Email Author Ann Haskins

2009 Stories by Ann Haskins

• DANCE IN VENICE

  published December 31, 2009

  Venice's Abbot Kinney Boulevard is deservedly known as the party-place each month on First Fridays, but for the dance community, the Electric... More >>

• DOUBLE YOUR KWANZA

  published December 24, 2009

  Lula Washington Dance Theater reprises its joyous, high-stepping celebration of the seven traditions of Kwanza in a two-day Kwanzaa Festival... More >>

• DANCE THE YEAR AWAY

  published December 24, 2009

  Artistic director Natasha Middleton and her Media City Ballet have assembled a lineup of six local troupes for a program celebrating A World of... More >>

• HARK! THE PARKING'S FREE TODAY!

  published December 17, 2009

  The annual Christmas Eve marathon showcasing local dance, song and music ensembles returns with the extra gifts of free admission and free parking... More >>

• Get 'Crackin'

  published December 17, 2009

  Artistic director David Wilcox's The Nutcracker brims with special effects, including flying dancers and sleighs. He also attracts top... More >>

• Expression Under Wraps

  published December 10, 2009

  Constrictive situations or outright oppression can provoke effective alternative responses beyond escape or battle. (In other words, when you're... More >>

• IT'S A BEAUTIFUL WORLD, DAMMIT

  published November 26, 2009

  Reverence and gratitude expressed to a sacred spirit flow throughout world cultures, often most beautifully expressed in dance and music. Three... More >>

• TAPPING INTO DEATH

  published November 13, 2009

  With financial storms battering dance companies and other performing-arts organizations, the 10th anniversary of Regina Klenjoski Dance Company is... More >>

• TOLERANCE IN MOTION

  published November 5, 2009

  Taking a page from director/choreographer Michael Bennett, who compressed hours of dancer conversation into A Chorus Line, DV8... More >>

• WHERE THE WILIS ARE

  published October 29, 2009

  Not usually billed as a Halloween ballet, Giselle, especially the second act, simply teems with ghosts flying about the stage in all their... More >>

• CIRQUE DU SO LIMBER

  published October 22, 2009

  With the exception, perhaps, of the kamasutra, few have understood the incredible sensual, aesthetic and, yes, sexually suggestive possibilities... More >>

• ALL DANCING, ALL COMPOSING

  published October 15, 2009

  The London-based contemporary dance troupe Hofesh Shecter Company, led by an alum of Israel's celebrated Batsheva Dance Company, makes its West... More >>

• DANCE! AND THAT'S AN ORDER

  published October 8, 2009

  Since instigating her inventive monthly salon Anatomy Riot three years ago, Meg Wolfe has hardly done anything by the book, eschewing... More >>

• BEST TREY MACABRE

  published October 1, 2009

  Despite having choreographed for the who's who of U.S. and international ballet companies, Trey McIntyre was unknown in Southern California when... More >>

• MOVING SALE

  published September 24, 2009

  Vacant offices and warehouses may be the detritus of the current recession, but the inventive Bahareh Ebrahimzadeh saw opportunity in those empty... More >>

• BELLY UP TO THE BALLET

  published September 17, 2009

  A recent addition to the local dance scene, Luminario Ballet of Los Angeles has already recruited some impressive talent, including some current... More >>

• LAND OF A 1,000 DANCES

  published September 10, 2009

  With the eclectic assemblage of humanity strolling the nearby Venice Beach boardwalk, choreographer Amanda Hart and her Hart Pulse Dance Company... More >>

• So You Think You Can Die

  published September 3, 2009

  With a grabber like Die Muthafuckah Die!!! (A Eulogy), the parenthetical in the title is definitely anticlimactic. But everything director... More >>

• What's All the Hula About?

  published August 27, 2009

  Once little more than simply swaying hips for tourists at Hawaiian-themed luaus, hula has come to be recognized as an intricate dance form... More >>

• ME AND MY SHADOW

  published August 20, 2009

  Choreographer Alyson Boell is fascinated by the unconscious side of human nature, what Carl Jung called "the shadow half." Tonight, she explores... More >>

• L.A. SWAN SONG

  published August 13, 2009

  With its intimate format, the Khmer Arts Salon Series strives to cultivate audiences for the highly stylized, traditional arts of Asia, and this... More >>

• This May Be Your Last Dance

  published August 6, 2009

  With the recent passing of modern dance icon Merce Cunningham, this young contemporary troupe presciently tackles the subject of facing death... More >>

• WELCOME TO LOS SPAINGELES

  published July 30, 2009

  For this week's "staycation," pack some tapas, grab a bottle of tempranillo, head to the Cahuenga Pass and pretend it's Spain as Forever... More >>

• GOOD BALLET MISS MOLLY

  published July 23, 2009

  When she left the helm of Ballet Pacifica and established the National Choreographers Initiative, Molly Lynch brought along her passion for new... More >>

• DIG THIS SWEET SORROW

  published July 16, 2009

  Like tantalizing appetizers before the real meal, snippets of Prokofiev's Romeo and Juliet seem to be everywhere. The Hollywood Bowl set... More >>