right: Board of Ambassadors Co-Chair Tim Wahl
To become a member or for more information, call (213) 972-3315.
as of June 1, 2015
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WITH APPRECIATION
LIZ LEVITT HIRSCH
A LIFE IN THE ARTS
A longtime member of The Music Center
family, Liz Levitt Hirsch is well known for
her devotion to the arts as a supporter,
volunteer, and advocate. Despite her
busy schedule as chair of Levitt Pavilions,
the national network of outdoor venues
presenting free concerts, she always
makes time to stay involved at The Music
Center. For more than 30 years, she
has shared her infectious enthusiasm
at events, volunteer meetings, and
performances at all our venues.
A founding member of the Center Dance Arts Board, Liz has
helped build a strong network of supporters to help The
Music Center attract the best internationally-acclaimed
dance companies to our stages. “What really drove me to The
Music Center for performances was The Joffrey Ballet. I loved
the Joffrey and was so excited to be able to see them in Los
Angeles. Then I volunteered in 1985 for the Mercado fundraiser
at The Music Center. That was the most vivid experience, and
after that I was invited to the board of The Los Angeles Master
Chorale, where I chaired fundraisers for 10 years.”
Liz is also a lead supporter and advocate for Spotlight. “Spotlight
is an exceptional arts education program The Music Center
should be very proud of. It’s inspiring to see the next generation
of artists coming up. It’s just heartwarming to learn all the stories
of kids, teaching them to audition and fostering their talent. It’s
so much more than a competition. We’re part of their legacy.”
Liz’s love for the arts started early. “I was fortunate because
my mother brought me to ballet, opera, youth symphony,
films, concerts. We lived half a block from the Metropolitan
Museum of Art, so we were always at the museum.” As a
child, she had piano lessons and listened to classical and pop
Charly Emery, Liz Levitt Hirsch, Julie McDonald and Nancy Gregory
records, memorizing A and B sides. Liz credits her parents with
modeling the importance of supporting the arts.
When asked why she’s involved at The Music Center, Liz doesn’t
hesitate. “I’m very proud of our city, and The Music Center is
one of our icons. Culturally, it’s particularly exciting for me
with the dance series. I’m also incredibly proud of Walt Disney
Concert Hall. I tell everyone to visit because it’s so special. I’m
also proud that The Music Center has partnered with Grand
Park. I think that was important and needed for us to open up
space to the public. We have a cultural standard to uphold, but
it’s very important to come down off the hill. And I’ve been very
happy about the events on the plaza that are free to the public.
I’m proud of its growing outreach to various populations and I
hope to see much more of that.”
She ends her explanation on a personal note by saying, “The
arts connect us – I have made so many friends at The Music
Center who love music and dance like I do. Having grown up in
New York, I was able to build a foundation for an engaged life
in Los Angeles through my involvement at The Music Center.
It facilitated my establishing roots and shaping my life in
Southern California. This is deeply personal and true.”
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THE MUSIC CENTER’S SUPPORTERS
The Music Center thanks its supporters who gave $1,000 or more to the Annual Fund between June 1, 2014
and June 1, 2015.
$250,000 AND UP
The Ahmanson Foundation
The James Irvine Foundation
Glorya Kaufman
Dance Foundation
$100,000 - $249,999
The Annenberg Foundation
Bank of America
Helen and Peter Bing
The Blue Ribbon
The Capital Group Companies
Dorothy Chandler New
Program Fund
J.P. Morgan Chase /
Susan M. Wegleitner
The Ralph M. Parsons
Foundation / Franklin E. Ulf, III
Mrs. Dona S. Kendall and
Dr. Susan E. Kendall
The Music Center Foundation
The Ring Foundation /
Cindy Miscikowski
Wells Fargo / Joseph Rice
$50,000 - $99,999
Robert Abernethy
The Bob Hope Legacy
The Boeing Company
Cadillac, A Division of
General Motors
City National Bank /
Rose and Michael Pagano
Ann and Stephen Hinchliffe Jr.
