L.A. DANCE PROJECT - Music Center

L.A. DANCE PROJECT 

LEAD SPONSOR CENTER DANCE ARTS 

Curatorial Collective: 

Benjamin Millepied 

FOUNDING DIRECTOR 

Charles Fabius 

Dimitri Chamblas 

Matthieu Humery 

Nico Muhly 

Support for this engagement is provided, in part, by the Glorya Kaufman Dance 

Foundation, Dorothy Buffum Chandler Program Fund, Elisabeth Katte Harris 

and the Doolittle Fund. 

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DIRECTOR’S NOTE PROGRAM 

Welcome to the first engagement marking the 10th anniversary season of 

Glorya Kaufman Presents Dance at The Music Center. While The Music Center 

is nearing its 50th anniversary and acclaimed dance artists have been a 

significant part of that history, it was quite an ambitious decision when The 

Music Center’s Board of Directors decided to launch its first season of dance 

presentations ten years ago. A great deal of gratitude is owed to Center Dance 

Arts for its enduring commitment that helped to officially establish the series 

in 2003 and to Glorya Kaufman for her monumental gift in 2009 which allowed 

the dance series to flourish. Through their ongoing support, in addition to that 

of our many subscribers, individual donors, and sponsors, The Music Center 

has been able to expand its educational and community-based programming 

as well as to solidify its role as a leader in the commissioning and presenting of new work by today’s 

internationally renowned choreographers. 

What better way to celebrate the trailblazing legacy of the series, its founders, and supporters, than 

with the commission and world premiere of a new venture already receiving international attention and 

support. For close to a decade, Benjamin Millepied has had a growing interest in Los Angeles. Like so 

many other dancemakers before him, including Ruth St. Denis, Ted Shawn, Adolf Bohm, Stanley Holden, 

and Lester Horton, just to name a few, Benjamin has also been inspired and beguiled by Los Angeles and 

drawn here to create and collaborate with other respected artists. What began as conversations between 

myself and Benjamin some time ago has organically grown into the L.A. Dance Project and The Music 

Center is honored to play a substantial initiating role in this intriguing endeavor that is a most exciting 

and adventurous beginning to our celebratory season. 

The coming season will feature other new master works such as the U.S. debut of Christopher 

Wheeldon’s Alice’s Adventures in Wonderland with The National Ballet of Canada, and a compelling 

collaboration between Alonzo King LINES Ballet and Hubbard Street Dance Chicago resulting in a joint 

Southern California premiere later this season. The series will also highlight The Music Center’s dance 

legacy with masterpieces by the country’s leading ballet companies – The Joffrey Ballet’s The Rite of Spring 

(a reconstruction of the original work) and American Ballet Theatre’s Le Corsaire. Both companies 

have been a part of The Music Center’s history since the 1960s. 

It’s not too late to become a full subscriber to this year’s monumental season. You can also pick your own 

companies and dates through a flex subscription. Visit the information table in the lobby or musiccenter.org 

for more details. With recently sold out performances, subscribing is the best way to ensure great seats and 

to help ensure the growth of the series. 

Enjoy the performance! 

Renae Williams Niles 

Director of Programming 

2 PERFORMANCES MAGAZINE 

QUINTETT (1993) 

CHOREOGRAPHY 

William Forsythe 

in collaboration with 

Dana Caspersen, 

Stephen Galloway, 

Jacopo Godani, 

Thomas McManus 

and Jone San Martin 

MUSIC 

Gavin Bryars 

Jesus’ Blood Never 

Failed Me Yet 

(© Schott Music 

GmbH & Co. KG, Mainz) 

COSTUME DESIGN 

Stephen Galloway 

WINTERBRANCH (1964) 

CHOREOGRAPHY 

Merce Cunningham 

MUSIC 

La Monte Young 

2 Sounds 

DÉCOR 

Robert Rauschenberg 

COSTUME 

Robert Rauschenberg 

MOVING PARTS (WORLD PREMIERE) 

CHOREOGRAPHY 

Benjamin Millepied 

MUSIC 

Nico Muhly 

VISUAL INSTALLATION 

Christopher Wool 

LIGHTING 


LIGHTING SUPERVISOR 

Tanja Rühl 

STAGING 


Stephen Galloway 

Thomas McManus 

Jone San Martin 

LENGTH 

26 minutes 

PREMIERE 

October 9, 1993, 

Opernhaus, 

Frankfurt am Main 

LIGHTING 

Robert Rauschenberg, 

reconstructed by 

Beverly Emmons 

STAGING 

Jennifer Goggans 

assisted by 

Robert Swinston 

LENGTH 

16 minutes 

PREMIERE 

March 21, 1964, 

Wadsworth Atheneum, 

Hartford, CT 

COSTUME 

Kate and Laura Mulleavy 

of Rodarte 

LIGHTING 

Roderick Murray 

LENGTH 

27 minutes 

DANCERS 

Frances Chiavernini, Julia Eichten, Charlie Hodges, 

Morgan Lugo, Nathan Makolandra, Amanda Wells 

Lyrical, committed and moving, Quintett is a quiet masterpiece set 

to Gavin Bryars’ Jesus’ Blood Never Failed Me Yet. On stage filled with 

bright, white light, Quintett brilliantly evokes and develops Bryars’ 

themes of loss, hope, fear and joy. 

In Quintett the dancers set into motion a seamless flow of duets, solos 

and trios in counterpoint to the heartbeat of Gavin Bryars’ music. Weaving 

and tumbling, the dancers create an eddying force that grows in fluid, 

joyous complexity—a torrent containing, in its bright, vital vision, 

an awareness of its own eventual end. 

15 MINUTE INTERMISSION 


Frances Chiavernini, Julia Eichten Charlie Hodges, 


The concept for Winterbranch came from what Cunningham referred to as 

“facts in dancing.” Two such facts are the act of falling, and unless one stays 

on the ground, the subsequent act of rising. The dance began with Cunningham 

crawling slowly across the stage carrying a flashlight, followed by the dancers 

engaging in a series of falls, in both slow and fast motion, eventually clustering 

together to fall and rise as a cohesive group. Cunningham asked Rauschenberg 

to think of the lighting as if it were nighttime, with automobile lights flashing 

in faces, reminiscent of walking along a dark highway. Rauschenberg dressed 

the dancers in sweat suits and sneakers, with black paint under their eyes. La 

Monte Young’s music for the piece, entitled 2 Sounds, consisted of “the sound 

of ashtrays scraped against a mirror, and the other, that of pieces of wood 

rubbed against a Chinese gong.” 

Winterbranch is performed by LADP with the permission and 

cooperation of the Merce Cunningham Trust. 

15 MINUTE INTERMISSION 


Frances Chiavernini, Julia Eichten, Charlie Hodges, 


MUSICIANS 

Clarinet: Phil O’Connor, Violin: Lisa Liu 

Organ: Nico Muhly 

PERFORMANCES MAGAZINE 3

WHO’S WHO 

JULIA EICHTEN | DANCER 

Growing up in Minnesota, Julia Eichten received her 

BFA from the Juilliard School. Upon graduation she 

received the Hector Zaraspe award for choreography. 

While at Juilliard she had the opportunity of 

performing works by; Stijn Celis, Benjamin 

Millepied, Ohad Naharin, Alexander Ekman and Mark Morris. She 

has worked professionally with Camille A. Brown & Dancers and 

Aszure Barton & Artists. Julia is thrilled to be a part of L.A. Dance 

project with such wonderful and diverse artists. 

NATHAN B. MAKOLANDRA | DANCER 

Nathan Makolandra began dancing and choreographing 

in South Carolina. He is a recent graduate of The 

Juilliard School under the direction of Lawrence 

Rhodes. There, he performed the works of 

Alexander Ekman, Nacho Duato, Jerome Robbins, 

Bronsilava Nijinska, and Jose Limon. Nathan enjoys teaching and 

choreographing across the US, Canada, and beyond. In addition, he 

choreographed a dance/music video for UK artist Richard Walters. 

Upon graduation, Nathan received the Hector Zaraspe Prize for 

Choreography. He is very excited for this opportunity! 

CHARLIE HODGES | DANCER 

A former member of Phi Beta Kappa and a Mary Gates 

Research Scholar, Charlie Hodges graduated summa 

cum laude from the University of Washington earning 

High Honors degrees in dance and architecture. He has 

performed extensively with the Sacramento Ballet, Imij-re, 

and Twyla Tharp. He was voted the Best Male Dancer of 2003 

by the European Critics Choice Awards, made his Broadway debut 

in 2006 in the Tharp musical Movin’ Out, and won the 2010 Fred 

Astaire Award for Best Male Dancer on Broadway for the creation 

of his role, Marty in the Tharp/Sinatra musical Come Fly Away. He 

thanks Twyla for the last decade of learning and exploration, and his 

husband Adam for his patience and support. He proudly celebrates 

his participation with LADP. 

