In the Arts: A Record Gift for L.A. Dance Program
March 17, 2009 | Read Time: 1 minute
Arts patron Glorya Kaufman has donated $20-million to the Los Angeles Dance at the Music Center program, a gift the organization’s president said might be a record for dance in America, the Los Angeles Times reports.
Ms. Kaufman, the widow of the home-construction magnate Donald Bruce Kaufman, has given millions in the past to support the Alvin Ailey American Dance Theater and dance programs at UCLA and Juilliard.
In other arts news, the Times reports that attendance at the Getty Trust’s two Los Angeles museums is running ahead of last year’s record pace, despite reduced hours and a hike in parking fees. The trust has announced a plan to cut its budget by 25 percent.
