Since first opening its doors eight years ago in a low income housing project just west of downtown Los Angeles, everybody dance! has given thousands of inner-city kids quality dance training in ballet, tap, hip-hop, creative movement, and modern dance.
On July 23, 2008, La Opinión’s Patricia Prieto visited everybody dance! to report on this program. To view the article, click on the thumbnail below.
Gabriella Charter School was featured today in “The Homeroom,” a Los Angeles Times education blog. To read the full article, click here.
Jumping jelly beans! KTTV/Fox 11 covered everybody dance!’s 8th annual recital. The kids performed in a spectacular dance interpetation of “Charlie and the Chocolate Factory.” For more event photos, click here.
On Saturday, May 31, KTTV/Fox11 captured Arthur Duncan — the King of Tap — receiving the “Gregory Hines Humanitarian Award” at Gabriella Axelrad Education Foundation’s “8th Annual Event.” The segment aired on the 10 o’clock news. Congratulations Arthur, you deserved it.
Arthur Duncan and his work with Gabriella Axelrad Education Foundation’s “everybody dance!” program were featured today the Los Angeles Daily News. Click here to see the full article. Keep reading →
On Wednesday, May 28, we were contacted by KTTV/Fox11 to help coordinate a story on “Wednesday Nights at the Mayflower Ballroom.”
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The Lynn Soodik-Stephan Wasserman Family was recognized today by the Los Angeles Daily Journal, for their work with Gabriella Axelrad Education Foundation.
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Santa Monica Observer ran a feature on Yvonne Mounsey today. She will be honored on May 31 by at Gabriella Axelrad Education Foundation’s “8th Annual Event.”
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Squires PR has the latest news on ”the King of Tap,” Arthur Duncan …
On May 31, he’ll be honored by the Gabriella Axelrad Education Foundation with the ”Gregory Hines Humanitarian Award.” Earlier this month, he was awarded an honorary doctorate in Performing Arts in American Dance from Oklahoma City University.
He told us he plans to give himself a third award, which will be “a cold martini.” Then he asked us not to print that???!!! Sorry Dr. Duncan!!
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YVONNE MOUNSEY TO RECEIVE ADVANCEMENT OF THE ARTS AWARD
Founder, Director of “Westside Ballet” and Former NYC Ballet Principle Dancer Honored For Her Distinguished Career and Contributions to Inner City Kids’ Non-Profit Dance Program
Los Angeles, CA (May, 2008) – Yvonne Mounsey, founder and director of Santa Monica’s prestigious “Westside Ballet,” one of the leading ballet schools and training companies in the United States, is being honored this month for a distinguished professional dance career that has spanned seven decades and at least four continents. Keep reading →
