Los Angeles Ballet

A Midsummer Night's Dream and Alcestis Show What Lurks in the Darkness

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 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 >>

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 >>

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 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 >>

5 Dance Shows to See in L.A. This Week, Including the Return of the Joffrey 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 shows include the start of a 9-month Stravinsky Festival. 5. Who's Joffrey Now? The Joffrey Ballet may call Chicago home now, but it con ... More >>

5 Dance Shows to See in L.A. This Week, Including Two Troupes Dancing by a Fireside

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 shows include dancing by a fireside. 5. Two Nights of Dance at Santa Monica's Coziest Thea ... More >>

Five Dance Events to See in L.A. this Week including a Kwanzaa Fest and a Viennese New Year

See also: *5 Artsy Things to Do in L.A. This Week *Our New Theater Reviews *Our Calendar Section, Listing More Great Things to Do in L.A. This week's events offer a waltz or a samba to greet the new year, a Kwanzaa celebration, Russian jazz dance and the last Nutcracker until 2013. 5. Waltzing ... More >>

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 >>

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 >>

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 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.

Dance to the Future

Los Angeles Ballet Needs More Than a Bland Swan Lake

First, a recap. Or as they say on television (in voiceover), previously, on Los Angeles Ballet... The drama of six months ago, recorded in an L.A. Weekly story, centered on dancer complaints and signs of trouble at Los Angeles Ballet, the ambitious fledgling company started in 2006 by husband-and-w ... More >>

Swan Angeles

Hold Me Closer, Tiny Dances

A Nutcracker To Call Our Own

A Nutcracker To Call Our Own

Los Angeles Ballet: Why has it Become a Revolving Door of Dancers?

Jaw Cooper​ In this week's print edition, dance critic Laura Bleiberg observes that while the five-year-old Los Angeles Ballet is attempting to build a strong classical dance company, which the city has always lacked, it's encountered a bit of a problem: a lot of dancer turnover. So why is th ... More >>

Nobody Messes With Giselle

They Put the "L.A." in "Ballet"

WHO'S YOUR 'CRACKER?

FANCY THIS

THE WAVE IS ON

BULB MOVES

THE LAST NUTCRACKER, WE PROMISE

BELLY UP TO THE BALLET

GOOD BALLET MISS MOLLY

DIG THIS SWEET SORROW

GO LA: Gay Fusion, Jackie Kashian and the Gold Standard Food Festival

Plus, lots more to see, hear and consume in town, March 6-12

Los Angeles Ballet: The Nutcracker

The Mother of All Nuts

Tough Nutcracker Competition From Russia's Kirov Ballet

Russian invasion

Polished Jewel: San Francisco Ballet

The troupe marks its diamond anniversary with stops in O.C.

Dance Pick: Synapse Dance Theater at the Broad Stage

SMC troupe takes the first dance at the new venue

First Dance

Synapse Dance Theater takes a bow at the Broad

Something New, Something Old: Jennifer Backhaus and LAB

Dance 2007: Opening Acts

The dance scene had its highlights, but the best is yet to come

Mixed Nuts: A Nutcracker Cornucopia

A year-end guide to the Tchaikovsky favorite

Going Hollywood

State Street Ballet

Three's Charming

Los Angeles Ballet: An Evening of ­Balanchine

Los Angeles Ballet: The Nutcracker