With 7 engagements, 32 performances and a roster of internationally renowned dance companies, 2010-11 is the biggest in the history of the series.

• Corella Ballet Castilla y León – November 5 - 7, 2010
• Grupo Corpo – January 28 - 30, 2011
• Nederlands Dans Theater – March 23 - 24, 2011
• Alvin Ailey American Dance Theater – April 8 - 17, 2011
  10-performance engagement featuring four different programs
• Mark Morris Dance Group – May 5 - 10, 2011
  Presented in an artistic collaboration with LA Opera
  L'Allegro, il Penseroso ed il Moderato
• Ballet Nacional de Cuba – June 23 - 26, 2011
  Don Quixote
• American Ballet Theatre – July 14 - 17, 2011
  The Bright Stream choreographed by Alexei Ratmansky

May 10, 2010 - Los Angeles. Glorya Kaufman Presents Dance at the Music Centerannounces the eighth season of this international dance series. Seven companiesrepresenting the United States, Spain, Brazil, the Netherlands, and Cuba, will participate in32 performances at the Dorothy Chandler Pavilion and Ahmanson Theatre, in a season thatis the largest and most culturally diverse in the history of the series.

The season begins with Corella Ballet Castilla y León (November 5-7, 2010) at theAhmanson Theatre, followed by Grupo Corpo (January 28-30, 2011), Nederlands DansTheater (March 23-24, 2011), Alvin Ailey American Dance Theater (April 8-17, 2011),in a ten performance engagement, Mark Morris Dance Group (May 5-10,2011)performing L'Allegro, il Penseroso ed il Moderato presented in an artistic collaboration withLA Opera, Ballet Nacional de Cuba (June 23-26, 2011) performing Don Quixote, andAmerican Ballet Theatre (July 14-17, 2011), performing The Bright Stream, by its Artistin Residence, Alexei Ratmansky, all at the Dorothy Chandler Pavilion.

To receive season ticket information, please call (213) 972-0711 or visitwww.musiccenter.org/events/dance.html.

Renae Williams Niles, Director of Dance Presentations said, "This is definitely a season ofmany firsts including the Center debuts of Angel's Corella Ballet Castilla y León, GrupoCorpo and Ballet Nacional de Cuba, which I hope reflects the continued growth of the series.It is with Glorya Kaufman's significant support and the ongoing commitment of the Center'sboard and our many dance donors, this season is possible.

I am overjoyed to be collaborating for the first time with the LA Opera for a landmarkmasterwork by Mark Morris. A dance piece set to a concert work by George Frideric Handelfor soloists, chorus and orchestra, L'Allegro, Il Penseroso ed il Moderato will feature the LosAngeles Opera Orchestra and Chorus as well as a quartet of world-class singers: sopranosHei-Kyung Hong and Sarah Coburn, tenor Barry Banks and bass-baritone John Relyea. Theseason will conclude with American Ballet Theatre's eighteenth appearance at the MusicCenter and I'm ecstatic to present a work by Alexei Ratmansky the company's Artist inResidence. He joined ABT in January of last year, after leaving the Bolshoi Ballet as itsartistic director.This season also includes the return of Alvin Ailey American Dance Theater. Every time wepresent Ailey we have played to larger audiences clamoring for more, so this season we willoffer one more program than we have had previously, and will have performances over twoweekends.

This will also be Ailey's final appearance in Los Angeles under the esteemed direction ofJudith Jamison. Just a couple of weeks ago, the company announced Robert Battle as theArtistic Director Designate and he will assume the Artistic Director position on July 1, 2011;at that time Ms. Jamison will assume Emerita status and I am sure will continue to play asignificant leadership role in the dance world."

About the 2010-2011 Glorya Kaufman Presents Dance at the Music Center Season

The season begins in the Ahmanson Theatre with Spain's only classical ballet company,Corella Ballet Castilla y León November 5, 6, and 7, 2010. This two-year old company,lead by premiere dancer Angel Corella, will make its first West Coast appearance in theDance at the Music Center series. The company first began with a rehearsal process onApril 1, 2008, in response to Corella's aspiration to provide professional careers for classicaldancers in Spain. Corella also wanted to provide a way for Spanish born dancers to be ableto stay in Spain and prevent them from having to leave the country to further their careers,as he and many others have done for the past 20 years. Corella Ballet Castilla y Leónoffers a wide repertoire, incorporating classical, neoclassical and contemporarychoreography, and is the only classical ballet company in Spain.

The balance of the season will be performed at the Dorothy Chandler Pavilion, beginningwith the contemporary Brazilian dance company, Grupo Corpo, January 28, 29 and 30,2011. Founded in 1975, this company combines classical technique with a contemporaryre-reading of popular Brazilian dance forms – challenging audiences' perceptions of balletand modern dance.

Nederlands Dans Theater, under the artistic direction of Jim Vincent, will perform March 23 and 24.

Since its inception in 1959, more than half a century ago, Nederlands Dans Theater(NDT) has been among the most prominent and innovative contemporary dance companiesin the world. NDT's dancers display virtuosity and unparalleled expression while performinga challenging repertoire; the company performs much-praised works by housechoreographers Jiøí Kylián and Lightfoot León, as well as new creations by establishedchoreographers and upcoming talent from inside and outside the company.

