Discount! Cyber Monday Comes to Dance at the Music Center 11/29

The 2010-2011 season of Glorya Kaufman Presents Dance at the Music Center will offer its first time ever Cyber Monday event on Monday, November 29, 2010. For 25 hours only, a 25%* discount will be offered online only on all six remaining engagements of the season, which include classical to contemporary programs featuring award-winning choreographers, International Artists, and Music Center debuts, premieres, and returning favorites. The 25%* discount will be offered for the following select performances:

GRUPO CORPO
Friday, January 28, 2011 - 7:30 p.m.

NEDERLANDS DANS THEATER
Wednesday, March 23, 2011 - 7:30 p.m.
Thursday, March 24, 2011 - 7:30 p.m.

Alvin Ailey AMERICAN DANCE THEATER
Wednesday, April 13, 2011 - 7:30 p.m.
Thursday, April 14, 2011 - 7:30 p.m.

Mark Morris DANCE GROUP
Friday, May 6, 2011 - 7:30 p.m.

BALLET NACIONAL DE CUBA
Friday, June 24, 2011 - 7:30 p.m.

American Ballet Theatre
Thursday, July 14, 2011 - 7:30 p.m.
Friday, July 15, 2011 - 7:30 p.m.

*25% off valid on performances listed above and for Orchestra, Founders Circle, Orchestra Ring and Loge price zones. Other restrictions may apply. No refunds, cancellations or exchanges. Offer available through musiccenter.org only. Use code 14616 when purchasing. Offer valid November 29, 2010 starting at 8:00 a.m. and expires November 30, 2010 at 9:00 am @http://www.musiccenter.org/events/cybermonday.html
Artists and program are subject to change.

About the 2010-2011 Glorya Kaufman Presents Dance at the Music Center Season

The balance of the season will be performed at the Dorothy Chandler Pavilion, beginning with the contemporary Brazilian dance company, Grupo Corpo, January 28, 29 and 30, 2011. Founded in 1975, this company combines classical technique with a contemporary re-reading of popular Brazilian dance forms - challenging audiences' perceptions of ballet and modern dance.

Grupo Corpo (literally translated to "Body Group") incorporates a broad range of elements, from minimalism and rootsy modernity to vigorous pop and urban sounds. Roslyn Sulcas said in The New York Times, "For those who would like a virtual trip to Brazil ...." [Grupo Corpo] "is remarkable for the disciplined, uniform precision of its spectacular dancing ... [with] the undulating torsos and rhythmic stamping footwork that connote an African heritage, and the stretched, balletic limbs and light, airborne jumps of the European colonizers. And all set to pulsating music, performed by virtuoso dancers who seamlessly integrate these disparate influences into their ever-malleable, apparently tireless bodies."

The Glorya Kaufman Presents Dance at the Music Center debut includes ÍMÃ, with choreography by Rodrigo Pederneiras and music by + 2 | Moreno, Domenico, Kassin; and PARABELO, with choreography by Rodrigo Pederneiras and music by Tom Zé and Zé Miguel Wisnik.

Nederlands Dans Theater, under the artistic direction of Jim Vincent, will perform March 23 and 24.

Since its inception in 1959, more than half a century ago, Nederlands Dans Theater (NDT) has been among the most prominent and innovative contemporary dance companies in the world. NDT's dancers display virtuosity and unparalleled expression while performing a challenging repertoire; the company performs much-praised works by house choreographers Ji?í Kylián and Lightfoot León, as well as new creations by established choreographers and upcoming talent from inside and outside the company.

Jim Vincent danced for NDT from 1978 to 1990. After working in Europe for ten years, Vincent became artistic director of Hubbard Street Dance Chicago, returning to NDT in 2009 as artistic director.

Alvin Ailey American Dance Theater is one of the most popular dance companies to regularly perform in this series. To satisfy the demand for tickets and programming, the company will have four different programs, over ten performances this season from April 8 to 17, 2011 at the Pavilion.

Recognized by U.S. Congressional resolution as a vital American "Cultural Ambassador to the World," the Company has performed for an estimated 23 million people in 48 states and in 71 countries on six continents, celebrating the uniqueness of the African-American cultural experience and the preservation and enrichment of the American modern dance tradition. The Ailey Company is home to some of the most glorious dancers, virtuosic talent, and beloved dance works in the world. In addition to premieres and new productions, the performances will celebrate 50 years of Revelations, an enduring classic and a "must-see" for all people that has inspired more audiences around the globe than any other modern dance.

