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CITY BALLET OF LOS ANGELES Photographs by Julie Hopkins Camera Creations
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For more information please call 323-292-1932 or e-mail cblamail@cityballetofla.org
FOUNDER & ARTISTIC DIRECTOR
Robyn Gardenhire
MS. Gardenhire is a native Angeleno who established City Ballet of Los Angeles School with the idea of bringing dance to those who were economically and socially disadvantaged. Gardenhire developed this professional training program to address this inequity in the arts. CBLA has built an Open School and The Emerging Artist Program to reach students all over Los Angeles to promote concert dance for all. Ms. Gardenhire is a former dancer with American Ballet Theater, Cleveland Ballet, White Oak Project, Karol Armitage and Joffrey II. She is a founding member of the American Ballet Theater Diversity Board, and is a founding member of the School of American Ballet’s Alumni Board that addresses diversity in its school and company. Ms. Gardenhire is featured in the Misty Coplend movie A Ballerinas Tale and in her Book Black Ballerinas.