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February 14, 2014 Louise Reichlin & Dancers
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 | | The Tennis Dances/ Jazz at Lincoln Center |
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* Update on our fund drive
* On with 2014!
* Remembering Alfred Desio
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Update on our fund drive-
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| Photo & Video Credits | Video-The Tennis Dances. Excerpts (8') from Reichlin's 1979 thirty minute signature work, performed here by her company 1/10/2014 at Jazz at Lincoln Center with Jodi Kaplan / Booking Dance.
Video- screen shot of Nicholas Brothers.
Photo of Louise Reichlin, LA C&D and TriArt Festival Dance Director
Jan Kain
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On With 2014!
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Every day since mid January is filled with multiple dance workshops. First began a series of after-school workshops at Monte Vista Elementary in S. Whittier School District. Each time we work with two classes of 4/5/6 graders teaching a variety of pieces that will be performed in early April ranging from specific cultural dances to modern and hip hop. February began a project with five classes of middle school students from Fairgrove Arts Academy in the Hacienda La Puente Unified School District. We work with them two days a week for four weeks, culminating in performances next month by both our company and previews by each of the classes, with the material drawn from many cultures including Japanese, Israeli, West African, AfroBrazilian, East Indian in the form of Bollywood, Polish, Italian, American Square dancing, and Mexican. After that, the students will continue to work on the dances with their regular dance teacher Meghann Kraft. She has a most enthusiastic group of students. The dance studio fills up at lunch time with the students working on their own choreography! This our first time with both of these school districts, and a big thanks to Los Angeles County Supervisor Don Knabe for awarding us an Arts Education Partnership Grant, and to these school districts who are matching the funds!
Next week we begin workshops in the Valley and in San Pedro (both in the LA Unified School District), and more about that in our next E-news.
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Remembering Alfred Desio
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 | | Alfred Desio & Jose Vega at Grand Performances |
It is seven years since my late husband Alfred Desio passed on - on February 14, 2007, also Valentines Day. I recently found two videos, one very vintage from someone else's internet posting of Alfred performing at a lunch-time concert in Los Angeles. It was taken at Grand Performances with Jose Vega, a wonderful jazz pianist. Although the image is very fuzzy, it sounds great and brings back that afternoon! The second is an out-take from Tap Dance Widows Club by Audri Phillips.
 | | Alfred Desio out-take from Tap Dance Widows Club |
Excerpts from the project are in the funding project video at the top of the page. Many more videos of Desio on youtube.com/AlfredDesio and on his web pages under his name and under his company Zapped Taps.. |
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Special Thanks to our Supporters
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Special thanks to you for your support!
Please continue to contribute and consider raising the amount if you are able. The California Arts Council, The Los Angeles County Arts Commission and DCA City of Los Angeles grants are all matching grants, and went towards the TriArt Festival in September.
Our school activities funded by Don Knabe's Educational Partnership Grant need matching funds. We also have another matching grant from DCA City of LA for 2 schools in the Valley that can't happen without your help! For 16 more days, please help with our Tap Dance Widows Club Project here. After that, please visit our web site to donate. Thank you so much to our current supporters!!
 
 
 
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Videos of Louise Reichlin & Alfred Desio:
click here for Reichlin on You/Tube
click here for Desio on You/Tube
Please contact us if you would like more information about anything you see here.
Sincerely,
Louise Reichlin, Director
Louise Reichlin & Dancers/LA Choreographers & Dancers
LA C&D Board Members
Louise Reichlin, Joanne DiVito, Betty Castaneda, Hiroshi Hamanishi, Loretta Zerby, Tamara Shayne Kagel, Aliza Lesser
LA C&D 2013-2014 Dancers
Steven Nielsen, Angela Todaro, Elizabeth Ann Poinsette, Tonya Vivian, Kistina Pressler, Dustin Ripkens, Heather Rabin, Jenni Kiilholma, M'saada Nia (guest artist)
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