Thanks for your new designs. So 223 in my mind is a little too Miami.
I like 225 it reminds me of the beverly hills hotel which is good and bad, it represents LA and is expensive but I guess in a logo you don't want to be reminded of someone else logo :)
I like 226 the best.
Here is our dilemma. Originally we didn't want a lyre being used because it was the logo of NYC ballet for a long time and is very recognizable in our community. We ended up getting a bunch of lyre designs and they were really pretty so we got swept away on that route and I am not sure if it is the direction our director will want to go. I do like your harp and I think it is different but I am not sure if the connection will be made to an angel and the ballet when you first see it. The first reaction I am getting from people I show is why does the ballet have a harp as their symbol? We might like to get ourselves back on track and start to work with our top designers on designing our name as our logo. Is this a direction you have ideas for? Please feel free to submit anything new you think might work. Feel free to also use our initials CAB as well.
I also am not thrilled with the blue and gold color story. We might like to see only one or the other. Feel free to use any of these colors (but maybe not some of them together) Gold, Blue, Purple, Gray, Bronze, Black. Think simple (maybe monochromatic) not too feminine, and defiantly rich.
Thank you again for your great work!!!!