Dance

Five Dance Shows to See in L.A. This Week, Including the Furious Beauty of Street Dance

This week's dance events also include Australian dancers under the "Weather," middle eastern dance, choreography in an art gallery and more flamenco.

Five Dance Shows to See This Week, Including Home Invasion Dance and the Last Summer Dance Festival

This week's dance events include Regina Klenjoski's troupe performing on its own and a Korean street dance hit arriving stateside. See also: *5 Artsy Things to Do in L.A. This Week *Our Latest Theater Reviews *Our Calendar Section, Listing More Great Things to Do in L.A. 5. Seoul Dance Classical ... More >>

Five Dance Shows to See in L.A. This Week, Including Ballet Celebrating the British Invasion

This week's dance events also include a festival that mixes things up and a celebration of the British musical invasion. 5. It's for arts presenters, but the public can come too. The Western Arts Alliance, an association of performing arts presenters, are meeting in L.A. this week and local dance c ... More >>

British Invasion

The Only Music That Makes Them Dance

Star-Crossed Hoofers

Five Dance Shows to See in L.A. This Week, Including Dancing in the Grand Park Fountain

This week's dance events include dance festivals plus National Dance Day. 5. Have dance festival, will travel Now in its third year, the ADaPT Festival has grown from its roots in Santa Barbara to an international event, and this year returns as a multi-week, tri-city festival with performances in ... More >>

Get Your Feet Wet

American Ballet Theater

Four Dance Shows to See in L.A. This Week, Including Two Free Balanchine Ballets and Two Worth Paying For

See also: *5 Artsy Things to Do in L.A. This Week *Our Latest Theater Reviews *Our Calendar Section, Listing More Great Things to Do in L.A. This week's dance events includes Balanchine ballets from Los Angeles Ballet and American Ballet Theater, plus flamenco two ways. 4. Los Angeles Ballet's B ... More >>

The Sounds of Stravinsky

Five Dance Shows to See in L.A. This Week, Including a Brazilian Novel Going Hip Hop

See also: *5 Artsy Things to Do in L.A. This Week *Our Latest Theater Reviews *Our Calendar Section, Listing More Great Things to Do in L.A. This week's dance events include modern ballet from Raiford Rogers and classical Indian dance from C.O.L.A. honoree Malathi Iyengar 5. Raiford Rogers wi ... More >>

Summer Stepping

Five Dance Shows to See in L.A. This Week, Including a Performance at the Playboy Jazz Festival

See also: *5 Artsy Things to Do in L.A. This Week *Our Latest Theater Reviews *Our Calendar Section, Listing More Great Things to Do in L.A. This week's dance events include jazz dance at the Hollywood Bowl and flamenco at the Ford 5. "Taylored" dancing at the Playboy Jazz Festival Frequently in ... More >>

Five Dance Shows to See in L.A. This Week, Including Ancient Heroes in Santa Monica

See also: *5 Artsy Things to Do in L.A. This Week *Our Latest Theater Reviews *Our Calendar Section, Listing More Great Things to Do in L.A. This week's events include ancient poetry goes hip hop, the Balanchine Festival Finale and a D.C. as dance magnet 5. Balanchine Festival Finale Last chanc ... More >>

Five Dance Shows to See in L.A. This Week, Including Dances Erupting in Coffee Shops

See also: *5 Artsy Things to Do in L.A. This Week *Our Latest Theater Reviews *Our Calendar Section, Listing More Great Things to Do in L.A. This week's dance events include tap and tango from Diane Davisson Dancers, aerial and ballet from Luminario Ballet and an homage to the mid-century coffeeho ... More >>

Five Dance Events to See in L.A. This Week, Including Speed-Dating Choreographers and Composers

See also: *5 Artsy Things to Do in L.A. This Week *Our Latest Theater Reviews *Our Calendar Section, Listing More Great Things to Do in L.A. This week's dance events include speed dating musicians and dancers, the latest from Ryan Heffington and Los Angeles Ballet continues to paint the town Bal ... More >>

