Lakshmi Iyengar
Lakshmi Iyengar, a Bharatanatyam dancer is the disciple of guru Narmada, Malathi Iyengar, & Bragha Bessell. Lakshmi has performed extensively all over the USA, Canada, and India, including the December music and dance festival season in Chennai and Bangalore. As…
Betzi Roe
Performance work: I Co-Founded and Co-Directed a contemporary modern dance company, 3’s Company & Dancers, in San Diego from 1972 to 1985. From 1985 to 2005 I was a solo dance artist – gathering works of California women choreographers, “California…
Jackie Planeix
For information about Jackie Planeix, please see the company, Bluepalm.
Jim Orrante
Jim Orrante, is now in his 18th season with BalletMet in Columbus Ohio. He is a native of Los Angeles and a recipient of a Princess Grace Choreography Award in 2005 as well the Special Project Award for Dance Tech. …
Ka-Ron Brown Lehman
by Don Bondi Ka-Ron Brown Lehman, a choreographer, teacher and former artistic director for the Los Angeles County High School for the Arts dance department (2001-2006). A featured muse for well-known choreographers like Miguel Godreau, Tom Hansen, Joe Layton, Donald…
Victor Quijada
by Don Bondi VICTOR QUIJADA came to the Los Angeles County High School for the Arts in the 11th grade from East Los Angeles originally to be in the theatre program but was accepted in the dance program. His dance…
Thang Dao
By Don Bondi THANG DAO came to the USA from Viet Nam as a young teenager. He enrolled in the 11th grade and graduated from the Los Angeles County HIgh School for the Arts where he won the Music Center…
Agnes de Mille
Agnes de Mille, September 18, 1905 – October 7, 1993, was an innovative choreographer and dancer. The daughter of William deMille and niece of Cecil B. DeMille, both Hollywood directors, Agnes de Mille’s early aspiration was to be an actress….
June Watanabe
JUNE (TSUKIDA) WATANABE b.1939 in Los Angeles, began studying dance at age 9, after leaving Heart Mt. internment camp. She enrolled in dance classes at the West Coast School of Music and Dance with Elizabeth Gilman in 1948. After a…
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