AMANDA WELLS | DANCER 

Amanda Wells began her formal dance training at the 

San Francisco Ballet School. She continued to train 

and perform with Boston Ballet and Richmond Ballet 

Company. Amanda then relocated to attend NYU’s Tisch 

School of the Arts, and upon graduation joined the 

Stephen Petronio Company where she had the pleasure of creating 

new works, touring and teaching master classes across the US, 

Europe, Asia and Australia. Amanda is thrilled to be a part of the 

inaugural season of LADP. 


FRANCES CHIAVERINI | DANCER 

Born in Pittsburgh, Frances Chiaverini received 

a BFA from Juilliard in 2003. She then joined the 

Netherlands Dance Theater where she performed 

works by Kylián, Van Manen, Naharin, Tekeuchi, 

Foofwa d’Imobilité and Lightfoot/Leon. Since her 

return to the US, she has collaborated with various artists such as 

Millepied, Aronofsky, Ratmansky, Adam Barruch, Pontus Lidberg, 

and Shannon Gillen. She has created choreographic works for The 

Netherlands Chamber of Commerce, The Children’s Museum of 

Amman, REVERB Festival, and was granted a prize by the National 

Society of Arts and Letters. 

MORGAN LUGO | DANCER 

A native of Wilmington, North Carolina, Morgan Lugo 

trained at North Carolina School of the Arts and recently 

graduated from SUNY Purchase. At Purchase, he had the 

opportunity to work with such choreographers as Lar 

Lubovitch, Doug Varone, Stephen Patronio and Paul Taylor. In 2011, 

during his final year at Purchase, Morgan made his professional 

debut with Morphoses under the direction of Lourdes Lopez and 

Artistic Director Luca Veggetti. He is excited to be a part of L.A. 

Dance Project and looks forward to its future! 

BENJAMIN MILLEPIED | FOUNDING DIRECTOR 

Born in Bordeaux, France, Benjamin Millepied began 

his dance training at the age of eight with his mother 

Catherine, a former modern dancer. After studying 

classical ballet in France under Michel Rahn at the 

Conservatoire National de Lyon, Benjamin came to New York City 

to study at the School of American Ballet in 1992. While at SAB, 

Benjamin was the recipient of numerous prestigious awards, including 

the French Ministry of Culture’s “Bourse Lavoisier”, the “Prix de 

Lausanne”, and the Mae L. Wien “Award for Outstanding Promise”. 

In 1995, Mr. Millepied joined the New York City Ballet, where 

he quickly rose to the rank of Principal Dancer by 2001. During his 

career at NYCB, Mr. Millepied danced lead roles in ballets by notable 

choreographers including George Balanchine, Jerome Robbins, and Peter 

Martins. Mr. Millepied also originated roles in new works by Jerome 

Robbins, Peter Martins, Angelin Preljocaj, Mauro Bignozetti, Alexei 

Ratmanski and Christopher Wheeldon. In 1999 and 2002, he appeared in 

featured roles with the NYCB for the nationally televised Live From Lincoln 

Center broadcast. Mr. Millepied retired from NYCB in 2011. 

In addition to being a celebrated dancer, Mr. Millepied is also a 

renowned choreographer who has created works for some of the 

world’s most well-known dance companies and artists, including 

the New York City Ballet, the Paris Opera Ballet, American Ballet 

Theater, Mikhail Baryshnikov, the Mariinsky Ballet, Geneva 

Opera Ballet, the Lyon Opera Ballet, and Pennsylvania Ballet. Mr. 

Millepied’s works are regularly performed by dance companies 

around the world. 

In 2010, Benjamin became a Chevalier in France’s prestigious “Ordre 

des Arts et des Lettres” (Order of Arts and Letters). 

In 2010, Mr. Millepied also choreographed and starred in Darren 

Aronofsky’s award-winning feature film Black Swan. The same year, 

he directed his first short film. In 2011, Mr. Millepied directed five 

short films for a multi-media performance entitled Portals. Benjamin 

is now directing on a regular basis. 

In 2011, Mr. Millepied became the face of Yves Saint Laurent’s 

new fragrance L’Homme Libre. 

In 2012, Mr. Millepied directed the musical staging for the La 

Jolla Playhouse’s production of “Hands On a Hardbody,” which 

is scheduled to premiere on Broadway in New York City in the 

spring of 2013. 

In 2012, Mr. Millepied announced the creation of L.A. Dance Project, 

his new dance company. L.A. Dance Project’s inaugural performances, 

commissioned by The Music Center, feature a new work 

choreographed by Mr. Millepied with music by Nico Muhly, set design 

by artist Christopher Wool, and costumes by Rodarte. L.A. Dance 

Project will tour the United States and internationally into 2013. 

NICO MUHLY | COMPOSER 

Nico Muhly has composed a wide scope of work for 

ensembles, soloists and organizations, including 

the American Symphony Orchestra, Boston Pops, 

Carnegie Hall, Chicago Symphony, countertenor 

Lestyn Davies, violinist Hilary Hahn, choreographer 

Benjamin Millepied, New York City Ballet, New York 

Philharmonic, Paris Opéra Ballet, soprano Jessica Rivera and 

designer/illustrator Maira Kalman. Born in Vermont in 1981 

and raised in Providence, Rhode Island, Muhly graduated from 

Columbia University with a degree in English Literature. In 

2004, he received a Masters in Music from the Juilliard School, 

where he studied under Christopher Rouse and John Corigliano. 

His writings and full schedule can be found at 

www.nicomuhly.com. 

RODARTE | COSTUME DESIGNERS 

Rodarte was founded in Los Angeles by Kate and Laura Mulleavy. 

Kate and Laura have won numerous awards and accolades and 

were nominated for best costume design at the 16th Annual 

Critics’ Choice Movie Awards for their work in Black Swan. In 

March 2011, Rodarte: States of Matter, was on view at the MOCA, 

followed by Rodarte: Fra Angelico Collection exhibition at the 

LACMA. In May 2012, Kate and Laura designed costumes for 

the LA Philharmonic’s Don Giovanni production with set design 

by Frank Gehry. 

RODERICK MURRAY | LIGHTING DESIGNER 

Roderick Murray has been designing lighting and installations 

for performance both nationally and internationally since 1989. 

Tonight marks Mr. Murray’s latest collaboration with Benjamin 

Millepied, for whom he has designed the lighting on various 

projects since 2006. His designs for Millepied include four world 

premieres at venues in Europe and the U.S., including New York 

City Ballet, Lyon Opèra Ballet, ABT, Ballet du Grand Théâtre 

de Genève and the Lyon Festival de la Danse. Murray has also 

designed the lighting and environments for many important 

innovators in dance and choreography including Ralph Lemon, 

Kimberly Bartosik, Wally Cardona and Yanira Castro, as well 

as many other important artists, including Paul Simon, Sekou 

Sundiata, and Susan Marshall. 

CHRISTOPHER WOOL | PAINTER AND PHOTOGRAPHER 

Born in Chicago in 1955, Christopher Wool moved to New York 

in the 1970’s. Since the mid-1980s, Wool’s work has been the 

subject of numerous international gallery and museum exhibitions, 

including a survey of his work at MOCA in Los Angeles in 1998. 

In 2013, the Solomon R. Guggenheim Museum in New York will 

present a major retrospective of the artist’s work. 

MERCE CUNNINGHAM (1919 – 2009) | CHOREOGRAPHER 

Merce Cunningham was a leader of the American avant-garde 

throughout his seventy-year career and is considered one of the 

most important choreographers of our time. With an artistic career 

distinguished by constant experimentation and collaboration 

with groundbreaking artists from every discipline, Cunningham 

expanded the frontiers of dance and contemporary visual and 

performing arts. Cunningham’s lifelong passion for innovation also 

made him a pioneer in applying new technologies to the arts. 

Born in Centralia, Washington on April 16, 1919, Cunningham 

began his professional dance career at 20 with a six-year 

tenure as a soloist in the Martha Graham Dance Company. In 

1944, he presented his first solo show and in 1953 formed the 

Merce Cunningham Dance Company as a forum to explore his 

groundbreaking ideas. Together with John Cage, his partner in life 

and work, Cunningham proposed a number of radical innovations, 

chief among them that dance and music may occur in the same 

time and space but should be created independently of one 

another. They also made extensive use of chance procedures, 

abandoning musical forms, narrative, and other conventional 

elements of dance composition. For Cunningham, the subject of his 

dances was always dance itself. 

