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Carsten Jung and Alina Cojocaru in Hamburg Ballett's Liliom; Credit: Photo by Holger Badekow

5 Dance Shows to See This Week, Including Ballet's Baz Lurhmann

This week's dance events include touring Russians, a lecture/demo on Balanchine and two contemporary troupes. 5. The allure of ballet's Baz Luhrmann With lush, dizzyingly theatrical storytelling as he reconsiders classic tales for modern audiences, John Neumeier arguably is the Baz Luhrmann of ballet. The American choreographer has now led......
Matthew Bourne's Sleeping Beauty; Credit: Photo courtesy of Matthew Bourne's Sleeping Beauty

Top 10 L.A. Dance Shows of 2013

Dancers, their artistic directors and the choreographers know whether a particular performance was their best -- certainly far better than an audience member seeing a single performance, even a semi-knowledgeable one that presumes to write about dance. So in our look back at the year in dance, instead of "best,"......
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The Evilest Queen

With Disney's animated Frozen derived from Hans Christian Andersen's Snow Queen clearly a hit, California Contemporary Ballet would appear prescient offering a ballet version of Snow Queen. But this is no quick effort to capitalize on the current film. This Snow Queen has been the ballet company's holiday calling card......