No shopping on Robertson Boulevard for 7 For All Mankinds, no screenings of "Indiana Jones and the Kingdom of the Crystal Skull" at the ArcLight, and no gorging on Pink’s Dudamel Dogs this summer for La Scala’s Ballet Company.
Los Angeles's Dance at the Music Center has announced that La Scala's Il Corpo di Ballo has effectively cancelled their anticipated summer 2008 L.A. performances. The 2007-08 Dance at the Music Center season was looking forward to hosting La Scala's ballet company for two special July 1 & 2 performances of Romeo and Juliet, with special guests Diana Vishneva and Roberto Bolle dancing the leads.
The reason for cancellation? Said head coordinator of the tour, Sergei Danilian, president of Ardani Artists: “La Scala advised us that the funding they were anticipating to support their tour did not come through as planned, and that it would have to change the casting and repertoire as well as the financial arrangements of the tour."