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5 February 2013

Creative team behind the Music Center triumph: Joffrey Ballet in Nijinsky’s “The Rite of Spring”

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A wonderful group photo of a bunch of folk who worked long and hard to bring an amazing arts experience to the public. The event was the restaging of Nijinsky’s “The Rite of Spring.” [...]

2 February 2013

Review: The Joffrey Ballet’s “The Rite of Spring” at the Music Center

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We did not hoot nor holler but we did let fly a bracing “bravo!” for the Joffrey Ballet’s 100th anniversary reconstruction of Vaslav Nijinsky’s “The Rite of Spring” (Le Sacre du Printemps) at the Dorothy Chandler Pavilion Friday night. First, because it was great, historic, and touching. But also, to remains silent would be wrong. [...]

29 July 2011

Not a Jet, but still the swingingest thing: West Side Story’s George Chakiris

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Thrilled to be photo’ed with former Shark, George Chakiris, were Renae Williams Niles, the Music Center’s head of programming, and Jane Jalenko, President of Center Dance Arts and a big West Side Story fan. A dance critic was also hanging around. [...]

10 May 2010

L.A. Music Center co-commissions revival of Merce Cunningham work

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It’s a proud fact that the Los Angeles Music Center, along with two French dance festivals, has co-commissioned a restaging of Merce Cunningham’s ORATORIO from 1986. We’ll see the work in upcoming Disney Hall performances June 2 – 4, 2010.

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