An active choreographer and mentor to the arts world throughout 

his life, Cunningham earned some of the highest honors bestowed 

in the arts, including the National Medal of Arts (1990), the 

MacArthur Fellowship (1985), Japan’s Praemium Imperiale (2005), 

and the British Laurence Olivier Award (1985). Always forwardthinking, 

Cunningham established the Merce Cunningham Trust in 

2000 and developed the precedent-setting Legacy Plan prior to his 

death, to ensure the preservation of his artistic legacy. 

JENNIFER GOGGANS | BALLET MASTER, WINTERBRANCH 

Jennifer Goggans began dancing in her hometown of Owensboro, 

KY, continued her studies at the Nutmeg Ballet and received 

her BFA in dance from SUNY Purchase. She has performed with 

the Louisville Ballet, MOMIX, Chantal Yzermans, Christopher 

Williams and was a member of the Merce Cunningham Dance 

Company from 2000 until its closure in 2011. Jennifer became 

a faculty member of the Merce Cunningham Studio in 2005 and 

was named Assistant to the Director of Choreography in 2011. 

She has staged Cunningham works for the Augusta Ballet, Verb 

Ballet, Yale Dance Theater, Los Angeles Dance Project and the 

Paris Opera Ballet. Jennifer has also studied fashion design at 

the Fashion Institute of Technology and has created costumes for 

various New York choreographers. 


WHO’S WHO 

WILLIAM FORSYTHE | CHOREOGRAPHER 

Raised in New York and initially trained in Florida with Nolan 

Dingman and Christa Long, Forsythe danced with the Joffrey Ballet 

and later the Stuttgart Ballet, where he was appointed Resident 

Choreographer in 1976. Over the next seven years, he created 

new works for the Stuttgart ensemble and ballet companies in 

Munich, The Hague, London, Basel, Berlin, Frankfurt am Main, 

Paris, New York, and San Francisco. In 1984, he began a 20-year 

tenure as director of the Ballet Frankfurt, where he created works 

such as Artifact (1984), Impressing the Czar (1988) and Limb’s 

Theorem (1990), among many others. After the closure of the Ballet 

Frankfurt in 2004, Forsythe established a new, more independent 

ensemble whose works include Three Atmospheric Studies (2005), 

You made me a monster (2005), Human Writes (2005), Heterotopia 

(2006), The Defenders (2007), Yes we can’t (2008), and I Don’t 

Believe in Outer Space (2008). Forsythe’s most recent works are 

developed and performed exclusively by The Forsythe Company, 

while his earlier pieces are prominently featured in the repertoire 

of virtually every major ballet company in the world, including The 

Kirov Ballet, The New York City Ballet, The San Francisco Ballet, 

The National Ballet of Canada, England’s Royal Ballet, and The 

Paris Opera Ballet. 

Awards received by Forsythe and his ensembles include the New 

York Dance and Performance “Bessie” Award (1988, 1998, 2004, 

2007) and London’s Laurence Olivier Award (1992, 1999, 2009). 

Forsythe has been conveyed the title of Commandeur des Arts et 

Lettres (1999) by the government of France and has received the 

German Distinguished Service Cross (1997), the Wexner Prize (2002) 

and the Golden Lion (2010). 

Forsythe has been commissioned to produce architectural and 

performance installations by architect-artist Daniel Libeskind, 

ARTANGEL (London), Creative Time (New York), and the City of 

Paris. His performance, installation and film works have been 

presented in numerous museums and exhibitions. In collaboration 

with media specialists and educators, Forsythe has developed new 

approaches to dance documentation, research, and education such 

as his 1994 computer application Improvisation Technologies: A 

Tool for the Analytical Dance Eye, developed with the Zentrum für 

Kunst und Medientechnologie. As an educator, Forsythe is regularly 

invited to lecture and give workshops at universities and cultural 

institutions. He is an Honorary Fellow at the Laban Centre for 

Movement and Dance in London and holds an Honorary Doctorate 

from The Juilliard School in New York. Forsythe is also a current 

A.D. White Professor-at-Large at Cornell University (2009-2015). 

THOMAS MCMANUS | BALLET MASTER, QUINTETT 

Thomas McManus was born in 1963 U.S.A. Coming from a 

farm on the great plains of Illinois, Thomas is a graduate 

of the North Carolina School of the Arts. His early work 

and experience in New York included improvisational 

performances at Westbeth Studios, dancing with a Chamber 

Ballet repertory company, a season with American Ballet 

Theater II and the Broadway musical Cats. A desire to live 

and work in Europe led him to Germany where he danced from 


1986-99 with William Forsythe and the Ballett Frankfurt, taking 

part in most of the newly created ballets during that time. 

Since 1999, he has been a member of the performance group 

“commerce,” which he founded together with Nik Haffner. He 

is currently choreographing for many different venues, teaches 

Forsythe repertory to major ballet companies and teaches 

improvisation workshops all over Europe and America. 

STEPHEN GALLOWAY | BALLET MASTER, QUINTETT 

An accomplished dancer and designer, Stephen Galloway was a 

principal dancer with choreographer William Forsythe’s Frankfurt 

Ballet from 1986-2004 and in 1990 was appointed head costume 

designer/style coordinator. Mr. Galloway has been the Art 

Director for fashion houses such as Issey Miyake and has staged 

fashion shows for Yves Saint Laurent, Costume National, Versace 

and Miyake. He has been a creative consultant and choreographer 

for the Rolling Stones’ world tours and music videos since 1997. 

His costume work has been seen internationally in productions by 

American Ballet Theatre, The Paris Opera, La Scala Opera and many 

film opera and television projects across Europe and the Far East. 

Mr. Galloway often collaborates with artists and photographers Inez 

van Lamsweerde and Vinoodh Matadin on editorial and fashion 

campaigns for Haper’s Bazaar, French, American and German Vogue, 

V and W Magazines, Calvin Klein and Gucci. He has been awarded a 

Bessie, a Sir Laurence Olivier and a Nijinsky Award for his work as a 

dancer and costume designer with the Frankfurt Ballet. He released 

his first music CD From This Day On, in 2002. The follow-up, THE 

RETURN OF LUBRIOUS is set to drop in late fall 2009. He is also the 

editor of BRAVE!, an innovative quarterly published in Germany 

since spring 2009. 

JONE SAN MARTIN | BALLET MASTER, QUINTETT 

Jone San Martin is a dancer/choreographer, born in Donostia, 

San Sebastian, Spain. She studied with Mentxu Medel in San 

Sebastian, then at the Institut del Teatre in Barcelona and 

at Mudra International in Bruxelles. After working at several 

companies, including the Compañía Nacional de Danza in Madrid, 

Ulmer Theater in Germany and with Jacopo Godani in Bruxelles, 

she joined the Ballett Frankfurt in 1992 under the direction 

of William Forsythe. She has been a member of The Forsythe 

Company since 2004. 

GAVIN BRYARS | COMPOSER 

Gavin Bryars is one of Britain’s leading composers. He was 

born in Yorkshire in 1943. His first musical reputation was as a 

jazz bassist working in the mid-sixties with improvisers Derek 

Bailey and Tony Oxley. His first major work as a composer was 

The Sinking of the Titanic (1969) which was originally released 

along with Jesus’ Blood Never Failed Me Yet on Brian Eno’s 

Obscure Label, and re-recorded for release in 1996 on Crepuscule 

Records. Over the last decade his compositions have ranged 

widely. Bryars’ works have been used by such choreographers as 

Lucinda Childs, Maguy Marin and in 1989 by William Forsythe in 

Act I (and later Act III) of Slingerland. In 1993, Forsythe used the 

composition Jesus’ Blood Never Failed Me Yet for Quintett. Gavin 

Bryars is Professor of Music at Leicester Polytechnic, and Musical 

Associate at the Leicester Haymarket Theatre. 

CHARLES FABIUS | LA DANCE PROJECT CURATORIAL COLLECTIVE 

A graduate of the Royal Academy Utrecht (The Netherlands) 

in Musicology and Theatre History, Charles Fabius started 

his career as music editor in his native country. He moved 

to Paris, where he co-founded the Paris Opera school for 

young singers Ecole d’Art Lyrique in 1979. He became artistic 

program director at the Paris Grand Opera in 1983. Through 

the nineties, he ran a prominent artist management agency 

from Paris, managing the worldwide career of Robert Wilson. 

