Barry Hughson will leave the Alatna Ballet company, after only two years, to become the director of the Boston Ballet company.
Taiwan's LIn Hwai-Min, Ukraine's Radu Poklitaru and Spain's Carmen Mota round out the Festival that promises to inspire.
After a harrowing couple of months in which it wasn't clear that the Texas Ballet Theater would have a season, the company opened this weekend, but to a noticeably small crowd. "It was masterful from start to finish. But the applause these fine performances drew came from a crowd of only 1,165."
Philanthropist Glorya Kaufman donated 20 million to the Los Angeles' Music Center and its resident companies.This is one of the, if not the largest donation towads dance in LA.
At UC San Diego, researchers are studying the cognitive processes behind dance.