CDA Celebrates Alvin Ailey
CDA Board members and supporters. Photo by David Buchan.
Angela Basset & AILEY Director Jamila Wignot. Photo by David Buchan.
Last August, CDA was pleased to present an exclusive preview of AILEY, Jamila Wignot’s powerful portrait of the legendary artist Alvin Ailey, presented by The Music Center and CDA in partnership with NEON. We are grateful to Jane Jelenko for her sponsorship of this event and Mattie McFadden-Lawson for her outreach to the community. This celebratory evening was free and open to the public, featuring a lively discussion between Jamila Wignot and Makeda Easter of the Los Angeles Times. Attendees included members of Debbie Allen Dance Academy, Lula Washington Contemporary Dance Foundation and other prominent members of the Los Angeles arts community.
Center Dance Arts Board of Directors
Susan Baumgarten
President
Jane Jelenko*
Chair/Founding President
JoAnn Bourne
Vice President and Treasurer
Joan Herman
Secretary
Mattie McFadden Lawson
Chair Emerita
Catharine Soros
Chair Emerita
Liane Weintraub*
Founding Chair
Charlene Achki-Repko
Jane Arnault-Factor, Ph.D*
Mira Hashmall
Liz Levitt Hirsch*
Judith Reichman, MD
Dominque Shelton Leipzig
Julia Strickland
Bradley Tabach-Bank
Sue Tsao
Diane Wittenberg
* Founding Member