Ann Haskins

Multiplex Dance; Credit: Photo by Denise Leitner

4 Dance Shows to See in L.A. This Week

Ann Haskins
This week’s dance events include a the return of BODYTRAFFIC, a hip hop troupe’s paen to sneakers and the world premiere of Los Angeles Ballet’s Sleeping Beauty. 4. Cultivating locavore dance The hip hop troupe Antics shares the stage with the contemporary Multiplex Dance in the debut production Homegrown, a......
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Homegrown: Antics and Multiplex Dance

Ann Haskins
The hip hop troupe Antics shares the stage with the contemporary Multiplex Dance in the debut production of this potentially important partnership between Bootleg Theater and Pentacle, a non-profit that provides administrative support for dance companies, but now is moving into presenting. The intent is to establish the theater as......
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When the Wolves Came In

Ann Haskins
By the time Kyle Abraham won a MacArthur “genius award” in 2013, no one should have been surprised. The Pittsburgh native had been turning heads on the hard-to-impress New York dance scene, first for his dancing, then for his choreography. Abraham’s work draws on ballet, contemporary dance, capoeira and his......
Kyle Abraham's When the Wolves Came In

A MacArthur Genius Choreographer Creates a Dance Show About Apartheid

Ann Haskins
This week’s dance shows include the latest from JazzAntiqua, choreographer Kyle Abraham making the political personal, and a new collaboration between L.A. theater and L.A. dance troupes.  5.  Ah, the stories they tell In The Stories We Tell, JazzAntiqua's artistic director Pat Taylor unveils the results of her latest collaborations......
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DanceBrazil: Gueto (Ghetto)

Ann Haskins
Brazil imported 40 percent of the African slaves brought to the Western hemisphere to work the Brazilian sugar cane plantations, and in 1888 was the last Western country to abolish slavery. Capoeira reportedly began as a type of self-defense for Brazilian slaves, but since it was prohibited, capoeira was disguised......
DanceBrazil; Credit: Photo by Andrea Mohin

Self-Defense Disguised as Dance, and Other Dance Shows to See This Week

Ann Haskins
This week’s dance shows include Brazilian dance in Beverly Hills, contemporary ballet in Santa Monica, and modern dance in Long Beach with ballerina Wendy Whelan partnered by hot choreographer Kyle Abraham who brings his own dancers to Westwood. 5. Barak is back Barak Ballet, the contemporary ballet troupe led by......
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Icono-Graphic

Ann Haskins
In the 1960s, composer Peter Maxwell Davies noticed a well-muscled dancer’s resemblance to the figures in Andreas Vesalius’ seminal 16th-century anatomical drawings, and saw that some suggested the Stages of the Cross. He used 14 of those drawings as inspiration for his 1968 Vesalii Icones (Icons of Vesalius), a 40-minute......
Maria Hassabi creates a dance at the Hammer as part of her exhibit there.; Credit: Photo by Robertas Narkus

Dancing Through the Hammer Museum

Ann Haskins
This week's dance shows include the latest from a Trisha Brown alum, a contemporary music series adding dance and a festival showcasing SoCal choreographers. 5. Dance that goes all day long A graduate of CalArts who made an international name as a choreographer and artist, Maria Hassabi returns home as......
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8th Annual Pasadena Dance Festival

Ann Haskins
The final festival events include a day of free workshops, a matinee spotlighting student dance troupes, and a final concert headlined by Frit & Frat Fuller's Kin Dance Company and festival host Lineage Dance Company. Sat., Jan. 24, 2 & 8 p.m., 2015 (Expired: 01/24/15)......
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8th Annual Pasadena Dance Festival

Ann Haskins
The final festival events include a day of free workshops, a matinee spotlighting student dance troupes, and a final concert headlined by Frit & Frat Fuller's Kin Dance Company and festival host Lineage Dance Company. Sat., Jan. 24, 2 & 8 p.m., 2015 (Expired: 01/24/15)......