Holly Mistine
Holly Mistine began her formal training in ballet at the age of seven with Marnell Himes-Ushijima in the Cecchetti Method of Classical Ballet through the Imperial Society of Teachers of Dancing (ISTD). Based in London, England, this method has been…
Glorya Kaufman
GLORYA KAUFMAN, philanthropist, lives in Beverly Hills. Known for her skilled tango dancing and extraordinary gifts to dance, she has supported dance companies and institutions in the Los Angeles area for many years. Most recently, she gave undisclosed millions to…
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…
Pacifico Dance Company
Pacifíco Dance Company was founded in 1992 as a nonprofit organization dedicated to the preservation and reconstruction of classical and contemporary Mexican dance forms. Under the Artistic direction of Adriana Astorga-Gainey, Pacifíco Dance Company has performed for audiences across the…
Ramya Harishankar
BHARATA NATYAM, the classical Indian dance form is a combination of the arts of the stage, music, poetry, color and rhythm. Such a rich cultural tradition requires years of discipline both mental and physical, hard work and dedication. RAMYA HARISHANKAR…
Adriana Astorga-Gainey
Adriana Astorga was born in Northern California. She began her dance training at age 7 during annual summer vacations to Mexico City studying at the Escuela del Ballet Floklorico ( Amelia Hernadez, director). She also trained with Rafael Zamarripa Castaneda…
Jan Zeitlin
Jan Zeitlin had been a student of dance ethnology at UCLA, then in England then classical dance forms of including Kathakali Dance Drama in Kerala, India. Since 1998 she performs traditional flamenco with FlamencoArts Co, 2337 4th Street, Santa Rosa…
Robin Brown
Dancer-Choreographer Robin Brown toured and taught children and university graduates in hispanic studies from San Diego to Los Angeles. He is a teacher of flamenco music and dance and as flamencologist lectured on Influences of Spanish dance on ballet and…
Cynthia Ling Lee
Cynthia Ling Lee instigates playful, friction-filled dialogues between American postmodern dance and North Indian classical kathak. Her intercultural, interdisciplinary work has been presented throughout Asia and the United States at venues such as Dance Theater Workshop (New York), Asia Society…
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