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"Robert Cutietta, dean of USC's [University of Southern California] music school, who will head the new dance school, calls the gift one of the largest donations in the history of dance."

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"In the arts world, they call her [Glorya Kaufman] “the dancing philanthropist.”

"Kaufman won't reveal the dollar amount of the gift — suffice to say it will surpass by far the $20 million she gave Los Angeles' Music Center....

" "We want to get the best students, the best teachers, and the kids, when they graduate, will be able to make a living right away.” "

http://www.latimes.com/entertainment/ar ... 9659.story
(posted at BalletcoForum)

The New York Times interviews Glorya Kaufman.

NY Times

William Forsythe will join the faculty of the Kaufman School of Dance at the University of Southern California in Fall 2015.

USC Press Release