Jim Vincent danced for NDT from 1978 to 1990. After working in Europe for ten years,Vincent became artistic director of Hubbard Street Dance Chicago, returning to NDT in 2009as artistic director.

Alvin Ailey American Dance Theater is one of the most popular dance companies toregularly perform in this series. To satisfy the demand for tickets and programming, thecompany will have four different programs, over ten performances this season from April 8to 17, 2011 at the Pavilion.

Recognized by U.S. Congressional resolution as a vital American "Cultural Ambassador tothe World," the Company has performed for an estimated 23 million people in 48 states andin 71 countries on six continents, celebrating the uniqueness of the African-Americancultural experience and the preservation and enrichment of the American modern dancetradition. The Ailey Company is home to some of the most glorious dancers, virtuosictalent, and beloved dance works in the world. In addition to premieres and newproductions, the performances will celebrate 50 years of Revelations, an enduring classicand a "must-see" for all people that has inspired more audiences around the globe than anyother modern dance.

For the first time since October 2007, Mark Morris Dance Group returns to the series inan artistic collaboration with LA Opera with the landmark work L'Allegro, il Penseroso ed ilModerato, choreographed by Mark Morris to the music of George Frideric Handel, performedMay 5-10, 2011. The score will be performed by internationally acclaimed vocal soloists aswell as the Los Angeles Opera Orchestra and Chorus.

L'Allegro, il Penseroso ed il Moderato was Mark Morris's premiere dance as Director of Danceat the Théâtre Royal de la Monnaie in Brussels, Belgium, where the company was inresidence for three years. Writing about the work in 2005, John Rockwell in the New YorkTimes said, "When it was born in 1988, it was recognized as Mark Morris' masterpiece.Seventeen years later, it still is, by pretty much everybody ... 'a 'Nutcracker' for adults or a'Messiah' for the secular... Anyone who cares about dance, or wants to see one of thecornerstones of late-20th century choreography, or just wants to be wafted on a wave ofmusical and terpsichorean beauty, should try to get a ticket. One thing that makes it sobeguiling is its range of images and emotions, the way it captures all of human feeling andan entire social order in a pastoral setting. Here, Morris makes magic. Go see for yourself."

To date, it has been performed at 21 venues in 18 cities and nine countries on threecontinents. This summer, performances of L'Allegro at the Mostly Mozart Festival at LincolnCenter will kick off Mark Morris Dance Group's 30th Anniversary season. The scenery forL'Allegro, il Penseroso ed il Moderato is by Adrianne Lobel, costumes are by Christine VanLoon, and lighting is by James F. Ingalls.

Ballet Nacional de Cuba will bring their critically acclaimed Don Quixote, with live musicperformed by the LA Opera Orchestra, to the Dorothy Chandler Pavilion June 23 to 26.Formed in 1948 by Alicia Alonso, the company occupies a prominent place in Hispanic andinternational ballet culture. This tiny island has produced one of the foremost schools ofballet, training all the remarkable dancers of the company. It is extraordinary that Alonsoproduced this quality in only sixty-two years.

Alonso premiered this version of Don Quixote in 1988, after studying the staging of othercompanies and being inspired by this masterpiece of Spanish literature. Alonso also broughtto Don Quixote her influences from her history with American Ballet Theatre, where she wasa prima ballerina from 1943 until she formed Ballet Nacional de Cuba, as well as theinfluences of George Balanchine (Theme and Variations was originally set on her.)

Anna Kisselgoff in the New York Times said, "Those looking for passion, Latin or otherwise,will find it – but most of all they will see the classical dancing, even academic precision ...this Don Quixote is typical of the company because it filled with dramatic motivation ... theproduction keeps the standard choreography in the set pieces, but much of the ensemblechoreography is new and more classical."

Recognized as one of the great dance companies in the world, American Ballet Theatre,under the Artistic Direction of Kevin McKenzie, will give five performances of AlexeiRatmansky's The Bright Stream. Set to the music of Dmitri Shostakovich, Ratmansky'sproduction received its World Premiere by the Bolshoi Ballet in 2003.

A comic ballet in two acts, The Bright Stream tells the story of the members of a Russianfarm collective in the 1930's and their humorous interactions with a group of visitingperformers during the harvest festival. The original production of The Bright Stream,choreographed by Fyodor Lopukhov, was first performed in 1935 in Leningrad. The balletwill be given its ABT Company Premiere on January 21, 2011 at the Kennedy Center for thePerforming Arts in Washington.

Single tickets and flex series will become available on August 1, 2010. Visit musiccenter.orgfor more information.

Music Center – Performing Arts Center of Los Angeles County is one of the largestand most highly regarded performing arts centers in the United States. Every year, almost 2million people visit its four main venues — Dorothy Chandler Pavilion, Ahmanson Theatre,Mark Taper Forum, and Walt Disney Concert Hall — along with its vibrant collection ofoutdoor theatres, plazas, and gardens. The Music Center produces a variety of programmingincluding Glorya Kaufman Presents Dance at the Music Center, Active Arts at the MusicCenter, and The Blue Ribbon Presents Global Pop, along with programming for children andfamilies throughout the year. The Center also provides extensive services and leadership insupport of K-12 arts education, and offers tours of all four venues. The Music Center ishome to four internationally acclaimed resident companies: Los Angeles Philharmonic,Center Theatre Group, LA Opera and Los Angeles Master Chorale.