Ballet Aficionados Invited to Tea, Tour and “Swan Lake” Dress Rehearsal In anticipation of this month’s production of “Swan Lake” by the Los Angeles Ballet, Leslie Kavanaugh and Susan Rothenberg invited dance afficionados to an afternoon tea, a tour of LAB’s Brentwood facility and a preview of the ballet. Choreographed by LAB’s artistic directors Colleen Neary and Thordal Christensen, the production will continue through Mar. 31 at various venues throughout southern California. The Feb. 21 tea also precedes LAB’s Swan Lake Gala, which will take place at the Montage in...
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Best Galas in Los Angeles of Fall 2011 An Unforgettable MOCA Moment No one will soon forget the Museum of Contemporary Art‘s Nov. 12 Gala in 2011, where performance artist Marina Abramovic created table centerpieces of nude women and human heads. Added to the unearthly atmosphere,...
Los Angeles Ballet Gala
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Los Angeles Ballet 2011 Gala Features a Glorious Giselle and a Dream Dinner Following a performance of “Giselle” at the Los Angeles Ballet’s ”Season 5 Gala Celebration,” artistic director Colleen Neary surprised the audience at the Broad Stage in Santa Monica by naming Allyssa Bross and Christopher Revels as principal dancers, the first dancers so designated in the young ballet company’s history. It was a night of firsts, starting with the May 28 Los Angeles Ballet Gala, the company’s first ever. Aptly christened “A Midsummer’s Night Dream,” the entire evening seemed magical, beginning...
Los Angeles Ballet G...
posted by Ellen Olivier
A Glorious Los Angeles Ballet GISELLE In the classic ballet “Giselle,” masterfully staged all through May by the Los Angeles Ballet, Giselle’s prince indeed does come, but after they fall in love, she discovers he is betrothed to another. So – distraught after he abandons her...
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