For the first time since October 2007, Mark Morris Dance Group returns to the series in an artistic collaboration with LA Opera with the landmark work L'Allegro, il Penseroso ed il Moderato, choreographed by Mark Morris to the music of George Frideric Handel, performed May 5-10, 2011. The score will be performed by internationally acclaimed vocal soloists as well as the Los Angeles Opera Orchestra and Chorus.

L'Allegro, il Penseroso ed il Moderato was Mark Morris's premiere dance as Director of Dance at the Théâtre Royal de la Monnaie in Brussels, Belgium, where the company was in residence for three years. Writing about the work in 2005, John Rockwell in the New York Times said, "When it was born in 1988, it was recognized as Mark Morris' masterpiece. Seventeen years later, it still is, by pretty much everybody ... ‘a ‘Nutcracker' for adults or a ‘Messiah' for the secular... Anyone who cares about dance, or wants to see one of the cornerstones of late-20th century choreography, or just wants to be wafted on a wave of musical and terpsichorean beauty, should try to get a ticket. One thing that makes it so beguiling is its range of images and emotions, the way it captures all of human feeling and an entire social order in a pastoral setting. Here, Morris makes magic. Go see for yourself."

To date, it has been performed at 21 venues in 18 cities and nine countries on three continents. This summer, performances of L'Allegro at the Mostly Mozart Festival at Lincoln Center will kick off Mark Morris Dance Group's 30th Anniversary season. The scenery for L'Allegro, il Penseroso ed il Moderato is by Adrianne Lobel, costumes are by Christine Van Loon, and lighting is by James F. Ingalls.

Ballet Nacional de Cuba will bring their critically acclaimed Don Quixote, with live music performed by the LA Opera Orchestra, to the Dorothy Chandler Pavilion June 23 to 26. Formed in 1948 by Alicia Alonso, the company occupies a prominent place in Hispanic and international ballet culture. This tiny Island has produced one of the foremost schools of ballet, training all the remarkable dancers of the company. It is extraordinary that Alonso produced this quality in only sixty-two years.

Alonso premiered this version of Don Quixote in 1988, after studying the staging of other companies and being inspired by this masterpiece of Spanish literature. Alonso also brought to Don Quixote her influences from her history with American Ballet Theatre, where she was a prima ballerina from 1943 until she formed Ballet Nacional de Cuba, as well as the influences of George Balanchine (Theme and Variations was originally set on her.)

Anna Kisselgoff in the New York Times said, "Those looking for passion, Latin or otherwise, will find it - but most of all they will see the classical dancing, even academic precision ... this Don Quixote is typical of the company because it filled with dramatic motivation ... the production keeps the standard choreography in the set pieces, but much of the ensemble choreography is new and more classical."

Recognized as one of the great dance companies in the world, American Ballet Theatre, under the Artistic Direction of Kevin McKenzie, will give five performances of Alexei Ratmansky's The Bright Stream. Set to the music of Dmitri Shostakovich, Ratmansky's production received its World Premiere by the Bolshoi Ballet in 2003.

A comic ballet in two acts, The Bright Stream tells the story of the members of a Russian farm collective in the 1930's and their humorous interactions with a group of visiting performers during the harvest festival. The original production of The Bright Stream, choreographed by Fyodor Lopukhov, was first performed in 1935 in Leningrad. The ballet will be given its ABT Company Premiere on January 21, 2011 at the Kennedy Center for the Performing Arts in Washington.

Music Center

As one of the top performing arts centers in the world, the Music Center is committed to strengthening community through the arts. Set in the heart of Los Angeles' downtown cultural district and home to four internationally renowned resident companies -- LA Phil, Center Theatre Group, LA Opera and Los Angeles Master Chorale -- and the celebrated Glorya Kaufman Presents Dance at the Music Center, the Music Center offers the most compelling, highest quality engagements. In its effort to extend the reach and accessibility of the performing arts, the Music Center is a national model for experiences in which people participate directly through its Active Arts® at the Music Center. As well, the Music Center presents special productions, events and festivals for children and families, including World City at the Music Center, and plays a leadership role in advocating for and directly providing arts education in schools throughout the County. The Music Center boasts four venues -- the Dorothy Chandler Pavilion, Ahmanson Theatre, Mark Taper Forum and Walt Disney Concert Hall -- as well as a vibrant collection of outdoor theatres, plazas and gardens. For more information, please visit musiccenter.org.

 

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