Remembering the Virtuoso

Melissa Barak: The Rebel Ballerina

One of the fascinating Angelenos featured in L.A. Weekly's People 2013 issue. Check out our entire People 2013 issue here. While New York has sustained sizable, world-renowned dance companies for decades, Los Angeles has yet to follow suit. Melissa Barak, ballet dancer and choreographer, sees dance ... More >>

Five Dance Shows to See This Week, Including Balanchine's "Rubies"

This week's dance events include Los Angeles Ballet with Balanchine Festival Red, visitors from Canada, and a last chance to meet Heidi Duckler Dance Theatre at the Oasis. See also: *5 Artsy Things to Do in L.A. This Week *Our Latest Theater Reviews *Our Calendar Section, Listing More Great Thing ... More >>

Five Dance Shows to See in L.A. This Week, Including an Offshoot of Cirque du Soleil

This week's dance events include the arrival of nouveau circus Traces and the 6th Annual Pasadena Dance Festival wraps up. 5. Pasadena does festivals besides the Rose Parade The week-long Pasadena Dance Festival peaks with a series of jam-packed shows. Up-and-coming dancemakers and their companie ... More >>

Five Dance Shows to See in L.A. This Week

See also: *5 Artsy Things to Do in L.A. This Week *Our Latest Theater Reviews *Our Calendar Section, Listing More Great Things to Do in L.A. This week's dance events include the return of the ever-popular Alvin American Dance Theater, dances about desire and a body to be discovered at UCLA 5. ... More >>

Dancing Days Are Here Again

Five Dance Shows to See in L.A. This Week, Including Alvin Ailey Downtown

See also: *5 Artsy Things to Do in L.A. This Week *Our Latest Theater Reviews *Our Calendar Section, Listing More Great Things to Do in L.A. This week's dance events include a locavore dance festival and two troupes on tour. 5. Locavore dance In a season brimming with wonderful out of town comp ... More >>

The Best of What’s Around

6 Dance Shows to See in L.A. This Week, Including Dancing Down the Side of a Building at UCLA

This week's dance events include a site specific performance on the Red Line and several events considering Trisha Brown's 50-year career. 6. Dance on the roof A month-long celebration of New York choreographer Trisha Brown crests this weekend with two different performances at UCLA's Royce Hall ... More >>

Five Dance Shows to See in L.A. This Week, Including Rennie Harris Bringing Street Dance Onstage

This week's dance includes L.A. Contemporary Dance Company with new works from three choreographers, plus Rennis Harris bringing street dance to the stage in RHAW. See also: *5 Artsy Things to Do in L.A. This Week *Our Latest Theater Reviews *Our Calendar Section, Listing More Great Things to Do ... More >>

Gotta Dance

Five Dance Shows to See in L.A. This Week, Including Tap Dancer Savion Glover

See also: *5 Artsy Things to Do in L.A. This Week *Our Latest Theater Reviews *Our Calendar Section, Listing More Great Things to Do in L.A. This week's dance events include four Balanchine ballets and the Tap Dance Kid grown up. 5.What an L.A. Times dance critic has to do to get onstage with th ... More >>

Dancing in the Steps of the Master

Five Dance Shows to See in L.A. This Week Including the Revival of a Game-Changing Performance After 25 Years

This week's dance events include the Expulsion series scaling the heights of East L.A., and the revival of a game-changing show after 25 years. See also: *5 Artsy Things to Do in L.A. This Week *Our Latest Theater Reviews *Our Calendar Section, Listing More Great Things to Do in L.A. 5. Blood o ... More >>

Come and Meet Those Dancing Feet

Five Dance Shows to See in L.A. This Week, Including Balanchine at Los Angeles Ballet

See also: *5 Artsy Things to Do in L.A. This Week *Our Latest Theater Reviews *Our Calendar Section, Listing More Great Things to Do in L.A. This week's dance events include the launch of Los Angeles Ballet's Balanchine Festival and eight companies in Celebrate Dance! 5. Come and meet those danc ... More >>

