Email Author Ann Haskins

2010 Stories by Ann Haskins

• Max 10 Performance Laboratory

  published December 30, 2010

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

• Salute To Vienna

  published December 30, 2010

  For Austrians, the Neujahrskonzert is so much more than a New Year's concert, with a live audience braving the cold and an additional 1.3 million... More >>

• AWAY IN A DOROTHY CHANDLER PAVILION

  published December 23, 2010

  Any snow around will be artificial, but the season's greetings will be genuine as the doors of the Music Center's Dorothy Chandler Pavilion open... More >>

• LET IT SNOW QUEEN

  published December 16, 2010

  Amid the annual flurry of Sugar Plum Fairies and enchanted Nutcrackers, another seasonal tale vies for attention as California Contemporary Ballet... More >>

• YOU ARE WHAT YOU DANCE

  published December 9, 2010

  Finding ways to deepen audience understanding of dance has been a major focus of Los Angeles Movement Arts since its founding in December 2007 and... More >>

• WHO'S YOUR 'CRACKER?

  published December 2, 2010

  When they launched Los Angeles Ballet five years ago, artistic directors Thordal Christensen and Colleen Neary's audacious calling card was a... More >>

• DANCE LIKE YOUR LIFE DEPENDS ON IT

  published November 25, 2010

  For the unusual finale to World AIDS Day, UCLA dance, music, spoken word, fashion and visual artists are being given the evening's theme only 48... More >>

• DANCE + MUSIC = TOGETHER AT LAST!

  published November 18, 2010

  A wise wag once remarked that while always desirable, having live music for a dance performance is usually a financial, not an artistic, decision.... More >>

• THE BAILE GOES ON

  published November 11, 2010

  With its rotating roster of local and visiting dancers, musicians and singers, Forever Flamenco has built an enviable loyal following for its... More >>

• WINGS OF A CORELLA

  published November 4, 2010

  With his soaring jumps, ice-skater spins and ebullient demeanor, Spain's Angel Corella quickly established himself as an audience charmer at... More >>

• 10 MINS. ANYONE?

  published October 28, 2010

  What could be scarier on the day after Halloween than not knowing what will happen next? Yet that spontaneity is exactly what to expect at Max 10... More >>

• THE REAL MONSTER MASH

  published October 21, 2010

  Choreographer Laura Gorenstein Miller’s fascination with vampires and nightmares predates the current pop culture phenomenon to... More >>

• IT'S NOT WHO YOU KNOW, IT'S HOW YOU MOVE

  published October 14, 2010

  The subject is connection, not separation, as choreographers Sue Roginski and Won-Sun Choi join Dandelion Dancetheater to launch 6 Degrees, a... More >>

• HOW HIP-HOP ARE YOU?

  published September 30, 2010

  Street dance and hip-hop have left the neighborhood and gone Hollywood -- Hollywood Hills that is -- as the J.U.i.C.E. Hip-Hop Dance Festival... More >>

• YOU CAN'T SEE THE FOREST FOR THE PLIES

  published September 16, 2010

  After decades elevating dance created by famous and not-so-famous choreographers, it takes a lot to impress legendary lighting designer Jennifer... More >>

• THREE COMPANIES

  published September 9, 2010

  Like a kaleidoscope with shards of colored glass forming ever-shifting mosaics, the dance concert Fracture promises an evolving mosaic of... More >>

• Local Choreographer Moves To New York, Makes Good, Comes Back To L.A.

  published September 2, 2010

  New York–based dancer/choreographer Vanessa Anspaugh returns to her hometown for a shared performance with dance theater troupe MGM, which... More >>

• Shall We Bharatanatyam?

  published August 26, 2010

  In Shivaya , choreographer Malathi Iyengar and her Rangoli Dance Company pay tribute to the troupe's 25th anniversary at two local venues.... More >>

• Atomic Aftermath

  published August 19, 2010

  Japan holds the macabre distinction of being the only country to have had not one but two atomic bombs dropped on it. Although not strictly a... More >>

• INFO THAT WON'T BE COVERED IN ASK A MEXICAN!

  published August 12, 2010

  Known for the gracefully swirling skirts of the ladies and the percussive footwork of the men, the dancers of Grandeza Mexicana Folk Ballet unveil... More >>

• MARRIAGE WITH STRINGS ATTACHED

  published August 12, 2010

  Catch Me Bird first took flight when Nahara Kalev and C. Derrick Jones turned their 2004 wedding into a public performance centered on an... More >>

• GOOD GOLLY MISS MOLLY

  published July 29, 2010

  Hardly the capital of the cutting edge, Orange County nonetheless harbors passionate proponents of contemporary dance. Exhibit one: Molly Lynch,... More >>

• SEE REDCAT DANCE

  published July 22, 2010

  Tucked in a corner of Disney Hall's metallic ribbons, the black box architecture of REDCAT morphs into intriguing, imaginary worlds as the dance,... More >>

• A NICKEL WILL GET YOU A SKATEBOARD TO RESEDA

  published July 8, 2010

  Despite its pastoral title, Songs and Dances of Imaginary Lands blends elements of an adult Disneyland ride with dance theater and... More >>

• BEBOP A-LULA

  published July 1, 2010

  After three decades as a vital part of the L.A. dance scene, the artistic director Lula Washington and her namesake Lula Washington Dance Theater... More >>