Author: Ann Haskins

This week live dance tilts toward West LA where a festival adds a second theater; Thousand Oaks hosts a fairytale ballet; plus a peek at next week as more dance returns to LA stages.

Dance and drumming celebrate Kwanzaa in Baldwin Hills; Austrian visitors mark the new year with waltzes and ballet in Costa Mesa and Downtown LA; a ballet about Santa’s enforcer in Venice Beach; the parade of Nutcracker ballets continue; plus a peek at next week (January 2-8). 

The best of DEI is alive and showcased in Downtown LA; a folkloric seasonal fete in Northridge; encore ballet scare in Venice; peak Nutcracker season throughout SoCal; and a peek at next week (still more Nutcrackers?)

Contemporary dance in a Hollywood sound stage and Lincoln Heights; new choreography in Beverly...