He has been decorated by the French government with the 

Chevalier des Arts et des Lettres. In 2001, he moved to NYC as 

artistic and executive director of the Byrd Hoffman Water Mill 

Foundation, leading a major building and capital campaign. 

The newly-redesigned Watermill Center for the Arts and the 

Humanities opened in 2006 as a year-round facility. Since 

2007, Charles is Consulting Producer for performing arts 

projects at the Solomon R. Guggenheim Museum, NY. 

DIMITRI CHAMBLAS | 

LA DANCE PROJECT CURATORIAL COLLECTIVE 

Dimitri Chamblas grew up in the Franco-Swiss Alps. Captivated 

by dance, he joined The Paris Opera’s celebrated dance 

school at age ten. He studied contemporary dance at the 

Conservatoire National de Lyon where he learned the methods 

of such artists such as Merce Cunningham, Martha Graham and 

Alwin Nikolais. In 1994, he choreographed Soli-Bach, working 

with Jean-Paul Gaultier, Andy Goldsworthy, Jean le Gac, and 

composer Heiner Goebbels. In 1996, Dimitri met Mathilde 

Monnier, the current director of the Centre Chorégraphique 

National de Montpellier. They collaborated on several shows, 

including Stop Stop Stop with writer Christine Angot. Together 

with Mathilde Monnier, Dimitri created the “research 

and writing residence,” an occasion for artists to create 

personal creative space outside of the traditional production 

process. Dimitri Chamblas is the co-founder of EDNA with the 

choreographer Boris Charmatz. Together they have organized 

events, performances and exhibitions all over the world. 

Their duet “A bras le Corps” has been performed on every 

continent in world-renowned theaters and festivals. In 2002, 

Chamblas partnered with producer Jean-Jacques Cabuy and 

Karen Barel to found SAME, a company that produces video 

music, commercials, web content and other audiovisual works. 

SAME has offices in Paris, Brussels and Los Angeles. In 2011, 

Chamblas and Millepied began a film producing partnership, 

which remains active and ongoing. 

MATTHIEU HUMERY | 

LA DANCE PROJECT CURATORIAL COLLECTIVE 

Matthieu Humery was appointed Vice President and 

Specialist Head of Sale of the Photographs Department 

for Christie’s New York in 2007. During his tenure at 

Christie’s, Mr. Humery has overseen the sales of the Fremont 

Collection, the Elfering Collection and the Collection of 

Bruce and Nancy Berman’s Photographs by Diane Arbus 

(part I) and William Eggleston (part II). In the Spring of 

2008, the photographs Department achieved the most 

successful season of sales for any Photographs auction 

week, establishing world records for works by Irving Penn 

and Henri Cartier-Bresson. In the Fall of 2008, Mr. Humery 

orchestrated Christie’s first-ever sale of contemporary 

photography, which set world records for artists Alec Soth 

and Louise Lawler. 

Prior to Christie’s Mr. Humery worked from 2001 until 

2005 in Paris and New York as a Specialist in Photographs, 

Contemporary Art & 20th Century Design and has since been 

consultant to numerous organizations, notably the Magnum 

Agency, the Luma Foundation and the Watermill Foundation/ 

Robert Wilson Art Collection. 

Mr. Humery holds Masters Degrees in Art History from both 

the Free University in Berlin as well as the Sorbonne, where 

he is currently working towards his PhD. 

L.A. Dance Project 

MANAGING DIRECTOR 

Julia Diamond 

PRODUCTION DIRECTOR 

Will Knapp 

LIGHTING DIRECTOR 

Roderick Murray 

COMPANY MANAGER 

Kathryn Luckstone 

STAGE MANAGER 

Danielle Korman 

514 South Spring Street 

213.622.5900 

www.ladanceproject.com 

LEGAL COUNSEL 

Christopher D 

Macdougall PLLC 

FISCAL SPONSOR 

Pentacle (DanceWorks, Inc.) 

TOUR MANAGEMENT 

IMG Artists, Julia Glawe, 

Johanna Rajamaki 

DLB Performing Arts, 

Didier Le besque 

L.A. DANCE PROJECT 

PRESENTING PARTNERS 

Paris, Chatelet 

London, Sadler’s Wells 

Lyon, Maison de la Danse 

Special Thanks 

Los Angeles Theatre Center, Latino Theatre Company, 

Studio Sereno, Megan and Ashley Fenton, Matthew 

Brown, Loreen Domijan, Huong Hoang, Danielle 

Oexmann and Amoveo Productions 


CENTER DANCE 

ARTS (CDA) 

Lead Sponsor of L.A. Dance Project 

Center Dance Arts (CDA) is proud to be 

the Lead Sponsor of L.A. Dance Project. 

It has been an honor working with 

Benjamin Millepied, one of the world’s 

most-commissioned choreographers, 

on his first Los Angeles-based venture. 

It is with the generous support of our 

CDA members and all Glorya Kaufman 

Presents Dance at The Music Center 

supporters that we can build our dance 

program as a leading presenting and 

commissioning force. 

The Music Center and Center Dance Art 

gratefully acknowledge 

for their support of L.A. Dance Project’s 

Opening Night Celebration at The Music 

Center’s Walt Disney Concert Hall. 


We would like to recognize 

our Center Dance Arts lead 

donors of L.A. Dance Project: 

Susan Baumgarten 

Lenore and Bernard Greenberg 

Joan Herman and Richard Rasiej 

Jane Jelenko and Bill Norris 

Pacific Foundation, Inc. 

Carol and Patrick Kinsella 

Mattie and Michael Lawson 

Elizabeth Levitt-Hirsch 

Valeria Rico-Nikolov and Nick Nikolov 

Catharine and Jeffrey Soros 

Sutton Stracke 

Bradley Tabach-Bank 

Sue Tsao 

Alyce and Warren Williamson 

ABOUT CENTER 

DANCE ARTS (CDA) 

Be inspired, enriched and fascinated through one-of-a-kind 

dance experiences. CDA is proud to celebrate ten years as the 

founding supporter of Glorya Kaufman Presents Dance at the 

Music Center (KDMC). As the premier West Coast presenter of 

dance, KDMC brings the world’s most prestigious and innovative 

dance companies to the stages of The Music Center. 

Center Dance Arts offers members opportunities to: 

• SUPPORT world-class dance engagements 

• INSPIRE thousands of children through our 

education outreach—school lectures/ 

demonstrations, community classes with 

artists, open rehearsals, and free or low-cost 

ticket offers. 

• ACCESS exclusive events that enrich your 

passion for dance 

• INTERACT with celebrated dancers and 

distinguished dance luminaries 

For more information, call (213) 972-3359 

or visit musiccenter.org/centerdancearts. 

CENTER DANCE ARTS MEMBERS 

Thank you to all CDA Members who have contributed $1,000 or more from July 1, 2011 to August 30, 2012. 

Fred Abdelnour 

Libbie Agran 

David Axelrad and Liza Bercorici 

Shirley Rae Ashkenas 

Karen and Bruce Ballenger 

Rise and Alan Z. Barbakow 

Tonia and Jeremy Barber 


Shelley and Richard A. Bayer 

Maria and William Bell, Jr. 

