Email Author Ann Haskins

2013 Stories by Ann Haskins

• 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 >>

• Oguri's Body Weather

  published February 28, 2013

  Oguri is arguably L.A.'s most recognized proponent of butoh, and his Body Weather Laboratory is responsible for expanding the understanding... More >>

• Meryl Tankard: The Oracle

  published February 21, 2013

  In 1913, Nijinsky's Rite of Spring at the Ballet Russes evoked foot-stomping primitives. In the 1970s, Béjart's white-clad dancers... More >>

• Dance Dance Revolution

  published February 14, 2013

  On the eve of its Canadian tour, Helios Dance Theater is throwing a bon-voyage party previewing its tour repertoire, followed by a... More >>

• Something's Fishy in Costa Mesa

  published February 7, 2013

  Those who know The Little Mermaid mainly from the Disney film may want to touch base with the Hans Christian Andersen fairy tale before... More >>

• Who's Joffrey Now?

  published January 31, 2013

  The Joffrey Ballet may call Chicago home now, but it continues to have a strong L.A. following. This visit includes two mixed-bill programs with... More >>

• The Coziest Dance Venue in Town

  published January 24, 2013

  Built in 1929, the historic Miles Memorial Playhouse is a hidden gem not far from Santa Monica's busy Third Street Promenade. Exposed wooden... More >>

• Dance in L.A. Is Alive and Kicking

  published January 17, 2013

  L.A.'s pop-up dance festivals offer an opportunity to savor small samples from different dance companies without committing a whole evening to one... More >>

• Affirmative Action

  published January 10, 2013

  At last summer's Santa Cruz Fringe Festival, L.A.-based Nugent Dance performed Yes Is Not Passive and Other Stories six times and received... More >>

• Kotohajime: The First Performance of the New Year

  published January 3, 2013

  Some cultures are absorbed with ringing out the end of the year, while others are more concerned that the new year begin in a propitious manner.... More >>