Glorya Kaufman News

Honoring musical icon Joni Mitchell's legacy and 75th birthday, Decca Records will release The Music Center Presents Joni 75: A Birthday Celebrationon March 8, 2019. On Joni's 75th birthday last November, a star-studded roster of musicians gathered together to pay tribute to the legendary singer-songwriter. The evening was recorded and is now subsequently being released. It features performances by Brandi Carlile; Glen Hansard; Emmylou Harris; Norah Jones; Chaka Khan; Diana Krall; Kris Kristofferson; Los Lobos with La Marisoul, Cesar Castro & Xochi Flores; Graham Nash; James Taylor; Seal; Rufus Wainwright; and more. The full track list is below.

Miami City Ballet has continuously performed The Nutcracker for 28 years. This time around, they have new, exquisite costumes and elaborate sets and graphics, to go along with Tchaikovsky's diverse and timeless Nutcracker Suite score. This particular Nutcracker Ballet, using George Balanchine's choreography, is based upon E.T.A. Hoffman's "The Nutcracker and The Mouse King." Though the story and characters are similar to other versions seen, there are some differences in the plot and characters.

UCLA's Center for the Art of Performance (CAP UCLA) in association with Glorya Kaufman Presents Dance present the U.S. Premiere of Dimitris Papaioannou's celebrated work The Great Tamer on Friday, Jan. 11, at 8 p.m. at Royce Hall.

Grand Park announced an unprecedented experience -- Grand Park's Winter Glow -- that showcases the West Coast's unique holiday spirit and winter season. The new month-long, immersive nighttime light attraction will feature installations by local artists and celebrate light as a giver of warmth, a source of beauty, a draw for people to come together during the winter months, and a key element of many holiday season traditions across cultures. The event plays off of the Los Angeles tradition of visiting neighborhoods to see holiday decor, in this case making it accessible and easy to find. Winter Glow will transform Grand Park into a whimsical beacon that draws Angelenos downtown to interact with art and each other. The only free exhibit of its kind in the area is open to the public from December 1 - 25, 2018, offering park goers the opportunity to gather, enjoy the holiday season and celebrate the wonder of art as it illuminates Downtown L.A.

Produced and Presented by Cheryl Baxter-Ratliff and Allen Walls, in association with Break The Floor and held at the Saban Theatre in Beverly Hills, CA, there was an overwhelming turnout within the Dance Community to this event. There were reportedly 1,400 people attending. It was a spectacular evening! The all -inclusive 8th Annual WORLD CHOREOGRAPHY AWARDS. Because this is the 8th Annual Awards Ceremony, I feel a change has evolved regarding categories up for Awards. Wider acceptance of all forms of Dance, Interpretive Movement, new forms of technology and genres not considered previously. All-Inclusive is a modern term, but it's great to see that the WCA is embracing and incorporating so many more possibilities that qualify for our consideration.

Updated this week! Check out upcoming Non-Equity Auditions from Sunday, October 28, 2018 for productions in your area and around the country.

The UCLA School of the Arts and Architecture along with its performing arts program, the Center for the Art of Performance, announces the acquisition of the Crest Theater on Westwood Boulevard, a landmark venue that will be transformed into a new off-campus performing arts space that will serve as an important addition to UCLA's rich offering of cultural venues and resources across the city.

In collaboration with Goldstar, Glorya Kaufman Presents Dance at The Music Center (Dance at The Music Center), will offer a sweet deal for the holidays with a much-reduced one-price-fits-all opportunity to see for a special performance of George Balanchine's The Nutcracker by Miami City Ballet on Thursday, November 29, 2018 at 7:30 p.m. at The Music Center's Dorothy Chandler Pavilion

The 8th Annual World Choreography Awards (WCA) will be held on October 23 at The Saban Theatre in Beverly Hills. The Choreography Awards, produced and directed by Allen Walls and Cheryl Baxter-Ratliff, are a global awards show celebrating and honoring the best in media choreography. The WCA recognizes choreographic achievement in 8 categories: Motion Picture, Music Video, Commercials, Television Episodic, Television Award Show/Specials, Digital Content, Digital Content Independent and Television Reality Show/Competition.

Updated this week! Check out upcoming Non-Equity Auditions from Sunday, October 21, 2018 for productions in your area and around the country.