Helen and Peter S. Bing 

Jamie Bishton and Christian Kraus 

Robert N. Braun and Joan Friedman 

Anne Brilliant 

Robin and Elliott Broidy 

Linda Brown 

Rina Carmel 

Leslie Castanuela Barnes 

Karla and Richard Chernick 

Gloria and Lionel Chetwynd 

Christine and Gabriel Chiu 

Michelle and Steven Clark 

Theodore F. Cordes 

Nancy Cotton 

Sharon Darnov 

Samantha Davies 

Tama and Paul Deitch 

Bert Deixler 

Jennifer and Royce Diener 

Milena M. Dostanich 

Barbara Elliott 

Lisa Field 

Martin S. Freedman 

Susan Friedman 

Leslie and Frederick J. Gaylord 

Genevieve and Lewis Geyser 

Marcy and Edgar F. Gross 

Hany Haddad 

Dorothea, Seaf 

and Clabe Hartley 

Mary Harward 

Joan E. Herman 

and Richard M. Rasiej 

Elizabeth Levitt Hirsch 

Katinka and Eugene J. Holt 

Ruby M. Hori 

Teena Hostavich 

Jaycie Ingersoll 

Tatiana and Todd James 


Lisa Kessler 


Suzanne and Franklin Konigsberg 

Rosalie and Bernard Kornblau 

Mattie and Michael A. Lawson 

Ellen Levitt 

Raquel and Bert Lewitt 

Anika Lorber 

Reynaldo Lozano 

Thomas and Marie Maclennan 

Carla Malden 

Ginny and Henry Mancini 

Dale and Gordon S. McWilliams 

Cynthia Molnar 

Kathy and Michael Moray 

2012-2013 CDA 

BOARD OF DIRECTORS 

Jane Jelenko 

PRESIDENT 

Mattie McFadden-Lawson 

CHAIRMAN 

Sue Baumgarten 

Maria Bell 

Samantha Davies 

Hany Haddad 

Joan Herman 

Elizabeth Levitt Hirsch 

Patrick Kinsella 

Valeria Rico-Nikolov 

Catharine Soros 


Alyce Williamson 

Liane Weintraub 

FOUNDING CHAIRMAN 

Olivia and Anthony Neece 

Janis Nelson 

Nan Norwood 

Ellen A. Pansky 

David Pullman 

Michael Raedeke 

Valeria Rico- Nikolov 

and Nicholas Nikolov 

Hadley Davis Rierson 

Ricki and Marvin Ring 

Lois Rosen 

Jerry F. Rosenstock 

Helene Rosenzweig 

Thomas Safran 

Maxine Savitz 

Sherie and Alan Schneider 

Dominique R. Shelton 

Eleanor and Lawrence Sloan 


Phillip K. Sotel 

Gayle Elkins Spitz 

James Sterling 

I.H. Sutnick 

Allan Swartz 

and Roslyn Holt Swartz 

Bradley Tabach- Bank 

Sue Tsao 

Hope Warner 

Ron Watson 

Betty Weiner 

Liane and Richard Weintraub 

Leslie Weisberg 

and Jim Hyman 

Alyce and Warren B. Williamson 

January and Edward Woods 

Pablo Woodward 

Pam and Leo Wyler 



THE MUSIC CENTER 

LEADERSHIP COUNCIL 

The Music Center Leadership Council is a social and networking group of Southern 

California’s professional, business, and community leaders who share a passion for 

the performing arts. The Leadership Council’s annual membership gift supports arts 

education programs at The Music Center with a special interest in the Spotlight program. 

Members and their guests enjoy thrilling performances and a variety of exclusive events 

that take place all over Los Angeles. Individual memberships are available by invitation. 

Information about corporate sponsorship opportunities will be provided on request. 

TRAVEL WITH CENTER DANCE ARTS The Music Center Leadership Council was founded by leading 

philanthropists in 1978 as Fraternity of Friends of The Music 

Center, and over the years has raised millions for the 

arts in Los Angeles. 

Center Dance Arts’ (CDA) trip to St. Petersburg and Moscow! An 

extraordinary 12-day immersion into Russian ballet and culture. 

Unforgettable backstage visits with Bolshoi and Mariinsky 

principal dancers, front-row access to Mikhailovsky and Eifman 

Ballet rehearsals, and guided tours to some of Russia’s treasured 

landmarks were just some of the highlights of our journey. 

Equally wonderful was sharing this experience with fellow 

CDA ballet enthusiasts and Renae Williams Niles, Director 

of Programming at The Music Center. 

On our first day, we made our way through the Bolshoi Theatre’s 

passage ways to attend a rehearsal of Pharaoh’s Daughter. 

It was my first time watching choreographers, professional 

dancers, and coaches in “work mode.” After the rehearsal, 

we had a private tour of the theatre that was capped off by a 

special meeting with a Bolshoi principal dancer who described 

his career and rise through the company. 

The first ballet performance we saw was the Mariinsky’s Swan 

Lake, which allowed us to make an interesting comparison to the 

Bolshoi version presented at The Music Center this past June. 

As if watching the Mariinsky’s performance in its historic theater 

was not enough, we were led back stage to meet the principals 

after the performance. We also saw the Mariinsky’s La Bayadere, 

the Mikhailovsky’s Le Corsair, and Diana Vishneva’s gorgeous 

Romeo and Juliet, each capped off with a backstage visit with 

the artistic director and principal cast. Equally exciting were 

two private rehearsals of Nacho Duato’s Multiplicity/Forms of 

Silence and Emptiness and Boris Eifman’s Red Giselle. 

Above: CDA group at Bolshoi Theatre with Bolshoi soloist 

For me, the proximity of the dancers, moving across the 

studio at what seemed 60 miles per hour, was one of my 

greatest ballet experiences. When we met with Nacho, 

he talked about his plans as the new artistic director 

of the Mikhailovsky Ballet. Boris described his new theater 

and ballet school currently under construction. 

Our ballet experience was made complete by our private 

visit to the Vaganova Academy of Russian Ballet. This school 

has graduated world-renowned dancers, including Nijinsky, 

Balanchine, Nureyev, Makarova, and Baryshnikov. 

Peppered throughout our trip were visits to Russia’s 

premier palaces and art museums, including the Hermitage, 

Tretyakov, and Pushkin. Then there was Red Square, which 

seemed surreal when one thinks about the Cold War period. 

However, the vivid colors of Saint Basil Cathedral’s domes, 

that came into view as we walked through Red Square, are 

one of the landmarks I most enjoyed on our trip. 

As you can tell, we were constantly on-the-go—exposed to a 

life-time of ballet and other cultural experiences in less than 

two weeks. Special thanks to Susan Friedman, CDA Board 

Member, who worked closely with Marat Daukayev to plan such 

a wonderful tour. – Sharon Darnov, CDA Leadership Council 

Be on the lookout for CDA’s next trip abroad! 

For more information about The Music Center Leadership 

Council, call Laura Recchi at (213) 972-3346 or email 

MCLC@musiccenter.org. 

Left: Tim Callobre, 2010 classical 

instrumental Spotlight winner, 

performs at a MCLC event 

Right: Steve Rountree, President 

& CEO of The Music Center, Tracy 

Albert, MCLC Vice President, and 

Bennett Pozil, MCLC President, 

at the MCLC Annual Dinner 


MEET THE BOARD OF 

AMBASSADORS PRESIDENT 

Two years ago, when The Music Center was looking for a leader for its 

new support group, David Adishian stepped up to meet the challenge. 

As the founding and current president of the Board of Ambassadors 

(BOA), a distinguished cadre of supporters who make gifts of $10,000 

or more annually, David takes the name of the group to heart by being 

an outstanding ambassador for The Music Center. 

“I’ve been active with The Music Center for well over a decade, early 

in my career as a young professional, later with my wife Lena, and now 

as parents with two young daughters,” David says. “Our investment, 

of both time and a little treasure, has added so much to my life and 

our family’s over the years.” Indeed, David has invested both time and 

treasure. In addition to leading BOA, he is also a member of The Music 

Center Development Committee and a longtime member of The Music 

Center Leadership Council (formerly Fraternity of Friends) where he 

has supported the Spotlight program. 

David manages The Adishian Group within Merrill Lynch Wealth 

Management, where his team provides planning and asset management 

for families, charities and family foundations. Clients rely on David’s 

strategic advice on such issues as asset allocation, lending and estate 

planning. Sought after for his financial counsel, David has been featured 

in the Los Angeles Times and the Los Angeles Business Journal, and has 

provided investment commentary on radio and television. 

David’s approach to philanthropy is much the same as his approach 

to his business ventures. “I’m always looking for ways to be relevant 

to the community, whether in work or in my personal life, and I believe 

that’s a good philosophy for the Board of Ambassadors,” David says. 

“As we grow the program, we become more relevant and more people 

will see the benefits, especially students in our education programs. 

It’s incredibly gratifying to be a part of The Music Center community.” 

For more information about the Board of Ambassadors, 

call 213-972-3360 or email tprepsky@musiccenter.org. 

Board of Ambassadors Members 

David G. Adishian* 

Founder & President 

George Affolter 

The Estate of Maria V. Altmann 

Beverly and Frank Arnstein* 

Eloise C. Goodhew Barnett* 

Mrs. Fred A. Bartman, Jr.* 

Pamela and Dennis Beck 

Adele and Gordon Binder* 

Helen and Peter Bing* 


Margaret M. Bloomfield* 

David C. Bohnett* 

Geri Brawerman* 

Marcy Carsey* 

Laurie and Mark Cohen 

Felice and Richard Cutler* 

Gina DiBona 

Louise and Brad Edgerton* 

Helen Funai Erickson 

Maude and Richard Ferry* 

Ann and Gordon Getty* 

Ruth and Charles Gold* 

Joyce and Fred Hameetman* 

Liz Levitt Hirsch 

Randi and Richard Jones 

Glorya Kaufman* 

Martin Massman 

Barbara and Buzz McCoy 

Ann and Jerry Moss* 

Phyllis Parvin 

Board of Ambassadors President David Adishian 

with wife Lena Adishian. 

