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Los Angeles Ballet dancer Allynne Noelle in Rubies; Credit: Photo by Reed Hutchinson

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 Things......
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They Got the Beat

After years of drawing audiences to L.A.'s historic jails, abandoned underground streetcar facilities and operating laundromats, Heidi Duckler and her entourage of dancers, actors, writers and musicians have a set of vintage wheels to aid in their travels around SoCal. Dubbed the "Duck Truck," the 1960s Oasis trailer has become......
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The Russians Are Coming

Choreographer Boris Eifman's fascination with the porosity between reality, imagination and psychosis have made him artistically significant and hugely popular. That's not just in his native Russia, but locally, as demonstrated by his company's six prior Southland visits. Cinematic in style, passionate in both choreography and his choice of subject......
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Half-Pipe, With a Twist

In 1984, two Montreal street performers took their popular combination of performance and acrobatics onto a global stage, and so began Cirque du Soleil's conquest of the world. Two decades later, Cirque du Soleil alums launched a new generation of nouveau circus performers under the title Seven Fingers or Les......
Alvin Ailey dancers in Petite Mort; Credit: Photo by Paul Kolnik

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......
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Dancing Days Are Here Again

Defying the world of Photoshop, those beautiful, ripped bodies on banners announcing the return of Alvin Ailey American Dance Theater are the real thing. Alvin Ailey created beautiful dances and nurtured his namesake company, considered among the most popular dance troupes in America if not the world. He also inspired......
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The Best of What’s Around

In a season filled with wonderful out-of-town companies dropping in for a bit of SoCal spring, only to take the ticket proceeds back to entertain their home audiences, L.A.’s own bring it all home with the second edition of the Los Angeles Dance Festival. Co-sponsored by Diavolo Dance Company and......