Note from our President & CEO
RACHEL S. MOORE
2021/2022 BOARD OF DIRECTORS OFFICERS
Rollin A. Ransom
Robert J. Abernethy Vice Chair
DIRECTORS EMERITI
It is with great delight and optimism that I welcome you to The Music Center for a series of incredible dance residencies that will be both inspirational and experiential. In our 19th season of Glorya Kaufman Presents Dance at The Music Center, we return with live indoor performances in our theatres, ways for us to dance together outdoors on our beautiful Jerry Moss Plaza and dance learning opportunities that will deepen your understanding of the dance companies, their repertoire, the vision of the choreographers and artistic directors, and the themes they are embracing.
Darrell R. Brown Vice Chair
What a way to kick off our dance and dancing experiences than with two firsts —The Music Center debut of Hamburg Ballet John Neumeier and the West Coast premiere of Bernstein Dances! We are pleased to be partnering with LA Opera to bring the company to The Music Center [members of Hamburg Ballet are appearing in LA Opera’s presentation of St. Matthew Passion]. With our Hamburg Ballet residency, we celebrate two great American artists, Milwaukee native John Neumeier, who serves as the Company’s artistic director and chief choreographer, and the inimitable composer, conductor and musician Leonard Bernstein.
William Taylor Assistant Treasurer and Chief Financial Officer
We are fortunate to witness both Neumeier’s beautiful, compelling work as well as the artistry of the dancers; under his direction, the Hamburg Ballet has become one of the leading ballet companies, not only in Germany, but also internationally. As you will experience, Bernstein Dances is a wonderful collection of Bernstein’s music and a glimpse into his emotionality and spiritual nature; it showcases just how much Bernstein’s music and dance were meant to be partnered. As Jerome Robbins said, “The one thing about Lenny’s music which was so tremendously important was that there always was a kinetic motor—there was a power in the rhythms of his work, or the change of rhythms in his work and the orchestration—which had a need for it to be demonstrated by dance.” I know how much we have missed the joy that dance brings into our lives, and, with this residency, we resume what we began in summer 2021 as we brought dance experiences back to The Music Center on Jerry Moss Plaza. We continue to make safety our number one priority with comprehensive protocols in place to provide you the best, safest experience possible when you visit. We have been fortunate to have the dedication and support of our donors throughout these times; they make it possible for The Music Center to be a center for dance and dance learning. My thanks to the visionary Glorya Kaufman for helping sustain the dance field, and to Center Dance Arts, founding supporter of dance at The Music Center, for their commitment to dance in Los Angeles. I hope you will join us next month as Alvin Ailey American Dance Theater returns to The Music Center from April 6–10, 2022 MusicCenter.org), and be sure to follow us on Facebook, Instagram and Twitter (@MusicCenterLA) for more exciting programs from our arts arm, TMC Arts. Enjoy the performance!
Rachel S. Moore President & CEO
GENERAL COUNSEL
Cindy Miscikowski Chair
Rachel S. Moore President & CEO Diane G. Medina Secretary Susan M. Wegleitner Treasurer
MEMBERS AT LARGE
Charles F. Adams William H. Ahmanson Wallis Annenberg Jill C. Baldauf Susan E. Baumgarten Phoebe Beasley Thomas L. Beckmen Kimaada M. Brown Dannielle Campos Greg T. Geyer Lisa Gilford Jeffrey M. Hill Carl Jordan Stefanie Kane Terri M. Kohl Kent Kresa Cary J. Lefton Keith R. Leonard, Jr. David B. Lippman Richard Lynn Martinez Mattie McFaddenLawson Elizabeth Michelson Darrell D. Miller Shelby Notkin Michael J. Pagano Cynthia M. Patton Karen Kay Platt Joseph J. Rice Melissa Romain Beverly P. Ryder Maria S. Salinas Lisa See Mimi Song Matthew J. Spence Johnese Spisso Philip A. Swan Walter F. Ulloa Timothy S. Wahl Jennifer M. Walske Alyce de Roulet Williamson Jay S. Wintrob
Peter K. Barker Judith L. Beckmen Ronald W. Burkle John B. Emerson ** Richard M. Ferry Brindell Gottlieb Bernard A. Greenberg Stephen F. Hinchliffe, Jr. Glen A. Holden Edward J. McAniff Walter M. Mirisch Fredric M. Roberts Richard K. Roeder Claire L. Rothman Joni J. Smith Lisa Specht ** Cynthia A. Telles James A. Thomas Andrea L. Van de Kamp ** Thomas R. Weinberger Rosalind W. Wyman ** Chair Emeritus Current as of January 3, 2022
American Ballet Theatre’s Katherine Williams and Blaine Hoven perform the pas de deux in A Time There Was at The Music Center.