June 2009

Luna Negra Names Joanna Naftali as New Executive Director

Posted June 22, 2009 in (No Comments)

CHICAGO - Luna Negra Dance Theater (LNDT) announced today the appointment of innovative arts leader and native Chicagoan, Joanna Naftali, as executive director. Following the announcement in late March of the departure of LNDT’s founder and artistic director, Eduardo Vilaro, the organization’s board of directors began an international search for an artistic director. The board also identified a strong need

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Meet the Artists

Annabelle Lopez Ochoa

Annabelle Lopez Ochoa

Choreographer

Annabelle Lopez Ochoa completed her dance studies at the Royal Ballet Academy of Antwerp in Belgium. As a professional dancer she appeared with various companies in Germany before joining, in 1993, the modern-jazz dance group Djazzex based in The Hague....

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