THE BOARD OF AMBASSADORS plays 

a leading role in supporting The Music 

Center’s Active Arts, education and dance 

programming. These leaders play an 

important role in ensuring that the arts 

thrive in Los Angeles and that young people 

have access to quality arts education. 

Dudley Rauch 

Allison and Richard Roeder 

Lois Rosen and Family* 

Kip Sturgeon 

Sue Tsao* 

Janis and William Wetsman* 

Misty Widelitz* 

Jennifer and Craig Zobelein 

*Founding Member 

Do you remember your first live performance? 

Being swept away when the house lights went down 

and your imagination took over? 

We do. It happens at every Music Center performance. 

If you’ve ever seen a child’s eyes light up as a company 

of vividly costumed dancers takes the stage, you know 

what it means to be swept away by the arts. 

And you also know that it’s you who makes this possible 

by making a gift to The Music Center Annual Fund. 

Your gift does much more than just bring world-class 

dance programs to our stages. It also brings arts education 

to thousands of children each year and gives Angelenos 

a place to express themselves creatively through dance 

and song. 

When you give to The Music Center Annual Fund, you not 

only bring the richness of the arts to the community, you 

also receive special member benefits and exclusive access 

to our diverse programs, artists and events. 

Please make a gift to The Music Center Annual Fund today. 

For more information and a complete list of benefits, 

please call (213) 972-4349 or visit us online at 

musiccenter.org/afmembership. 

To make your gift securely online, go to 

musiccenter.org/support. 

Photo by Eric Politzer 

Justin Lewis, Spotlight 2012 Finalist. Photo by Alex Pitt. 

Celebrating its 25th year, Spotlight is one of the 

nation’s premier arts education and scholarship 

programs for teens, providing arts training by 

professional artists and awarding more than 

$100,000 in scholarships each year. 

This free program requires strong support from 

people like you who understand the importance 

of encouraging our youth’s talent and creativity 

while promoting their future success—both 

academically and professionally. 

Reaching more than 2,300 students during 

auditions, workshops and master classes through 

the course of the school year, Spotlight culminates 

with a performance on May 4, 2013, at the Dorothy 

Chandler Pavilion. Sixteen finalists perform and 

are honored for their achievements, and, most 

significantly, receive scholarships to continue 

advancing their careers. 

Make an investment in Spotlight and help The 

Music Center provide invaluable experiences 

to students across Southern California. To learn 

more about the program, as well as sponsorship 

opportunities and benefits, please contact Laura 

Recchi at (213) 972-3315 or lrecchi@musiccenter.org. 


MUSIC CENTER SUPPORTERS 

The Music Center would like to thank donors who have contributed 

$1,000 or more from October 1, 2010, to February 1, 2012. 

INDIVIDUALS 

Robert Abernethy 

Gay and Harry Abrams 

Christine Adams and James Asperger 

Marisela C. and James R. Adams III 

David Adishian* 

George Affolter* 

Mary Agran 

Ann Albert 

Dean Ambrose 

Margot and Mark Armbruster 

Ronald Arnault 

Beverly and Frank Arnstein 

Shirley Ashkenas 

Ricki and Zane Averbach 

Barry Baker 

Bridget Baker and Robert Cerny 

Karen and Bruce Ballenger 

Jackie and Howard Banchik 

Rise and Alan Barbakow 

Tonia and James Barber 

Robin and Peter Barker 

Eloise C. Goodhew Barnett* 

Avery and Andrew Barth 

Suzy and Robert Barth 


Lucie and Gordon Bava 

Shelley and Richard Bayer 

Maralee Beck and Andrew Safir 

Pamela and Dennis Beck* 

Amy and Joey Behrstock 

Paul Beigelman 

Maria and William Bell Jr. 

David Bender 

Lanie Bernhard 

Marlene and Brian Billington 

Adele and Gordon Binder* 

Helen and Peter Bing* 

Jamie Bishton and Christian Kraus 

Charles Black, Jr. 

Carolyn and Martin Bloom 

Margaret Bloomfield* 

The Blue Ribbon 

Rosanna Hirshon Bogart 

David C. Bohnett* 

Jean Bonini 

Stacey and Jeryl Bowers 

Selina and Brian Boxer Wachler 

Geri Brawerman* 

Deborah and Gabriel Brener 

Claire and Brad Brian 

Anne Brilliant 

Robin and Elliott Broidy 

Linda Brown 

Louise and John Bryson 

Joan and Allan Burns 

Andrea and Henry Burroughs 

Debbie and Jim Burrows 


Adrienne and Robert Butler 

Judy Carroll 

Leslie Castanuela Barnes 

Karla and Richard Chernick 

Christine and Gabriel Chiu 

Larry Chrysler 

Michelle and Steven Clark 

Helen and Steven Clarke 

Lynne Coakley-Steele and Pierre Steele 

Jane and Lawrence Cohen 

Laurie and Mark Cohen* 

Ann and Philip Colburn 

David M. Conlon 

David Conney 

Ana and Robert Cook 

Barry Cooper 

Theodore Cordes 

Nancy Cotton 

Leah Coulter 

Felice and Richard Cutler* 

Sharon Darnov 

Suzanne and Robert Davidow 

Nadine and Harold Davidson 

Nancy and Donald de Brier 

Mr. and Mrs. R. Thomas Decker 

Tama and Paul Deitch 

Leslie and Bert Deixler 

Patricia Devin 

Gina DiBona 

William Dickey 

Jennifer and Royce Diener 

Milena Dostanich 

Lois Douglass◊ 

Robin and Michael Dreyer 

Carla and Gerald Du Manoir 

Maxine Dunitz 

Margaret and Jerrold Eberhardt 

Louise and Bradford Edgerton* 

MegAnn and Craig Ellis 

Kimberly and John Emerson 

Lois and Robert Erburu 

Helen Funai Erickson* 

Liane Weintraub 

Steven Feig 

Joy and Jerome Fein 

Joan and William Feldman 

Maude and Richard Ferry* 

Helgard and Irwin S. Field 

Lawrence N. Field 

Bobbi and Henry Fields 

Marianna and David Fisher 

Judy and Arnold Fishman 

Polly Fleming 

Nanette and Burton Forester 

Claudia and Mark Foster 

Floran and Richard Fowkes 

James Franke 

Martin Freedman 

Joan A. Friedman, Ph.D. and 

Robert N. Braun, M.D. 

Susan Friedman 

Diane Futterman 

Donna and Jay Gallagher 

Nancy and Eric Garen 

Susan and Franklin Garfield 

Frederick and Leslie Gaylord 

Ann and Gordon Getty* 

Genevieve and Lewis Geyser 

Leslie and Clifford Gilbert-Lurie 

Elaine and David Gill 

Kiki and David Gindler 

Doris Gold 

Ruth and Charles I. Gold* 

Nicholas Goldsborough 

Elaine and Bram Goldsmith 

Roslyn and Abner Goldstine 

Louis Goren 

Brindell Gottlieb 

Lenore and Bernard Greenberg 

Roberta and Robert Greenfield 

Tricia and Richard Grey 

Nancy Griffin and Steven Ehrlich 

Marcy and Edgar Gross 

Margaret and Donald Gumpertz◊ 

Renee and Paul Haas 

Cynthia and William Hagelstein 

Mary Beth and Russ Hagey 

Joyce and Fred Hameetman* 

Roberta and Bruce Hammer 

Elisabeth Katte Harris◊ 

Jennifer Harris and Joe Sliskovich 

Thea, Seaf and Clabe Hartley 

Mary Harward 

Betty and Fred Hayman 

Dennis Haysbert 

William F. Heffernan Jr. 

Mary Ann and John Heidt 

Drs. Vikki and Sidney Helperin 

Joan Herman and Richard Rasiej 

Ann and Stephen Hinchliffe Jr. 

