Ann Haskins

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The Blue Man Group of Korea

Ann Haskins
Classical Korean dance meets contemporary South Korean street dance as tradition meets trendy in 2013 Korea in Motion: Fanta-Stick. Like the Cirque du Soleil or Blue Man Group productions proliferating in Las Vegas, Fanta-Stick is a long-running show in Seoul that draws both residents and tourists, who don't need to......
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British Invasion

Ann Haskins
For a decade, Burbank-based Media City Ballet drew attention for its loving re-creations of works made famous by Sergei Diaghilev’s Ballet Russes de Monte Carlo, as well as a popular Nutcracker. In 2012 the professional ballet company morphed into Pacific Ballet Dance Theatre. Its Ford appearance last summer marked both......
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The Only Music That Makes Them Dance

Ann Haskins
Starting a ballet company in L.A. has never been easy, but new companies keep popping up. There's much to admire about how American Contemporary Ballet has approached that task, starting with its partnership with the respected Da Camera Society, known for presenting live music in historical and architecturally interesting venues......
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A Dance for Trayvon

Ann Haskins
Usually seen downtown at the venerable Music Center, New York's celebrated Complexions Contemporary Ballet enjoys a more al fresco environment this week in a joint concert with L.A.'s own Lula Washington Dance Theater. Built around the compelling choreography of Dwight Rhoden and the extraordinary dancer Desmond Richardson, Complexions brings a......
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Star-Crossed Hoofers

Ann Haskins
Forbidden passions, blood feuds and two well-armed families jockeying for political advantage. No, not Game of Thrones. It's Romeo and Juliet, the Shakespeare tragedy that choreographers just can't resist. Jerome Robbins used jazz dance in West Side Story to transport the suicidal lovers to the world of midcentury New York......