The piazza outside the new Curve performing arts centre is to be named Orton Square after dramatist Joe Orton, who was known for his black comedies.

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Other projects for the Culture District include a performing arts centre designed by Zaha Hadid, a Baghdad-born British woman, and a maritime museum by Japan's Tadao Ando.

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But it boasted little in the way of performing arts until its Music Centre opened in 1964, and even then no ballet to speak of and little modern dance.

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LA, with the provision that some of the money should be used to create a performing arts centre for CalArts students.

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