Ann Haskins

Hip-hop, break dance and street dance have achieved general public recognition, in part due to the success of b-boys and b-girls on TV’s So You Think You Can Dance, and the insightful, if not always linear, critiques from frequent SYTYCD judge Lil’C. But Lil’ C’s own niche, krumping, has yet......

Anyone who thinks listening to that snake made Eve the first female troublemaker hasn’t heard about Lilith. Described in Jewish folklore as a demon goddess with an insatiable appetite for blood, Lilith, according to some interpretations of the Bible, was created at the same time as Adam, but left him......

Halloween may reign supreme, but in much of South America, Central America and Mexico, Oct. 31 is the run-up to Nov. 1, which is observed as Di’a de los Muertos (Day of the Dead). A day to demonstrate respect and remembrance, families traditionally visit tombs of their loved ones, clean......

Not too many decades ago, Angelenos saw the air they were breathing on a daily basis. Today, L.A.’s serious smog days are far fewer, but issues of breath and breathing still carry meaning and concern for L.A.’s doyen of site specific performance Heidi Duckler and her eponymous company. On this......

With the bombastic Queen of Hearts, the evaporating Cheshire Cat, the hookah-smoking Caterpillar and the ever-tardy White Rabbit, Lewis Carroll created such extraordinarily theatrical characters that he inadvertently upstaged Alice. It worked OK in the book, but even in the classic Disney animated film Alice comes off as little more......