Liz Levitt Hirsch* 

Gloria and Glen Holden 

Katinka and Eugene Holt 

Katie and Philip Holthouse 

Ruby Hori 

Teena Hostavich and Doug Martinet 

Joan and John F. Hotchkis 

Anne Howell 

Mary Ann Hunt-Jacobsen 

Jaycie Ingersoll 

Tatiana and Todd James 

Linda and Jerome Janger 

Susan and Michael Jeffries 


Randi and Richard Jones* 

Sydney and Peter Julien 

Julie and Richard Kagan 

Cheryl and David Karton 

Gerald Katell 

Leslie and Jack Kavanaugh 

Cari and Marty Kavinoky 

Morton Kay 

Suzanne and Richard Kayne 

Anita and Fred Kemmerling 

Lisa Kessler 


Gai Klass and Michael Stern 

Jo Ann and Raymond Klauer 

Lisa and Victor Kohn 

Susanne and Franklin Konigsberg 

Carolbeth and Ambassador Lester Korn 

Rosalie Kornblau 

Judith Krantz 

Rini and Arthur Kraus 

Suzanne and Michael Kraus 

Joyce and Kent Kresa 

Rosalyn Laudati and James Pick 


and Michael Lawson 

Jo Ellen and Stephen Lee 

CC Pulitzer-Lemann 

and Monte Lemann II 

Betty and Maury Leonard 

Ellen and Harry Levitt 

Janell and Randall Lewis 

Raquel and Bert Lewitt 

John Liebes 

Anita Lorber 

Cathy and Mark Louchheim 

Marlene and Sandy Louchheim 

Bryan Lourd 

Barbara Luzzatto 

Nigel Lythgoe 

Dr. Thomas and Marie Maclennan 

Padma and Rao Makineni 

Carla Malden 

Gary Malouf 

Ginny Mancini 

Carol and Douglas Mancino 

Connie and Martinn Mandles 

Claude Girault Mann 

and Alfred Mann 

Claudia and Michael Margolis 

Pauline Marks 

Ilene and J. Howard Marshall III 

Martin Massman* 

Pauline and Roger Mayer 

Nancy and Patrick McCabe 

Barbara and Buzz McCoy* 

Irene Mecchi 

Linda and Sheldon Mehr 

Beth and Leslie Michelson 

Barbara and Fred Miller 

Cindy Miscikowski 

Haydee and Carlos Mollura 

Cynthia Molnar 

Bob and Val Montgomery 

Nicole and Michael Montgomery 

Kathy and Michael Moray 

Diane Morton 

Sandra Moss 

Merle and Peter Mullin 

Ann and Greg Myer 

Abby and Alan Myerson 

Olivia and Anthony Neece 

Janis Nelson 

Steven Neu 

Betty and George Nicholaw 

Valeria Rico-Nikolov 

and Nicholas Nikolov 

Gladys Niver 

Nan Norwood 

Darcie Denkert Notkin 

and Shelby Notkin 

Robert Olsen◊ 

Ronald Olson 

Annette and Peter O’Malley 

Alan Oppenheimer 

Marti and H. Tony Oppenheimer 

Nancy Rahnasto and Alfred Osborne 

Rose and Michael Pagano 

Ellen Pansky 

Phyllis Parvin* 

Kurt Peterson 

Nina and Leo Pircher 

Karen Kay Platt and Lawrence B. Platt 

Anne and Arnold Porath 

Marni and Bennett Pozil 

Phyllis and Henry Present 

Cecille and Michael Pulitzer 

David Pullman 

Michael Raedeke 

Max Ramberg 

Lee and Lawrence Ramer 

Simon Ramo 

Lauren and Jon Rashap 

Dudley Rauch 

Timothy Regler 

Vicki Reynolds and Murray Pepper 

Ricki and Marvin Ring 

Sharon and Nelson Rising 

Jill and Dennis Roach 

Fredric Roberts 

Allison and Richard Roeder* 

Penelope Roeder 

Lois Rosen and Family* 

Jaclyn Rosenberg 

Nancy and Brad Rosenberg 

Nancy and Arthur Rosenbloom 

Felicia Rosenfeld and David Linde 

Esther and Richard Rosenfield 

Jerry Rosenstock 

Alison and Larry Rosenthal 

Helene Rosenzweig, M.D. 

Gayle and Edward Roski 

Georgina and Alan Rothenberg 

Susan and Marvin Rothenberg 

Carol and Steve Rountree 

Kerstin and George Royce 

Suzanne and Paul Rubenstein 

Peggy and Harvey Saferstein 

Thomas Safran 

Desiree and Joel Samuels 

Carla and Fred Sands 

Maxine Savitz 

Fred Schiffman 

Sherie and Alan Schneider 

Toni and John Schulman 

Alan Schwartz 

Janet and Michael Schwartz 

Lois Schwartz 

Larraine and Clive Segil 

Dominique Shelton 

Jeneane Shield 

Anita Silverstein 

Grazyna and William Simon 

Ruth and David Simon 

Eleanor and L. Lawrence Sloan 

Joni and W. Clark Smith 

Lucerne Snipes 

Ellen and Harry Sondheim 


Phillip Sotel 

Lisa Specht and Ron Rogers 

Christine and Don Steele 

Marilyn and Eugene Stein 

Carol Stein Sterling and James Sterling 

Amanda and Nicholas Stonnington 

Julia Strickland and Timothy Wahl 

I.H. Sutnick 

Victoria Swackenberg 

Allan and Roslyn Holt Swartz 

Virginia and David Sydorick 


Louise Taper 

Cynthia Telles 

Suzanne and Michael Tennenbaum 

Sally and James Thomas 

Reva and William Tooley 

Marilyn Trattner 

Sue Tsao* 

Elinor and Rubin Turner 

Catherine and Leonard Unger 

Addie and Mark Van Gessel 

Joanne and Johannes Van Tilburg 

Pat Walter 

Hope Landis Warner 

Hope Warschaw 

Gail and Paul Watson 

Ron Watson 

Dody Waugh 

Julie Waxman and Seth Freeman 

Dorothy and Robert Webb 

Rachel Weber 

Robert M. Weekley 

Thomas Weinberger and Leslie Vermut 

Betty Weiner 

Leslie Weisberg and James Hyman 

Doris Weitz and Alexander Williams III 

Janis and William Wetsman* 

Misty Widelitz* 

Barbara and Edmund Wilkinson Jr. 

Alyce and Warren Williamson 

Patty and Richard Wilson 

Alison and Joseph Winter 

January and Edward Woods 

Pamela and Leo Wyler 

Rosalind Wyman 

Susan and Kenneth Yamada 

Courtney and David Zifkin 

Craig and Jennifer Zobelein* 

FOUNDATIONS AND GOVERNMENT 

The Ahmanson Foundation 

The Albert Parvin Foundation 

Alice and Julius Kantor 

Charitable Trust 

Alphonse Burnand & Charles Partridge 

Scholarship Trust 

Ann and Gordon Getty Foundation 

The Annenberg Foundation 

The Bartman Foundation* 

The California Endowment 

Capezio Ballet Makers 

Dance Foundation Inc. 

The Capital Group Companies 

Charitable Foundation 

Carsey Family Foundation* 

City of LA Department of 

Cultural Affairs 

The Claire and Theodore Morse 

Foundation 

Corday Family Foundation 

Danvera Foundation 

Dorothy B. Chandler New Program Fund 

Edward D. & Anna Mitchell 

Family Foundation 

The Eli and Edythe Broad Foundation 

Friars Charitable Foundation 

Gerald Oppenheimer Family Foundation 

Gladys Turk Foundation 

Glorya Kaufman Dance Foundation* 

The Green Foundation 

I. N. and Susanna H. 

Van Nuys Foundation 

J. Paul Getty Trust 

James A. Doolittle Foundation 

The James Irvine Foundation 

The John Randolph Haynes 

and Dora Haynes Foundation 

Julia Stearns Dockweiler 

Charitable Foundation 

The Kenneth T. 

and Eileen L. Norris Foundation 

Lee Graff Foundation 

Los Angeles County Arts Commission 

The Louis and Harold Price Foundation 

Lowitz Foundation 

The Lucille Ellis Simon Foundation 

Marcia Israel Foundation, Inc. 

Maria V. Altmann Foundation* 

Max H. Gluck Foundation 

The Morrison & Foerster Foundation 

Moss Foundation* 

NAMM Foundation 

National Endowment for the Arts 

New England Foundation for the Arts 

Pacific Foundation Inc. 

Prewoznik Foundation 

The Ralph M. Parsons Foundation 

The Rosalinde & 

Arthur Gilbert Foundation 

The Schlum Charitable Trust 

The Schow Foundation 

The Sidley Austin Foundation 

The Skirball Foundation 

Snyder Family Foundation 

Marc and Eva Stern Foundation 

Stratton-Petit Foundation 

Strauss Foundation 

Wallis Foundation 

Walter Lantz Foundation 

Weingart Foundation 

CORPORATIONS 

Aetna, Inc. 

