It's unusual to have a group of artistic young men, especially in the heavily industrial neighborhoods of the L.A. Harbor area, focused on doing exciting things with dance. All the dancers for the new work are under 21; most are currently students in San Pedro. "This commission is a great opportunity to support and encourage a talented and hard working group of young artists, and, at the same time, support the fabulous City Ballet, which is an enormous San Pedro resource that everyone needs to be more aware of," said Nathan Birnbaum, Executive Director of Angels Gate Cultural Center

"The project was very appealing, as it has been six years since the company has done a program like this. It is an intriguing challenge to do an entire evening of site-specific works," said Patrick Bradley, choreographer of the commissioned work and San Pedro City Ballet Co-Artistic Director.

The performers of the new work are the City Ballet's male youth group ­ Wolf Bradley, Julian de Santiago, Andrew Macatrao, Gabriel Macatrao, and Juan Wing - and one female dancer from the troupe, Caroline Cypres.

The commission is supported with a Cultural Center grant from the Ralph M. Parsons Foundation and a City Ballet grant from the L.A. County Arts Commission. "It was perfect timing to combine forces and a grant from the County Arts Commission, and just create on these wonderful young dancers," says Co-Artistic Director Cindy Bradley.

Program: World Premiere of "Door Number 2"; "Date"; "The Art of the Shoe" (danced to poetry by local poet Regina O'Melvany); "Covenant."
Choreography: Patrick David Bradley and Cindy Bradley.
Dancers: Caroline Cypres, Wolf Bradley, Julian de Santiago, Andrew Macatrao, Gabriel Macatrao, and Juan Wing.


About San Pedro City Ballet: San Pedro City Ballet (SPCB) was established in 1994 by nationally recognized dancers and teachers, Cynthia and Patrick David Bradley, as a not-for-profit dance company serving greater Los Angeles. The company performs "The Nutcracker" annually at the Warner Grand Theatre in San Pedro, produces original modern works for a variety of venues throughout Southern California, and holds performance workshops throughout the city of Los Angeles. SPCB's mission is to identify, train and promote a world-class pre-professional dance company from the diverse population of the Los Angeles Harbor area that is founded in classical works and traditions, and goes beyond to explore new contemporary and original modern works, and to provide training to schools throughout Los Angeles for arts education and after-school programs.



Angels Gate Cultural Center
3601 South Gaffey Street, San Pedro, California 90731
Phone: 310-519-0936, Fax: 310-519-8698