Yvonne Mounsey

Yvonne Mounsey

Yvonne Mounsey 1919-2012 Principal Dancer and Inspirational Teacher   Yvonne Mounsey came to Los Angeles in 1966 after a achieving success on an international level as a principal dancer. In 1967 she and Rosemary Valaire took over ”Academy West” ballet…

Lola Montes

by Oscar Nieto Miss Montes (1918 – 2008) had a stellar career and was one of the United States’ best-known Spanish dancers. Her career spanned the greater part of the 20th Century. She was the first American Spanish dancer to…

Judy Mitoma

Patty Milich

Julie McLeod

Gail Matsui

Jerry Kvasnicka

Nina Kaufman

This biographical information was exerpted from the 2002 November/December issue of Dancezine, a publication of The Dance Resource Center of Greater Los Angeles. Nina Kaufman is a choreographer, musician and visual artist who has been producing inter-disciplinary performance work in the…

Margaret Jenkins

C. Bernard Jackson