Photo & Pointe Shoes Signed by

Lyrica Blankfein Woodruff

A pair of pointe shoes previously owned, worn and signed by our guest principal dancer, Westside Ballet alumni, Lyrica Blankfein Woodruff. Also a signed beautiful headshot! A 2014 recipient of the prestigious Mae L. Wien Award, Ms. Blankfein recently completed her training at the School of American Ballet. Recently, Ms. Blankfein has worked with Tony Award Winning director/choreographer Susan Stroman, in a ballet musical based on Edgar Degas' famous statue, Little Dancer Aged 14 of the Paris Opera Ballet. Lyrica recently completed a 6 week pre-Broadway run of Little Dancer at the Kennedy Center in Washington, D.C. where she performed the role of "Chantal." Westside Ballet of Santa Monica is proud to announce the addition of visiting guest artist Lyrica Blankfein to our 2015 Spring Performance. Lyrica and resident guest artist Evan Swenson will open the program performing Spring Waters -- a fiery pas-de-deux set to music by Sergei Rachmaninoff with choreography by Asaf Messerer. Lyrica will also dance the solo in My One and Only, one of several excerpts to be performed from George Balanchine's Who Cares*. More About Lyrica Blankfein -- Lyrica Blankfein was born in Pacific Palisades, California and began her ballet training at the age of 5 at Westside Academy of Dance, under the guidance of Yvonne Mounsey, former principal dancer for George Balanchine's New York City Ballet, and Francine Kessler Lavac. While training for the ballet, Lyrica also began her professional career as an actress. She appeared in numerous commercials and also had a recurring role for two years on Boston Public. Additionally, she guest starred on Private Practice, and Bunheads. During this time she began her Vaganova training with Valeria Gorchekova. http://westsideballet.com/2015-spring-performance/ http://www.laobserved.com/intell/2014/12/a_nutcracker_homecoming_for_ba.php