Bank of America 

The Boeing Company 

Casey & Sayre Inc. 

Chevron Corporation 

Chubb & Son, Inc. 

Chubb Custom Market, Inc. 

City National Bank 

The Coca-Cola Company 

CVS Caremark 

Edison International 

Employees Community Fund 

of Boeing California 

Enterprise Rent-A-Car Foundation 

Entravision Communications 

Corporation 

Hammel, Green 

and Abrahamson, Inc. 

Hathaway Dinwiddie Construction Co. 

Houlihan Lokey Howard & Zukin 

Hub International/Kagan-Kozberg 

Hudson Group 

J.P. Morgan Chase 

KPMG LLP 

Macy’s 

Manatt Phelps & Phillips, LLP 

McMaster-Carr Supply Company 

Munger, Tolles & Olson LLP 

Northrop Grumman 

Occidental Petroleum Corporation 

Payden & Rygel 

Playboy Enterprises 

Probity International Corp. 

Reed Smith LLP 

Rodriguez, Horii, Choi 

& Cafferata LLP 

Sanford C. Bernstein & Co., LLC 

See’s Candy Shops, Inc. 

SNR Denton 

Sony Pictures Entertainment 

Sotheby’s International Realty 

Target 

Transamerica 

U.S. Bank 

Union Bank 

The Walt Disney Company 

Wells Fargo 

Whittier Trust Company of California 

* Board of Ambassadors 

◊ Deceased 


THE MUSIC CENTER STAFF 

EXECUTIVE STAFF 

PRESIDENT AND CHIEF EXECUTIVE OFFICER 

Stephen D. Rountree 

EXECUTIVE VICE PRESIDENT 

AND CHIEF OPERATING OFFICER 

Howard Sherman 

CHIEF FINANCIAL OFFICER 

William Meyerchak 

SENIOR VICE PRESIDENT, ADVANCEMENT 

Elizabeth Kennedy 

VICE PRESIDENT, EDUCATION 

Mark Slavkin 

VICE PRESIDENT, PROGRAMMING 

Thor Steingraber 

VICE PRESIDENT, GUEST RELATIONS 

Carolyn Van Brunt 

THE MUSIC CENTER 

ENGAGEMENT STAFF 

DIRECTOR, PROGRAMMING 

Renae Williams Niles 

PROGRAM MANAGER 

Rebecca Baillie 

COORDINATOR, ANNUAL PROGRAMS 

Debbie Afar 

COORDINATOR, MARKETING 

& COMMUNICATIONS 

Katharine Ballas 

BOX OFFICE TREASURER 

Jim Bell 

FIRST ASSISTANT, BOX OFFICE TREASURER 

Tom Bucher 

2012-2013 

MUSIC CENTER 

BOARD OF 

DIRECTORS 

OFFICERS 

CHAIR 

Kent Kresa 

PRESIDENT AND 

CHIEF EXECUTIVE OFFICER 

Stephen D. Rountree 

VICE CHAIRS 

Michael A. Lawson 

Michael J. Pagano 

Lisa Specht 

TREASURER 

Thomas R. Weinberger 

PROGRAMMING 

COMMITTEE 


MAJOR GIFTS OFFICER 

Cheryl Brown 

DIRECTOR OF INSTITUTIONAL GIVING 

Ellen Cheney 

DIRECTOR OF PRODUCTION 

Chris Christel 

COORDINATOR, DONOR EVENTS 

& STEWARDSHIP 

Amanda Hallman 

SENIOR MAJOR GIFTS OFFICER 

Jeanie Kim 

DIRECTOR, SCHEDULING & EVENTS 

Steve Lanzarotta 

ASSISTANT MANAGER, MEMBERSHIP 

& ANNUAL PROGRAMS 

Veronica Meza 

DIRECTOR, MEMBERSHIP 


Todd Prepsky 

AUDIENCE SERVICES MANAGER 

Kimberly Price 

MANAGER, MEMBERSHIP 


Laura Recchi 

MAJOR GIFTS OFFICER 

Michael Ryan 

DEVELOPMENT WRITER 

Eveleen Samayoa 

ASSISTANT VICE PRESIDENT, 

DEVELOPMENT 

Jennifer Samsel 

MANAGER, DONOR EVENTS 

& STEWARDSHIP 

Rachel Scandling 

SECRETARY 

Karen Kay Platt 

MEMBERS 

Robert J. Abernethy 

Wallis Annenberg 

Colleen Bell 

David C. Bohnett 

Louise Henry Bryson 

Fung Der 

Craig A. Ellis 

Leslie K. Gilbert-Lurie 

David Gindler 

Brindell Gottlieb 

William C. Hagelstein 


Stephen F. Hinchliffe, Jr. 

Amb. Glen A. Holden 

Jane Jelenko 

Carolbeth Korn 

Karen Kay Platt CHAIR 

Colleen Bell 

Elizabeth Khuri Chandler 

William C. Hagelstein 

ASSOCIATE VICE PRESIDENT, 

DEVELOPMENT 

Judy Rapp Smith 

MANAGING DIRECTOR, EDUCATION 

Michael Solomon 

MANAGER, MARKETING 

& COMMUNICATIONS 

Melissa Tan 

PRODUCTION MANAGER 

Pat Thomas 

ASSOCIATE VICE PRESIDENT, 

CONTROLLER 

Lisa Whitney 

CONSULTANTS TO 

DANCE PRESENTATIONS 

GRAPHIC DESIGN 

Studio Fuse 

Board of Supervisors 

Through the Board of Supervisors, the County of Los Angeles plays an invaluable role 

in the successful operation of The Music Center. We applaud the five Supervisors 

(pictured below) and William T Fujioka, CEO, Los Angeles County (not pictured). 

FIRST DISTRICT 

Gloria Molina 

Amb. Lester B. Korn 

Michael A. Lawson 

Nigel Lythgoe 

Ginny Mancini 

Martin Massman 

Patrick S. McCabe 

Bowen “Buzz” H. McCoy 


Elizabeth Michelson 

Neal S. Millard 

Cindy Miscikowski 

Shelby Notkin 

Kurt C. Peterson 

Bennett C. Pozil 

Max Ramberg 

Joseph Rice 

Richard K. Roeder 

Thomas L. Safran 

Carla Herd Sands 


Jane Jelenko 

Joyce Kresa 

Nigel Lythgoe 

PUBLICITY 

Davidson & 

Choy Publicity 

SECOND DISTRICT 

Mark 

Ridley-Thomas 

THIRD DISTRICT, 

CHAIRMAN 

Zev Yaroslavsky 

John A. Schulman 

Joni J. Smith 

Marc I. Stern 

Julia A. Stewart 

Cynthia A. Telles 

Franklin E. Ulf 

Walter F. Ulloa 

Bert Valdman 

Timothy S. Wahl 

Susan M. Wegleitner 


Rosalind W. Wyman 

GENERAL COUNSEL 

Stephen G. Contopulos 

DIRECTORS EMERITI 

Peter K. Barker 

Eli Broad 

Ronald W. Burkle 


Shelby Notkin 

Joni J. Smith 


WALT DISNEY CONCERT 

HALL HOUSE STAFF 

AUDIO/VIDEO 

Kevin Wapner 

FLYMAN 

Andrew Arnold 

MASTER CARPENTER 

Ron Galbraith 

The stage crew, wardrobe crew and box office 

staff are represented by the International Alliance 

of Theatrical Stage Employees, Moving Picture 

Technicians, Artists and Allied Crafts of the United 

States of America and Canada, AFL-CIO, CKC, 

Local Numbers 33, 768, and 857, respectively. 

The House Managers employed by The Music Center 

are represented by the Association of Theatrical 

Press Agents and Managers. 

FOURTH DISTRICT 

Don Knabe 

MASTER OF 

PROPERTIES 

John Phillips 

MASTER ELECTRICIAN 

Terry Klein 

MASTER WARDROBE 

Lee Smilek 

Lloyd E. Cotsen 

John B. Emerson* 

Lois Erburu 

Richard M. Ferry 

Bernard A. Greenberg 

Joanne D. Hale 

Stuart M. Ketchum 

Robert F. Maguire, III 

Edward J. McAniff 

Walter M. Mirisch 

Lawrence J. Ramer 

Fredric M. Roberts 

Claire L. Rothman 

James A. Thomas 

Andrea L. Van de Kamp* 

Paul M. Watson 

* Chairman Emeritus 

FIFTH DISTRICT 

Michael D. 

Antonovich 

Rosalind W. Wyman

L.A. DANCE PROJECT - Music Center

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