Los Angeles, CA (December, 2008) –Ballroom dance teams representing 13 Los Angeles inner-city public schools will dance rumba, tango, merengue, foxtrot and swing as they compete for trophies in LA BALLROOM – a kid’s ballroom competition to be held at the LAX Marriott on Sunday, December 14, 2008 from 2:00 p.m. to 4:00 p.m. With 130 fifth and sixth-graders performing to a packed audience of 1,000 spectators, the event will culminate the second-annual LA BALLROOM class series taught by the non-profit Gabriella Axelrad Education Foundation and underwritten by the Rosalinde and Arthur Gilbert Foundation and the Carl and Roberta Deutsch Foundation. Keep reading →

The Brentwood News and the Santa Monica Sun ran a feature this month on Westside Ballet’s The Nutcracker. Performances will be at the Wadsworth Theater in Brentwood this month. To read about the details, click here.

The Santa Monica Observer helped get the word out about Westside Ballet’s 36th Annual The Nutcracker. A beautiful half page article with two photos. To read it, click here.

On Friday, November 21, 2008, KAB7 attended the grand re-opening/dedication ceremony for Gabriella’s Place, a non-profit dance studio for kids in Los Angeles’ Pico-Union area. The studio was opened with $1.5 million raised by Gabriella Axelrad Education Foundation and Pueblo Nuevo Development. To watch the story, click here.

Coverage of Gabriella Axelrad Education Foundation’s new studio, Gabriella’s Place, was the centerpiece of the California section on November 20, 2008.  To read the full article, click here.

On October 19, 2008, Yvonne Mounsey, Director of Santa Monica’s Westside Ballet, was the focus of a video taping in which the George Balanchine documented Yvonne coaching her celebrated role as the Siren in the Prodigal Son. The video will become part of the Balanchine Foundation’s Interpreter’s Archive Series. Freelance journalist/dance critic Debra Levine came to the taping, and her article appered in the Arts & Culture section of the Los Angeles Times. To read the article click here.

When FamilyEducation.com wanted to know how to educate kids about child predators without instilling fear, the asked child predator safety educator, Pattie Fitzgerald of SafelyEverAfter.com. You can read all about here.

Four-year Effort to Resurrect Dance Programs in One of Los Angeles’ Poorest Neighborhoods Comes to Fruition with the Opening of New Dance Studios

Los Angeles, CA (November, 2008) - A four-year effort to resurrect non-profit dance programs for kids in one of Los Angeles’ poorest neighborhoods has come to fruition with the opening of two new dance studios.

Located in the heart of Pico-Union, on the property of Camino Nuevo Charter Academy’s Burlington Campus, the state-of-the art studios, each of 1,500 square foot walnut dance floors, were built with $1.5 million in funds raised by Pueblo Nuevo Development  and The Gabriella Axelrad Education Foundation.

The Gabriella Foundation will use the dance studios to provide daily dance instruction to 600 pre-schoolers, elementary and middle school students at Camino Nuevo Charter Academy and, after-hours, to teach dance to approximately 350-400 children from the surrounding community.

The opening of the new studio is a triumph for Gabriella Foundation Executive Director Liza Bercovici, Keep reading →

When Augusta Family Magazine was looking for Halloween safety tips, they asked child predator safety expert Pattie Fitgerald of Safely Ever After, Inc.

Have a happy and safe Halloween!

Singlish was featured today with two large photos in the business section of the Los Angeles Times.  To read the article, keep reading and click on the thumbnails …
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