John Cusack, ballet fan

3 February 2013

John Cusack, ballet fan

Category: Dance, Film, Language & ideas | Tags: dorothy chandler pavilion, joffrey ballet, john cusack, the rite of spring

Hollywood meets the arts when John Cusack showed up at the Joffrey Ballet last night. [...]

31 January 2013

Strong women of early Los Angeles dance among those highlighted in Dorothy Chandler Pavilion exhibition

Category: Dance, Visual arts | Tags: bella lewitsky, joffrey ballet, le sacre du printemps, lorin johnson, nana gollner, norma gould, stravinsky and l.a. dance, the rite of spring

A stirring, marvelous dance-history exhibit accompanies the Joffrey Ballet performances at the Dorothy Chandler Pavilion. It may represent a watershed moment for Los Angeles dance. [...]

29 November 2011

Holiday dance picks: The Joffrey’s “The Nutcracker” & Lula Washington Dance Theatre’s “Kwanzaa Celebration”

Category: Dance | Tags: glorya kaufman presents dance at the music center, joffrey ballet, joffrey ballet nutcracker, kwanzaa, lula washington dance theatre

Concerns The Joffrey Ballet’s “The Nutcracker” opening at the Dorothy Chandler Pavilion December 1,and Lula Washington Dance Theatre’s Kwaanza show on the 28-29 December. [...]

13 January 2010

Moira Shearer in Ashton’s Cinderella

Category: Dance | Tags: frederick ashton, joffrey ballet, margot fonteyn, moira shearer

Frederick Ashton choreographed his ballet classic “Cinderella” in part on Moira Shearer in 1948. [...]