DTLA LIFE MAG #33 | SUMMER 2017 | Page 75

BALLET NOW As The Music Center wraps up its 14th season of Glorya Kaufman Presents Dance at The Music Center, Angelenos have the opportunity to see some of the world’s finest dancers perform a mix of iconic ballets and new pieces in The Music Center’s BalletNOW™.  Following the popularity of the first BalletNOW in 2015, The Music Center commissioned this highly innovative three-performance program, featuring international ballet sensation and New York City Ballet Principal Tiler Peck as curator.  Peck created a mixed repertory to highlight the versatility and athleti- cism of today’s ballet dancers including pieces that pair classical dancers with their contemporaries in other dance genres.  With BalletNOW, audiences will be treated to the performances of 24 dance superstars, including dancers from New York City Ballet, The Royal Ballet, television’s So You Think You Can Dance, Dorrance Dance, American Ballet Theatre, Paris Opera Ballet and Miami City Ballet, many of whom will be performing on The Music Center’s Dorothy Chandler Pavilion stage for the first time.  Each distinct program in the three-performance series features works from varying choreographers.  BalletNOW will be presented with a live orchestra conducted by Grant Gershon, Kiki & David Gindler artistic director of The Music Center resident company, Los Angeles Master Chorale, and resident conductor of The Music Center resident company, LA Opera.  BalletNOW is produced in association with Lexikat Artists. Please visit both , the Music Center and Grand Park websites for more events and informations. MUSIC CENTER 135 N Grand Avenue Los Angeles, CA 90012 www.musiccenter.org GRAND PARK 200 N Grand Ave Los Angeles, CA 90013 www.grandparkla.org