J. Paul Getty Trust
Carolbeth and Ambassador
Lester Korn
LSMK Investments
Los Angeles Fund for
Public Education
Marcia Israel Foundation
NEA
Sony Pictures Entertainment
Catharine and Jeffrey Soros
Stroock & Stroock & Lavan LLP /
Julia Strickland and
Timothy Wahl
$25,000 - $49,999
Amazon
Adele and Gordon Binder
Louise and John Bryson
Chantal Burnison
The Coca-Cola Company
Cornerstone Research
Morris and Natalie Darnov
City of LA Department
of Cultural Affairs
The Derfner Foundation
The Walt Disney Company
Louise and Bradford Edgerton
Edison International
Entravision Communications
Corporation / Walter Ulloa
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Helen Funai Erickson
Giorgio Armani
Joyce and Fred Hameetman
Liz Levitt Hirsch
Anita Hirsh
Gloria and Glen Holden
HUB International
Insurance Services
Nancy and Len Jacoby
Anita Mann Kohl and
Allen D Kohl
KPMG LLP / Craig Ellis
Lee Graff Foundation
Los Angeles County
Arts Commission
Nigel Lythgoe
Manatt Phelps & Phillips, LLP /
Lisa Specht and Ron Rogers
Max H. Gluck Foundation
Beth and Leslie Michelson
Moss Foundation
NewsCorp
Darcie Denkert Notkin and Shelby Notkin
O'Melveny & Myers LLP /
Catalina Joos Vergara
The Otis Booth Foundation
The Ralph M. Parsons
Foundation / Franklin E. Ulf, III
Max Ramberg
Allison and Richard Roeder
The Rosalinde & Arthur
Gilbert Foundation
Thomas Safran
The Schow Foundation
Joni and W. Clark Smith
Superior Grocers
Sue Tsao
Union Bank
Walter Lantz Foundation
Alyce and Warren Williamson
$10,000 - $24,999
Ann and Gordon
Getty Foundation
Jane Arnault-Factor
Beverly and Frank Arnstein
The Bartman Foundation
Susan Baumgarten
Pamela and Dennis Beck
JoAnne and Wayland Bourne
Joan A. Friedman, PhD and
Robert N. Braun, MD
Linda and Maynard Brittan
Carsey Family Foundation
Walter and Ruth Chameides
Sharon Darnov
Patricia Devin
Gina DiBona
Dwight Stuart Youth Fund
Maude and Richard Ferry
Gladys Turk Foundation
Joan Herman and Richard Rasiej
Darryl Holter
Jane Jelenko and Bill Norris
Randi and Richard Jones
Morton Kay
The Kenneth T. and Eileen L.
Norris Foundation
Carol and Patrick Kinsella
Sandra Krause and
William Fitzgerald
Cathy and Mark Louchheim
The Louis and Harold
Price Foundation
The Lucille Ellis
Simon Foundation
Macy's
Maria V. Altmann Foundation
Nancy and Patrick McCabe
Barbara and Buzz McCoy
David Minning and
Diane Wittenberg
Neiman Marcus
Steven Neu
Robert W. Olsen ◊
Phyllis Parvin
Kurt Peterson
Karen Kay Platt and
Lawrence B. Platt
Anne and Arnold Porath
Phyllis and Henry Present
Qantas, The Spirit of Australia
Rosemary Ringwald
The Rose Hills Foundation
Estate of Louise H. Rossi
Jeffrey S. Saikhon
Joan and Arnold Seidel
Shekels Charitable Foundation
Dominique Shelton
Marc and Eva Stern Foundation
Bradley Tabach-Bank
Sally and James Thomas
Elinor and Rubin Turner
U.S. Bank / Hany Haddad
I.N. and Susanna H.
Van Nuys Foundation
W. M. Keck Foundation
Ron Watson
Janis and William Wetsman
$5,000 - $9,999
Ace Beverage Co.
Marc A. Ackerman
Libbie Agran
Barry Baker
Linda Maddocks Brown
Rebecca and Reynolds Cafferata
Chubb & Son, Inc.
In Memory of Yolande Chun
Colburn Foundation
Comcast Corporation /
Joseph Waz and Cynthia Telles
Jennifer and Royce Diener
Maxine Dunitz
Margaret and Jerrold Eberhardt
Lawrence N. Field
Susan Friedman
The Goldhirsh Foundation
Louis Goren
Betty and Fred Hayman
Katie and Philip Holthouse
Stephen Lee
Racquel and Bert Lewitt
Mr. and Mrs. Simon K.C. Li
Los Angeles County Board
of Supervisors
Patrick Lyden and
Laurie Schechter
Gary Malouf
Claude and Alfred Mann
The Muriel Pollia Foundation
Nestlé
Valeria Rico-Nikolov and
Nicholas Nikolov
Dudley Rauch
Linda and Peter Schlesinger
Lois and Harold Slavkin
Fran and Ray Stark Foundation /
Wendy Stark Morrissey
Thelma Pearl
Howard Foundation
Transamerica
Catherine and Leonard Unger
Joanne and Johannes Van Tilburg
Wallis Foundation
Thomas Weinberger and
Leslie Vermut
Rosalind Wyman
David and Claudia Zuercher
$1,000 - $4,999
Gay and Harry Abrams
Alphonse Burnand & Charles
Partridge Scholarship Trust
Dean V. Ambrose
Betsy and Harold Applebaum
Margot and Mark Armbruster
Shirley Ashkenas
Christine Adams and
James Asperger
Association of Performing
Arts Presenters
Ricki and Zane Averbach
Jackie and Howard Banchik
Dan and Sandy Bane
Patte Barham and James Inman
William and Barbara Barrett
Margaret and David Barry
Avery and Andrew Barth
Lucie and Gordon Bava
Paul Beigelman
Joni and Miles Benickes
Sheldon Benjamin and Constance Chesnut
Barry and Martha Berkett
David and Jessica Berman
Lanie Bernhard
Paul and June Bilgore
Norris and Debra Bishton
Andrew Blaine and
Leigh Lindsey
Bradford and Mary Blaine
Charles X. Block
Bloomingdale's West Coast
Yvonne Bogdanovich
David C. Bohnett
Lynn A. Booth
Jocelyn and Thomas Borys
Selina and Brian Boxer Wachler
Bonnie B. Brae
Lynne M. O. Brickner
William W Brien, MD
Joan and Allan Burns
Andrea and Henry Burroughs
Adri and Robert Butler
Tony Campagnoni
Fanya Carter
Casey & Sayre Inc.
