BEGIN:VCALENDAR VERSION:2.0 PRODID:-//The Ebell of Los Angeles. - ECPv4.9.10//NONSGML v1.0//EN CALSCALE:GREGORIAN METHOD:PUBLISH X-WR-CALNAME:The Ebell of Los Angeles. X-ORIGINAL-URL:https://ebellofla.org X-WR-CALDESC:Events for The Ebell of Los Angeles. BEGIN:VTIMEZONE TZID:America/Los_Angeles BEGIN:DAYLIGHT TZOFFSETFROM:-0800 TZOFFSETTO:-0700 TZNAME:PDT DTSTART:20230312T100000 END:DAYLIGHT BEGIN:STANDARD TZOFFSETFROM:-0700 TZOFFSETTO:-0800 TZNAME:PST DTSTART:20231105T090000 END:STANDARD END:VTIMEZONE BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTART;TZID=America/Los_Angeles:20230319T160000 DTEND;TZID=America/Los_Angeles:20230319T180000 DTSTAMP:20240319T094135 CREATED:20230207T214929Z LAST-MODIFIED:20230207T215250Z UID:45299-1679241600-1679248800@ebellofla.org SUMMARY:Celebrating the Life of Dancer Raven Wilkinson DESCRIPTION:Raven Wilkinson (1935 -2018) is credited with having been the first African-American woman to dance for a major classical ballet company. In August 1955 at the age of 20\, she received a full time contract with the Ballet Russe de MonteCarlo of New York City. She was promoted to soloist during her second season with the troupe\, and remained with the company for six years. Wilkinson later became a mentor to American Ballet Theatre principal dancer Misty Copeland. \nPlease join City Ballet of Los Angeles Founder and Artistic Director Robyn Gardenhire and dance historian Ariyan Johnson for a talk about the life and legacy of this legendary artist. \nAbout our speakers: \nRobyn Gardenhire is the founder and artistic director of City Ballet of Los Angeles. As the artistic director and principal choreographer\, Ms. Gardenhire has developed ballets that are classical as well as cutting edge\, bringing new stories and perspective to the ballets. \nAriyan Johnson is an American actress\, television director\, dancer and choreographer. Johnson is best known for her roles as Chantel Mitchell in the 1992 indie drama film Just Another Girl on the I.R.T. She is currently an Assistant Professor in Dance at University of California Irvine teaching Hip Hop and Jazz. \nPerformers include: LACHSA and Colburn School Dancers\, Colburn School Pianist Saiko. \n URL:https://ebellofla.org/event/celebrating-raven-wilkinson-03-19-23/ CATEGORIES:Club ATTACH;FMTTYPE=image/jpeg:https://ebellofla.org/wp-content/uploads/2023/02/SQUARE.jpg END:VEVENT END:VCALENDAR