How do you fill a 750-seat theater on no advertising budget and on short notice? That was Squires PR’s challenge when we were approached by the Central Avenue Dance Ensemble less than 6 weeks in advance, to promote their upcoming event, The History of Black Dance in America. As it turned out we were able [...]
On Feb 5, Ron Parker, producer of The History of Black Dance in America, interviewed with Dedon Kamathi of Freedom Now, In this interview, Ron explains about the history behind many of the dances that are part of the show. Click here to listen. The interview is about 20 minutes into the show.
THE HISTORY OF BLACK DANCE IN AMERICA Inglewood, February 12 Central Avenue Dance Ensemble to present a retrospective of African and African-American inspired social dances from the 1800s to today INGLEWOOD, CA -The Central Avenue Dance Ensemble, in honor of Black History Month, is producing a 2-hour multimedia dance performance entitled The History [...]
Westside Ballet Performs on GDLA: MyFoxLA.com
Don’t miss Melissa Barak’s “Spotlight on the Arts” interview segment, promoting her upcoming guest star performances in Westside Ballet of Santa Monica’s The Nutcracker. The segment will air on Dec. 7 and Dec. 8 at 8 am, 12 noon, and 5 pm on KUSC radio, 91.5 FM. You can also listen online at the KUSC [...]
The Nov. 30th issue of Santa Monica Mirror featured an in-depth article on Westside Ballet’s The Nutcracker and Yvonne Mounsey. To read the full article, click here.
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 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 San Gabriel Valley Newspaper Group (including Pasadena Star News, San Gabriel Valley Tribune, Whitier Daily News and more!) featured Arthur Duncan today, and his work with the students of “everybody dance!” Yasmin Torres, everybody dance! student and Alhambra resident was also featured as part of the article. To read the full article click more [...]