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2013 Stories by Ann Haskins

• Dance of the Outsiders

  published September 19, 2013

  Among the delectables assembled for the Radar L.A. contemporary theater festival are two deeply dance-infused works by David... More >>

• Angelita's Dance

  published September 12, 2013

  With its elegant, Spanish-themed architecture, food and programs of flamenco dance with live music, El Cid has been an L.A. institution for 50... More >>

• The Blue Man Group of Korea

  published September 5, 2013

  Classical Korean dance meets contemporary South Korean street dance as tradition meets trendy in 2013 Korea in Motion: Fanta-Stick. Like... More >>

• British Invasion

  published August 22, 2013

  For a decade, Burbank-based Media City Ballet drew attention for its loving re-creations of works made famous by Sergei Diaghilev’s Ballet... More >>

• The Only Music That Makes Them Dance

  published August 15, 2013

  Starting a ballet company in L.A. has never been easy, but new companies keep popping up. There's much to admire about how American Contemporary... More >>

• A Dance for Trayvon

  published August 8, 2013

  Usually seen downtown at the venerable Music Center, New York's celebrated Complexions Contemporary Ballet enjoys a more al fresco environment... More >>

• Star-Crossed Hoofers

  published August 1, 2013

  Forbidden passions, blood feuds and two well-armed families jockeying for political advantage. No, not Game of Thrones. It's Romeo and... More >>

• Get Your Feet Wet

  published July 25, 2013

  Among today’s array of choices, the chance to beat the heat and dance in Grand Park fountain may prove the most popular, led by stars from... More >>

• Right Here Right Now

  published July 18, 2013

  The folks who love acronyms at REDCAT (aka Roy and Edna Disney/Cal Arts Theatre) also like double entendres. The annual NOW (New Original Works)... More >>

• Summer Stepping

  published June 27, 2013

  Each summer, Raiford Rogers recruits top-notch professional dancers on hiatus from their home ballet companies for his Raiford Rogers Modern... More >>

• Fusion on the Dance Floor

  published June 20, 2013

  It was a proposition Alonzo King couldn't refuse. As artistic director of the Alonzo King LINES Ballet and an internationally known choreographer,... More >>

• Jazz Hands (and Feet)

  published June 13, 2013

  As frequent attendees of the annual Playboy Jazz Festival, Pat Taylor and her L.A.-based JazzAntiqua Dance Ensemble have felt the urge to dance to... More >>

• Trust Us, It's Gonna Be Epic

  published June 6, 2013

  For the opening salvo of this summer's Ford Amphitheater dance series, choreographer Amy "Catfox" Campion and the high-energy dance virtuosi who... More >>

• Jump, Jive and Java

  published May 30, 2013

  A few folks short of a flash mob but in much the same spirit, Coffeehouse Dances are choreographer Keith Glassman's roving dance events: part... More >>

• Remembering the Virtuoso

  published May 16, 2013

  Three more Balanchine masterworks, with music by Ravel and Stravinsky; film clips of Balanchine's Hollywood movie choreography; preperformance... More >>

• They Got the Beat

  published May 9, 2013

  After years of drawing audiences to L.A.'s historic jails, abandoned underground streetcar facilities and operating laundromats, Heidi Duckler and... More >>

• The Russians Are Coming

  published May 2, 2013

  Choreographer Boris Eifman's fascination with the porosity between reality, imagination and psychosis have made him artistically significant and... More >>

• Half-Pipe, With a Twist

  published April 25, 2013

  In 1984, two Montreal street performers took their popular combination of performance and acrobatics onto a global stage, and so began Cirque du... More >>

• Dancing Days Are Here Again

  published April 18, 2013

  Defying the world of Photoshop, those beautiful, ripped bodies on banners announcing the return of Alvin Ailey American Dance Theater are the real... More >>

• The Best of What’s Around

  published April 11, 2013

  In a season filled with wonderful out-of-town companies dropping in for a bit of SoCal spring, only to take the ticket proceeds back to entertain... More >>

• Bouncing Off the Walls

  published April 4, 2013

  The monthlong Trisha Brown Retrospective Project crests this weekend with two different performances at UCLA’s Royce Hall, plus outdoor ones... More >>

• Gotta Dance

  published March 28, 2013

  Sometimes the allure of watching a dance performance comes from seeing the latest from an intriguing choreographer. In others, the attraction is... More >>

• Dancing in the Steps of the Master

  published March 21, 2013

  After an electric opening last weekend in the South Bay, the Los Angeles Ballet moves to West L.A. tonight for the second of ten SoCal stops in... More >>

• Blood on the Dance Floor

  published March 14, 2013

  Choreographer-filmmaker Wim Vandekeybus was not the first to explore dance as extreme sport or use his dancers' bodies as emotional and physical... More >>

• Come and Meet Those Dancing Feet

  published March 7, 2013

  Most of the year, Jamie Nichols prowls dance concerts and choreography festivals, applying her insight as a dancer, choreographer and teacher to... More >>