in 1979 was demolished. Although the heart of the studio lives on with new owners and a new name in a temporary space, the original 19,000-square-foot facility — the place where Michael Jackson rehearsed “Thriller” choreography and that attracted stars including Lucille Ball and Madonna — is gone.was forced out of its home on the 32nd floor of a downtown high-rise days before its production of “The Nutcracker Suite.
Dance spaces across the country are threatened, unable to reconcile the low profitability of the business with rising rents.Luna — now in her 80s — struggled to make rent ever since Dance Arts’ early days, said studio manager Claudia Ainza and longtime assistant May Charters. “Carla mainly worked alone because she couldn’t afford to pay anyone,” Ainza said.
In March, Ainza learned that Dance Arts needed to vacate the building by April 30. Danesghar worked with Ainza on the transition, giving Dance Arts and the Marat Daukayev School of Ballet, which sublets studios, more time to close out the spring semester and final tap workshop. Without a home, Pamela and Marat are struggling to find a similar space of 12,000 to 15,000 square feet that’s within their budget. In Russia, ballet schools are funded with government support, Marat said.
Renting space at Dance Arts was “one of the reasons we were able to survive,” Pamela said. “We only had to pay for what we used, so we could start very small and grow.”
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This is so sad
KTLA I'm my life, I've needed a plumber, a welder, a woodworker, an electrician, a medical doctor, a dentist and a landscaper. But I have never needed a dancer for anything.
KTLA End times, folks. No one will have money soon...for anything.
Fake news. They simply couldn't afford the rent.