Ann Haskins

It was a proposition Alonzo King couldn't refuse. As artistic director of the Alonzo King LINES Ballet and an internationally known choreographer, King was used to invitations to choreograph for other companies, but no one before had asked him to bring his 12 LINES dancers with him. But when the......

As frequent attendees of the annual Playboy Jazz Festival, Pat Taylor and her L.A.-based JazzAntiqua Dance Ensemble have felt the urge to dance to the music being played. This year the dancers give in to that impulse as JazzAntiqua makes its festival debut, dancing on the Hollywood Bowl stage to......

For the opening salvo of this summer's Ford Amphitheater dance series, choreographer Amy "Catfox" Campion and the high-energy dance virtuosi who make up Antics Performance return with Illuminated Manuscript, bringing a hip-hop dance theater retelling of the ancient Mesopotamian poem The Epic of Gilgamesh. While he may not have the......

A few folks short of a flash mob but in much the same spirit, Coffeehouse Dances are choreographer Keith Glassman's roving dance events: part spontaneous, part planned hourlong performances that erupt in independent coffeehouses. The target sites are announced ahead of time, but as with flash mobs, most of the......

Three more Balanchine masterworks, with music by Ravel and Stravinsky; film clips of Balanchine's Hollywood movie choreography; preperformance discussions with a lineup of former New York City Ballet stars, L.A. dance critics and historians; and a roster of gorgeous dancers -- it's all part of Los Angeles Ballet's Balanchine Red,......