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LADI announces 2011 Invitees and
Stanley Holden Award honoree—Yvonne Mounsey
Twelve extraordinary dance makers have been invited to perform at the 10th edition of the L.A. Dance Invitational at the John Anson Ford Theatres on Saturday, Aug. 6, 2011.
And Yvonne Mounsey, the legendary ballet dance teacher and director of the Westside Ballet School in Santa Monica, principal dancer for George Balanchine and the New York City Ballet, as well as Massine’s Ballet Russe de Monte Carlo and de Basil’s original Ballet Russe, will accept the Stanley Holden Award for Distinguished Teaching.
Ten of the twelve 2011 Invitees are from the Los Angeles area, and two are traveling from New York City to make their Los Angeles and California debuts.
The 2011 LADI Invitees are:
Adam Parson, Commonality Dance Company, LA
Denai Lovrien, LA
Lane Gifford, Land & Co., New York
Holly Rothschild, Strange & Elegant Choreography and Performance Installations, LA
Laura Karlin, Invertigo Dance Theatre, LA
Lorin Johnson, Body Current Dance, Long Beach, CA
Nick Ross, Nicholas Andre Dance, New York
Sara Silkin, Paradox Dance, LA
Steve Zee, Ironworks, LA
Lula Washington Dance Theatre, LA
Marie de la Palme, motion/TRIBE, Newport Beach, CA
Malathi Iyengar, Rangoli Dance Company, LA
Edward Villella accepting the LADI Award for Distinguished Lifetime Achievement.
LADI friend and mentor, Stanley Holden, with producers Jamie Nichols and Richard Kuller at LADI 6, June 2004.
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