Laura Bleiberg

Our Review of a Dance Show Performed at a Respiratory Hospital, Including Dancing Lungs

Laura BleibergOctober 26, 2012

Choreographer Heidi Duckler, in her ongoing tour of dance-making at little-known and under-appreciated historic corners of Los Angeles, has turned her keen eyes for movement and architecture to the Barlow Respiratory Hospital. The Barlow was built in 1902 in Elysian Park as a sanatorium for tuberculosis patients. This latest site-specific,......

Van Nuys FlyAway Bus Terminal Hosts a Dance Show

Laura BleibergOctober 15, 2012

"The next departure is 7:30 p.m.," announced a voice over the intercom at the Van Nuys FlyAway, the sleek, park-n-ride bus terminal where you can hop a ride to LAX. That seemed to be the signal to move, and the young men and women standing sentinel-like by the circular information......

L.A. Phil's Gala, From Dudamel to Dancing to Classical Legend John Adams: Our Review

Laura BleibergSeptember 28, 2012

Less than a week after the L.A. Dance Project made its debut in Walt Disney Concert Hall, dance returned there Thursday night, this time at the invitation of the Los Angeles Philharmonic for its annual gala. Do two events make a trend? I believe three's the magic number needed to......

Bill T. Jones: Inside the Famed Choreographer's Rehearsal Process

Laura BleibergSeptember 25, 2012

Choreographer, dancer, writer, director and winner of many awards and honors, Bill T. Jones turned 60 earlier this year. But he's still the most fit, most chiseled man in this room, which is filled mostly with college students who are 40 years his junior. Jones is in Dance Studio 3......

Benjamin Millepied's L.A. Dance Project Debuts at Disney Hall: Our Review

Laura BleibergSeptember 24, 2012

See also: *Our profile of Benjamin Millepied *Benjamin Millepied Danced Through MOCA's Galleries Last Night At last, after 10 months of anticipation, here we were in Disney Hall Saturday night, for the premiere of Benjamin Millepied's L.A. Dance Project, a "curatorial collective" with inaugural funding and the imprimatur of the......

Krumping Moves Indoors as Dancers Including Miss Prissy and Lil' C Perform at USC

Laura BleibergSeptember 6, 2012

It was a long, long line that snaked away from USC's Bovard Auditorium as the sun was setting Wednesday night, a diverse crowd and potential full house of 1,200 waiting to get in for the premiere of The Underground: From the Streets to the Stage. So while we waited, we......

As Cirque du Soleil Show Michael Jackson The Immortal Returns to L.A., Choreographer Travis Payne Reflects on the King of Pop

Laura BleibergAugust 10, 2012

It seems a shame to be talking to Travis Payne on the telephone, where he's a disembodied voice. Payne is a storied dancer, choreographer, producer and director who twice danced on tour with Michael Jackson, so it would have been great to see him, watch him move, even. See, maybe......

Benjamin Millepied, Black Swan's Star Choreographer, Danced Through MOCA's Galleries Last Night

Laura BleibergJuly 20, 2012

It was a scene, all right, at LA Dance Project's "sneak preview" show, a site-specific dance by Benjamin Millepied in MOCA's galleries Thursday night. The performance (which repeats Aug. 2 and 9) was the first by the Black Swan choreographer since he announced the formation of the Music Center-backed dance......

Benjamin Millepied: Ballet's His Lady

Laura BleibergMay 22, 2012

One of the fascinating Angelenos featured in L.A. Weekly's People 2012 issue. Check out our entire People 2012 issue here. Choreographer Benjamin Millepied favors Silver Lake's Sunset Junction for interviews. There's Intelligentsia for a cappuccino and the croissant that he gobbles (politely) before he's even paid for it, because he's......

Dance Showdown on YouTube: A Reality Dance Competition That's Better Than What You See on TV

Laura BleibergMay 15, 2012

Take a look at Dance Showdown, the first original show created for the YouTube channel DanceOn. This is reality-style, competition dance crossing easily to an online format -- and doing it better than network television, frankly. It's pretty hilarious. Launched in April, Dance Showdown is a cross between So You......

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Laura Bleiberg

Our Review of a Dance Show Performed at a Respiratory Hospital, Including Dancing Lungs

Van Nuys FlyAway Bus Terminal Hosts a Dance Show

L.A. Phil's Gala, From Dudamel to Dancing to Classical Legend John Adams: Our Review

Bill T. Jones: Inside the Famed Choreographer's Rehearsal Process

Benjamin Millepied's L.A. Dance Project Debuts at Disney Hall: Our Review

Krumping Moves Indoors as Dancers Including Miss Prissy and Lil' C Perform at USC

As Cirque du Soleil Show Michael Jackson The Immortal Returns to L.A., Choreographer Travis Payne Reflects on the King of Pop

Benjamin Millepied, Black Swan's Star Choreographer, Danced Through MOCA's Galleries Last Night

Benjamin Millepied: Ballet's His Lady

Dance Showdown on YouTube: A Reality Dance Competition That's Better Than What You See on TV

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