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Preview calendar: Dance, galleries and museums for Oct. 15-21

Press releases for arts and entertainment events and programs should be typed, double-spaced, with basic information about the event, performance dates and times, location, ticket prices and a public telephone number. Send notices two to three weeks before the event to Preview, 207 E. Pennsylvania Ave., Escondido, 92025, or via e-mail to preview@nctimes.com . Or fax items to (760) 745-3769.

DANCE

BJM Danse Montreal ---- The Canadian contemporary dance company performs the world premiere of works by Azure Barton and Annabelle Lopez Ochoa; 8 p.m. Oct. 15; Mandeville Auditorium, UC San Diego, Mandeville Lane, La Jolla; $12; 858-534-8497; also at 8 p.m. Oct. 16 and Oct. 17; Old Town Temecula Community Theater, 42051 Main St., Temecula; $25, general; $20, seniors; $15, students and youth; 866-653-8696.

Mojalet Dance Collective Fall Showcase ---- The program will feature two works, Faith Jensen-Ismay's "A Taste of Italian" and Patricia Sandback's "Life Is Just a Bowl of Cherries"; 6 p.m. Staurday, Oct. 18 and Oct. 24; 2 p.m. Oct. 18 and Oct. 25; Bernardo Winery's Vine Performance Space, 13330 Paseo Del Verano, Suite 5, Rancho Bernardo; $15, general; $10, students and seniors; 858-243-1402.

Apartment Therapy New York | Corb Your Enthusiasm: Charlotte ...

Last week we discussed the controversial Swiss architect Le Corbusier. Although his architecture is largely out of style — the apex of 20th century functionalism — his furniture is still a popular modernist touch in many contemporary interiors. The designer primarily responsible for Le Corbusier’s furniture was Charlotte Perriand, one of the rare women in the field at the time. Hers is a great story of talent combined with determination, and we’ll look at it today.

After World War I, women had more opportunities than they had before, but they were still barred from many professions. For example, women were welcome at the Bauhaus , but they were not allowed to study furniture making or architecture, and nearly all were shunted to the weaving workshop. Within this context, along came the 24-year-old art school-grad Charlotte Perriand, bored by the traditional Beaux-Arts designs around her, hoping to design furniture using new industrial materials.

Inspired by Le Corbusier’s publications, (the 20th-century version of the Paris Salon ). Le Corbusier’s cousin and collaborator, Pierre Jeanneret, brought him to see the bar, and Le Corbusier was so impressed that he changed his mind and hired Perriand as a furniture designer. How’s that for a fairy tale story?

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