Jane Centofante
Bridget Baker and Robert Cerny
Elizabeth and Otis Chandler
Stephen and Susan Chandler
Richard and Karla Chernick
Katheryn and Arthur Chinski
Marjore Chronister
Larry Chrysler
Helen and Steven Clarke
Kevin G Clifford
Carol and Jerry Coben
Jane and Lawrence Cohen
Elana Cohen-Roth
Ann and Philip Colburn
Theodore and Eleanor Congdon
David M. Conlon
David Conney, MD
Roberta A. Conroy
Barry Cooper
Corday Family Foundation
Theodore Cordes
Leah Coulter
Aviva Covitz
Chris J Coy
Michele McGarry Crahan
Catherine Cristall
Alison Bryan Crowell and
Richard Crowell
Douglas and Joan Cumming
Bryant and Judy Danner
The David Geffen Foundation
Suzanne and Robert Davidow
Nancy and Donald de Brier
Tama and Paul Deitch
Deloitte, LLP
Charles and Kathleen Dooley
Elizabeth and Ken Doran
Leslie and John Dorman
Douglas Charitable Foundation
Robin and Michael Dreyer
Nancy Griffin and
Steven Ehrlich
Doris and Marcel Einhorn
Constance B. Elliot
Enterprise Rent-A-Car
Foundation
Lois Erburu
Gabriel Eshaghian
Hugh and Lynn Evans
Jeanne Faoro
Fauci Companies, Inc.
Donald and Jackie Feinstein
Joan and William Feldman
Cindy and Brian Flame
Ruth Flinkman-Marandy
Penelope D. Foley
Nanette and Burton Forester
Michael Forman and
Malsi Doyle
James Franke
Harold Frankl
Martin Freedman
Gerald D. Friedman
Diane Futterman
Sanford and Pat Gage
Susan Brauneiss and
Marc Gamsin
Jo Ann and Julian Ganz Jr.
Louise Grant Garland
Frederick and Leslie Gaylord
Beverly and Herbert Gelfand
Lewis and Genevieve Geyser
Gigunda Group, Inc.
Jacqueline Glass
Doris Gold
Julie and Bruce Goldsmith
Roslyn and Abner Goldstine
Robert and Lori Goodman
Marjorie Goodson
Julia and Ken Gouw
Anne Grausam
Lenore and Bernard Greenberg
Marcy and Edgar Gross
Mary Beth and Russ Hagey
Roberta and Bruce Hammer
Kevin Patrick Hanley
Ann and William Harmsen
D. Alan Harris
Salli Harris
Thea, Seaf and Clabe Hartley
Hathaway Dinwiddie
Construction Co.
Irwin and Betty Helford
Christine M Hessler
Frederick Hitchcock
David and Martha Ho
Ann and Robert Holder
Katinka and Eugene Holt
Ruby Hori
Jeffrey Horn and Laurie Zaks
Barbara and Dan Horwitz
Joan and John F. Hotchkis
James and Joanne Hunter
David and Kay Ingalls
Jaycie Ingersoll
Ellen Jacobs
Tatiana and Todd James
Linda and Jerome Janger
Barbara Jaynes
Beverly Jobe
Ruth M. Jones
Marvin & Janet Jubas
Sydney and Peter Julien
Julie and Richard Kagan
Donald and Linda Kaplan
Gerald Katell
Don Kates
Ronald A. Katz
Leslie and Jack Kavanaugh
Cari and Marty Kavinoky
Kayne Foundation /
Suzanne and Richard Kayne
Anita and Fred Kemmerling
Hanna and Jack Kennedy
Barbara and
Richard Kernochan
Patricia Ketchum
Carrie and Stuart Ketchum
Terri and Jerry Kohl
Susanne and
Franklin Konigsberg
Rosalie Kornblau
Judith Krantz
Rini and Arthur Kraus
Jamie Bishton and
Christian Kraus
Carol Krause
E. Jay and Doris Krause
Renee Kumetz
John and Kathleen Lacey
Brian D Landers
Samuel and Carly Landis
Grace Latt
Lauren Leichtman & Arthur E.
