2023/2024 BOARD OF DIRECTORS
Note from our President & CEO
RACHEL S. MOORE
It’s our boldest dance season yet, and I’m so pleased you have joined us to experience it! Welcome to the 21st season of Glorya Kaufman Presents Dance at The Music Center, the West Coast’s longest-running series of dance residencies featuring some of the world’s most compelling ballet and contemporary dance companies and works by amazingly talented choreographers. The inaugural company for this season, Hubbard Street Dance Chicago, is certainly no exception. This incredible company, known as an original force in contemporary dance, takes the stage here at The Music Center’s Ahmanson Theatre with two West Coast premieres — Coltrane’s Favorite Things and Dear Frankie — along with BUSK, a creation by the company’s artist-in-residence Aszure Barton, whose work we have had the honor to present in the past. Under the leadership of its new Artistic Director, Linda-Denise Fisher-Harrell, a former principal dancer at Alvin Ailey American Dance Theater, Hubbard Street Dance Chicago has pushed the boundaries of contemporary dance in ways that align with our vision to deepen the cultural lives of Angelenos with captivating, innovative and thought-provoking works. Linda-Denise’s artistic vision highlights her understanding of the intersection between tradition and innovation, offering a new dimension and a renewed sense of energy and creativity. The dancers are extraordinary, with raw energy, athleticism and undeniable beauty that draws us in. Brava to Linda-Denise and to all the dancers for their accomplishments. Linda-Denise’s joining Hubbard Street Dance Chicago is a prime example of the rise of female artistic leaders in dance companies, a trend that is transforming the dance field. This diversification of artistic voices brings unique perspectives and narratives to the forefront, often with a more distinctive range of choreographic styles and thematic explorations. This season, we are proud to present works by strong, incredible women and about strong, dynamic women. I hope you will go on this journey with us as we explore artistry that is contributing to a vibrant future for dance. We’ll take a short break for the holidays but will be back on February 9–11, 2024, at The Music Center’s Dorothy Chandler Pavilion, for The Rite of Spring (Pina Bausch) paired with common ground[s], a new work created, performed and inspired by the lives of two remarkable women who juggled roles as choreographers, professors and grandmothers. I know this will be a very special experience as we witness the talents of a specially assembled company of 34 dancers from 14 African nations. We are enormously grateful for the support and dedication of our series namesake, Glorya Kaufman, and offer much thanks to Center Dance Arts, founding supporter of our dance series, for their commitment to The Music Center and to dance and dancing in Los Angeles.
OFFICERS
Rollin A. Ransom
Robert J. Abernethy Vice Chair
DIRECTORS EMERITI
Darrell R. Brown Vice Chair Rachel S. Moore President & CEO Diane G. Medina Secretary Susan M. Wegleitner Treasurer William Taylor Assistant Treasurer and Chief Financial Officer
MEMBERS AT LARGE
Wallis Annenberg Peter K. Barker Judith Beckmen Ronald W. Burkle John B. Emerson ** Richard M. Ferry Brindell Gottlieb Bernard A. Greenberg Stephen F. Hinchliffe, Jr. Glen A. Holden Kent Kresa Edward J. McAniff Mattie McFaddenLawson 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 Alyce de Roulet Williamson
Charles F. Adams William H. Ahmanson Jill C. Baldauf Susan E. Baumgarten Phoebe Beasley Thomas L. Beckmen Kristin Burr Dannielle Campos Elizabeth Khuri Chandler Amy R. Forbes ** Chair Emeritus Greg T. Geyer Current as of Joan E. Herman September 11, 2023 Jeffrey M. Hill Mary Ann Hunt-Jacobsen Carl Jordan Richard B. Kendall Terri M. Kohl Lily Lee Cary J. Lefton Keith R. Leonard, Jr. David B. Lippman Susan M. Matt Elizabeth Michelson Darrell D. Miller Teresita Notkin Michael J. Pagano Cynthia M. Patton Karen Kay Platt Joseph J. Rice Melissa Romain Beverly P. Ryder Maria S. Salinas Corinne Jessie Sanchez Mimi Song Johnese Spisso Michael Stockton Philip A. Swan Timothy S. Wahl Jennifer M. Walske Jay S. Wintrob
Enjoy the performance!
Rachel S. Moore, President & CEO
GENERAL COUNSEL
Cindy Miscikowski Chair
Hubbard Street Dancers Alysia Johnson and Abdiel Figueroa Reyes. Photo by Michelle Reid. Styling by Imani Sade.