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16 February 2013

Superb exhibition “Stravinsky and L.A. Dance” to close

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As a wonderful dance-history exhibition closes, we learn more about the Los Angeles-trained ballerina Nana Gollner. [...]

31 January 2013

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

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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. [...]

1 April 2009

Theodore Kosloff, ballet instructor

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Was Theodore Kosloff a fine ballet instructor? Malcolm McCormick, co-author of the 20th century dance history book, “No Fixed Points,” says: “Kosloff was sending dancers to New York in the 1950s. They arrived strong and rigorously trained — they had been required to wear weights on their angles to develop strength.” [...]