The Music Center's 40th Annual Very Special Arts Festival today welcomed more than 3,000 K-12 students of all abilities from all over Los Angeles County to celebrate their artistic achievements, explore the arts and connect with one another along with their mainstream peers.  More than 90 schools attended this year's free festival, the only one of its kind in the County, which included live performances of music and movement from nearly 30 school groups and a display of hundreds of pieces of student artwork based on the festival's theme "Celebrate!" 

The Music Center, a cultural anchor and Los Angeles County's leading performing arts destination, announced plans to expand its programming by launching an artistic division, The Music Center Arts, which will complement the organization's operations division, known as The Music Center Ops.  The Music Center Arts' debut validates the organization's commitment to deliver excellence and impact in dance, public programming and arts education, and ensure that its programming is relevant and accessible to both current and emerging audiences throughout Los Angeles County.  The Music Center named non-profit arts sector trailblazer Josephine Ramirez as executive vice president to lead The Music Center Arts.  Ramirez will report to The Music Center's President & CEO Rachel Moore and join The Music Center's executive team.

The 8th Annual World Choreography Awards (WCA) will be held on October 23 at The Saban Theatre in Beverly Hills. The Choreography Awards, produced and directed by Allen Walls and Cheryl Baxter-Ratliff, are a global awards show celebrating and honoring the best in media choreography. The WCA recognizes choreographic achievement in 8 categories: Motion Picture, Music Video, Commercials, Television Episodic, Television Award Show/Specials, Digital Content, Digital Content Independent and Television Reality Show/Competition.

The Music Center today announced the return of Diavolo | Architecture in Motion (Diavolo) to The Music Center's Ahmanson Theatre and the West Coast premiere of Voyage (October 12-14, 2018).  Known for incorporating oversized structures into its performances to create the company's signature "architecture in motion" style, Diavolo uses dance to explore the relationship between the human body and its architectural environment

The Broad Stage presents Kybele Dance Theater, founded in 2003 in Los Angeles by Turkish/American choreographer Seda Aybay, with two premieres - Gune? Do?udan Yukselir (Sun Rises from the East) and Noir, as well as Sonsuz, today, September 14 at 7:30pm. Founder and artistic director Seda Aybay said, "I want to create work that build bridges between genders, races, cultures and communities that are relatable to everyone."

The Music Center today announced the opening of its 2018-2019 dance season with the Los Angeles premiere of Company Wayne McGregor's Autobiography (October 5-7, 2018), a contemporary dance portrait that fuses science and the human form.  Known for choreography that examines life through the experience of the body, British choreographer and director Wayne McGregor, CBE based Autobiography on the sequencing of his own genome, compiling 23 different sequences that are performed in varying order each night.  McGregor uses a computer algorithm to determine the selection and order of the 23 sections prior to each performance, ensuring audiences will experience a performance that will never be repeated.

The Broad Stage presents Kybele Dance Theater, founded in 2003 in Los Angeles by Turkish/American choreographer Seda Aybay, with two premieres - Gune? Do?udan Yukselir (Sun Rises from the East) and Noir, as well as Sonsuz, on Friday, September 14 at 7:30pm. Founder and artistic director Seda Aybay said, "I want to create work that build bridges between genders, races, cultures and communities that are relatable to everyone."

UCLA's Center for the Art of Performance (CAP UCLA) announces three additions to its 2018-19 season, which honors legacy artists and features pioneering social justice champions and diverse global perspectives. Bestselling humorist David Sedaris will return with new and unpublished work for the 20th anniversary of his first appearance at Royce Hall. Oscar-nominated and Emmy-winning filmmaker and activist Josh Fox will appear in a live solo performance of The Truth Has Changed ahead of the midterm elections. Pulitzer Prize finalist and Latino Literature Hall of Fame member Luis Alberto Urrea will join previously announced Pulitzer winner Viet Thanh Nguyen in a conversation exploring their writing about the immigrant experience and society we all share as Americans.

On September 27, New York City Ballet will present the seventh installment of its annual Fall Fashion Gala, celebrating choreography and costume design with an evening of world premiere ballets and creative collaborations between some of today's most exciting artists from the worlds of dance and design. 

The Music Center today announced Grand Park's fall/winter programming line-up featuring the return of its most popular free activities and events along with additional programs that inspire Angelenos to celebrate the diverse fabric of Los Angeles and the county's promising future.