Joaquin Deluz

Students of Los Angeles Magazine's 'LA's Best Children's Ballet School 2011' will dance seven performances of The Nutcracker at The Luckman Theatre today, December 7, 8, 14, and 15, 2013. They will be joined by stars Maria Kochetkova, from San Francisco Ballet, and Joaquin Deluz, from New York City Ballet, for two special gala performances. Former Kirov ballet star Marat Daukayev dances the role of Drosselmeyer in all performances. The Marat Daukayev Ballet's production features dancers whose technique and artistry are truly exquisite, including a robust group of male dancers who flock to the school to train with a ballet master who, after an illustrious 20-year career, coached the next generation of Kirov stars.

Students of Los Angeles Magazine's "LA's Best Children's Ballet School 2011" will dance seven performances of The Nutcracker at The Luckman Theatre on December 7, 8, 14, and 15, 2013. They will be joined by stars Maria Kochetkova, from San Francisco Ballet, and Joaquin DeLuz, from New York City Ballet, for two special gala performances. Former Kirov ballet star Marat Daukayev dances the role of Drosselmeyer in all performances. The Marat Daukayev Ballet's production features dancers whose technique and artistry are truly exquisite, including a robust group of male dancers who flock to the school to train with a ballet master who, after an illustrious 20-year career, coached the next generation of Kirov stars.

The 2009-2010 season of Glorya Kaufman Presents Dance at the Music Center welcomes the North American Premiere of "Kings of the Dance" in which eight renowned dance virtuosos share the stage and bring their power, strength, grace, and beauty to master works by many of the art form's most important choreographers.