John Clifford
Los Angeles native John Clifford is best known as the founder and artistic director of the original Los Angeles Ballet (1974-1985), the chamber sized touring ensemble Ballet of Los Angeles (1988-1991) and Los Angeles Dance Theater (2004 – present). Earlier in…
Natalie Clare
Natalie Clare (September 3, 1919- April, 2007) was a principal dancer with the Ballet Russe de Monte Carlo. She founded Ballet La Jeunesse, a Southland trainee company, in 1958 and continued to direct and choreograph for the company into the 1980’s….
Marge Champion
Marge Champion was born September 2, 1919 in Los Angeles, CA. The daughter of ballet master Ernest Belcher, Marge grew up studying ballet under her father’s tutelage and began teaching ballet at his studio at age 12. In 1936 she…
Leslie Carothers
Native to Southern California Leslie Carothers has enjoyed a long and prolific career. At 16 she graduated high school and moved to New York City to study with the Joffrey Ballet School. In 1979 she joined Joffrey Ballet II, and 9 months…
Donald Bradburn
Donald Bradburn is a dance photographer, dancer, and choreographer. As one of the leading dance photographers in Southern California, he has published over 350 photographs in Dance Magazine and has served as the magazine’s Southern California correspondent. In 2001, his work…
Adolph Bolm
Adolph Bolm (1884-1951) was born in St. Petersburg, Russia where he studied at the Russian Imperial Ballet School. In 1904, he graduated and joined the Maryinsky Ballet Theatre where he partnered with Pavlova. In 1909 he joined Diagalev for the first…
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