A moving force: a dance company gets a home.Ten years after the Northridge earthquake The Northridge earthquake occurred on January 17, 1994 at 4:31 AM Pacific Standard Time in the city of Los Angeles, California. The earthquake had a "strong" moment magnitude of 6. destroyed its facilities in Los Angeles Los Angeles (lôs ăn`jələs, lŏs, ăn`jəlēz'), city (1990 pop. 3,485,398), seat of Los Angeles co., S Calif.; inc. 1850. , the Lula Washington Dance Theatre has a new home. The company now owns 12,000 square feet on Crenshaw cren·shaw also cran·shaw n. A variety of winter melon (Cucumis melo var. inodorus) having a greenish-yellow rind and sweet, usually salmon-pink flesh. [Origin unknown.] Boulevard in the heart of an African-American community--three dance studios plus offices, a meeting room, enclosed garage, and a large studio that converts to a performance space seating 200. A weekend of classes and performing marked the June ribbon-cutting, and no sooner had those festivities fes·tiv·i·ty n. pl. fes·tiv·i·ties 1. A joyous feast, holiday, or celebration; a festival. 2. The pleasure, joy, and gaiety of a festival or celebration. 3. ended than the Lula Washington summer dance camp opened. For the first time since 1994, the campers could tap, sing, kick, and jump their way through eight weeks of classes, while at the same location, the company rehearsed and conducted its administrative operations. Ms. Washington, who often depicts inner-city life in her work, founded the ten-member modern dance company in 1980. www.lulawashington.com |
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