Twenty Years of Los Angeles Ballet
The ballet community in Los Angeles, quite large and scattered, is fond of opining that they live in a “tough town for ballet.”
PlusFor the third year in a row, five of New York City's most iconic dance companies—Ballet Hispánico, Alvin Ailey American Dance Theater, American Ballet Theatre, New York City Ballet, and Dance Theatre of Harlem—joined forces for for the BAAND Together Dance Festival, hosted by Lincoln Center. Photographed by Steven Pisano.
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I missed it this year. I was supposed to go on one of the days that the performance was canceled due to the extreme heat. I was so disappointed.