Five Dance Shows to See in L.A. This Week, Including Pilobolus Meets SpongeBob SquarePants

See also: *5 Artsy Things to Do in L.A. This Week *Our Latest Theater Reviews *Our Calendar Section, Listing More Great Things to Do in L.A. 5. Stravinsky's Rite of Spring goes solo In 1913, Nijinsky's Rite of Spring for the Ballet Russes evoked foot stomping primitives. In the 1970's, Maurice Be ... More >>

5 Dance Shows to See in L.A. This Week Including a New Festival, Awakenings and Beginnings

See also: *5 Artsy Things to Do in L.A. This Week *5 Best Comedy Shows to See in L.A. This Week *Our Latest Theater Reviews *Our Calendar Section, Listing More Great Things to Do in L.A. This week's dance highlights includes the answer to the question, Does L.A. need another dance festival? 5. ... More >>

Dance in L.A. Is Alive and Kicking

5 Dance Events to See in L.A. This Week Including Christmas Eve at the Music Center

See also: *5 Artsy Things to Do in L.A. This Week *5 Best Comedy Shows to See in L.A. This Week *Our Latest Theater Reviews *Our Calendar Section, Listing More Great Things to Do in L.A. This week's dance highlights include a quintet of L.A. dance companies coming to the Music Center on Christm ... More >>

We Love You, Music Center!

Down Around Brown Town

Five Dance Shows to See This Week, Including John Pennington's Musings on the Viral World

See also: *5 Artsy Things to Do in L.A. This Week *5 Best Comedy Shows to See in L.A. This Week *Our Latest Theater Reviews *Our Calendar Section, Listing More Great Things to Do in L.A. This week's shows include John Pennington's latest and a Shakespeare rock concert, plus three noteworthy Nut ... More >>

Life After Lewitsky

5 Dance Shows to See in L.A. This Week, Including a Nutcracker With Audience Participation

See also: *5 Artsy Things to Do in L.A. This Week *5 Best Comedy Shows to See in L.A. This Week *Our Latest Theater Reviews *Our Calendar Section, Listing More Great Things to Do in L.A. This week's list includes flamenco, new choreography and, of course, more Nutcrackers. 5. The fury of flame ... More >>

5 Dance Shows to See This Week, Including a Girl Who's Got to Change Her Evil Ways

See also: *5 Artsy Things to Do in L.A. This Week *5 Best Comedy Shows to See in L.A. This Week *Our Latest Theater Reviews *Our Calendar Section, Listing More Great Things to Do in L.A. This week's dance picks include a girl who's got to change her evil ways, a New York choreographer known for sp ... More >>

5 Dance Shows to See This Week, Including Dancers With Disabilities

See also: *5 Artsy Things to Do in L.A. This Week *5 Best Comedy Shows to See in L.A. This Week *Our Latest Theater Reviews *Our Calendar Section, Listing More Great Things to Do in L.A. This week's list includes dancing about "mother f****ers," dancers with disabilities, and 11 dance troupes all ... More >>

5 Dance Shows to See this Week, Including Dancing About Air Quality at a Respiratory Hospital

See also: *5 Artsy Things to Do in L.A. This Week *Our Calendar Section, Listing More Great Things to Do in L.A. This week's list of dance includes Alice in Tutuland, a festival with dance from New York, San Francisco and L.A., and Heidi Duckler doing site-specific dance at a hospital.

5 Dance Shows To See This Week, Including Dancing at a Bus Station

This week's list of dance shows to see includes one that locavores might enjoy and another set in an unlikely corner of Van Nuys.

L.A. Phil's Gala, From Dudamel to Dancing to Classical Legend John Adams: Our Review

Less than a week after the L.A. Dance Project made its debut in Walt Disney Concert Hall, dance returned there Thursday night, this time at the invitation of the Los Angeles Philharmonic for its annual gala. Do two events make a trend? I believe three's the magic number needed to declare something ... More >>

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