Levine Family Foundation
Ruth Lavine
David Lee
Betty and Maury Leonard
Barbara Levy
J. Lampert Levy
John Liebes
Jody and David Lippman
Ethan and Joanne Lipsig
LLWW Foundation
Anita Lorber
Scott and Susan Lord
Lillian Lovelace
Rey Lozano
Meyer and Renee Luskin
Kevin MacCarthy and
Lauren Lexton
Carla Malden
Carol and Douglas Mancino
Claudia and Michael Margolis
Pauline Marks
Barbara and Garry Marshall
Ilene and J. Howard
Marshall III
Stratton-Petit Foundation
Elliot Matloff
Jane and Edward McAniff
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Irene Mecchi
Linda and Sheldon Mehr
Michael Connell Foundation
Carolyn Miller
Stephen and Jeanne Miller
Haydee and Carlos Mollura
Bob and Val Montgomery
Kathy and Michael Moray
Betty Callan Morgan and
Kenneth Morgan
MP Biomedicals, LLC
Muller Family Foundation
Abby and Alan Myerson
Jose Luis Nazar
Olivia and Anthony Neece
Dr. David Drew Neer, MD
Monica Nelsen
Jeanne Martin Neville
Chris and Richard Newman
Betty and George Nicholaw
Ronald Olson
Annette and Peter O'Malley
Ted and Hedy Orden
Milan Panic
Ellen Pansky
Linda and Alvaro Pascotto
Cheryl Petersen and
Roger Lustberg
Janet Petersen
Linda L. Pierce
Nina and Leo Pircher
Maryann Pocapalia
Marni and Bennett Pozil
David Richard Pullman
Pun'kin's Feiman
Family Foundation
Harold and Kai-Li Quigley
John, Alicia, Cheryll and
Michael Raedeke
Lee and Lawrence Ramer
Simon Ramo
Remo, Inc.
Vicki Reynolds and
Murray Pepper
Norman L Ridker
Hadley and Lee Rierson
Ricki and Marvin Ring
Sharon and Nelson Rising
Jill and Dennis Roach
Fredric Roberts
Frederick and Michelle Rohe
Ann and Robert Ronus
Betty Rose
Judith Rosen
Nancy and Brad Rosenberg
Patricia Z Rosenburg
Jerry Rosenstock
Barbara and Peter Rosenthal
James and Laura Rosenwald
Helene Rosenzweig, M.D.
Brendan Ross
Joyce and Deanne Ross
Gloria and Norman Ross
Suzanne and Paul Rubenstein
Rubin Postaer & Associates
Linda and Tony Rubin
Wendy and Ken Ruby
S and A Agate Foundation, Inc.
Peggy and Harvey Saferstein
Henry Ford Salvatori, Jr
Desiree and Joel Samuels
Yoriko Saneyoshi
Maxine Savitz
Mariette and
Alexander Sawchuk
Fred Schiffman
Malcolm Schneer and
Cathy Liu
Sherie and Alan Schneider
Sandra and Vin Scully
R. Carlton and Laura Seaver
See's Candy Shops, Inc.
Larraine and Clive Segil
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Christina and Mark Siegel
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Donni and Joe Smith
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Lev Spiro and
Melissa Rosenberg
Carol Stein-Sterling and
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Gregory Trattner
Treasured Guest
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Alexander Williams III
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The Winnick Family
Foundation, Inc.
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Ziegler Family Trust
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Arline Zuckerman
… and all of our supporters
who choose to remain
anonymous.
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We strive to acknowledge all of our supporters appropriately. Should you see an error or have questions, please call (213) 972-3374.
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COUNTY OF LOS ANGELES
Through the support of the Board of Supervisors, the County
of Los Angeles plays an invaluable role in the successful
operation of The Music Center.
BOARD OF SUPERVISORS
Hilda L. Solis
Sheila J. Kuehl
Michael D. Antonovich
FIRST DISTRICT
THIRD DISTRICT
FIFTH DISTRICT, CHAIRMAN
Mark Ridley-Thomas
Don Knabe
Patrick Ogawa
SECOND DISTRICT
FOURTH DISTRICT
ACTING EXECUTIVE OFFICER
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