Ann Haskins

The monthlong Trisha Brown Retrospective Project crests this weekend with two different performances at UCLA’s Royce Hall, plus outdoor ones at UCLA, the Hammer Museum and the Getty Center. As part of the 1960s post-modern dance movement centered at New York’s Judson Church, Brown enjoyed a 50-year career as a......

Sometimes the allure of watching a dance performance comes from seeing the latest from an intriguing choreographer. In others, the attraction is the chance to experience an extraordinary dancer. L.A. Contemporary Dance Company's Then. Now. Onward! boasts both. Opening tonight and running through the weekend, the company's repertory show is......

After an electric opening last weekend in the South Bay, the Los Angeles Ballet moves to West L.A. tonight for the second of ten SoCal stops in its three-month Balanchine Festival. Arguably the most important and influential choreographer of the 20th century, George Balanchine was trained in Russia, established his......

Choreographer-filmmaker Wim Vandekeybus was not the first to explore dance as extreme sport or use his dancers' bodies as emotional and physical battlefields. But in 1987, his What the Body Does Not Remember for the Belgium-based Ultima Vez kicked those concepts up so many notches it was dubbed "Eurocrash." A......

Most of the year, Jamie Nichols prowls dance concerts and choreography festivals, applying her insight as a dancer, choreographer and teacher to identify the best of SoCal's vibrant but usually under-resourced dance troupes. Come spring, Nichols assumes the mantle of producer, inviting the cream of what she's seen to share......