Benita Bike
I began dancing in the 1950’s in Tucson, Arizona, studying with Frances Smith Cohen (Graham) and later Stephanie Stigers (ballet). I studied two summers with Utah Repertory Theatre (Bill Evans, Joan Moon, Greg Lizenberry), at Bennington College (Linda Tarnay, Jack…
Michael Alexander
Michael Alexander is the Executive Director of Grand Performances and, at this writing, serving his third term as the State Assembly’s appointee to the California Arts Council where he served two terms as Chair. He began his professional dance career…
Gary K. Bates
Gary Bates has been a part of the Los Angeles dance community since 1960 when he joined the Eugene Loring Dance Players. As a scholarship student at the American School of Dance in Hollywood he studied with some of the…
Lester Horton
Lester Horton (January 23, 1906 – November 2, 1953) was born and raised in Indianapolis, Indiana. As a young boy, Horton was fascinated by the American Indian, which later inspired him to study Native American dance and influenced his movement style….
Karen Goodman
Karen Goodman, M.A. Honors include the 1986 Vanguard Award for Choreographic Innovation for Hard Feelings, a 1987 Brody Arts Fund Fellowship, a 1990 NEA Choreographer’s Fellowship, grants from the City and County of Los Angeles, the 1998 Lester Horton Award…
Don Bondi
Don Bondi’s Life in a Nutshell 2 Name: Don Brady Bondi Additional residences: Los Angeles, Savannah, South Korea, Malibu, New York School: Aragon Avenue Elementary – graduated = Jan 1945 Florence Nightingale Junior High (SB Boy’s VP) – graduated =…
Fern Ackerman
Born 1955 in Buffalo, NY. Influential teachers including Jaime Rogers, Kobla Ladzekpo, Murray Louis and Lynda Davis. She was guest lecturer and choreographer at various educational institutions throughout Southern California, including Cal State Dominguez Hills, Harbor Junior College, Pepperdine University…
Bella Lewitzky
Currently, there is no additional info for Bella Lewitzky. External Links: Jennifer Craig’s bio about Bella Lewitzky, for the Jewish Women’s Archive.
Larry Warren
Reprinted from http://www.arhu.umd.edu/news/larrywarren by permission of Anne Weaver Warren, Professor and Associate Chair, Department of Dance University of Maryland Larry Warren, Dance Biographer and Choreographer, Passes Away Larry Warren (1932-2009) Larry Warren, dance biographer, choreographer, teacher, and director, passed away…
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