Author: Ann Haskins

A Robbins/Sondheim/Bernstein jewel dances into downtown; trio of LA cutting edge dance troupes at USC; Butoh goes seasonal in Venice Beach; late summer dance festival in San Pedro; legacy modern dance in Irvine; contemporary dance in Santa Monica, Glendale, downtown, and in a cornfield; plus more dance this week, and a peek at next week.

Tony-Award nominee and friends dance into downtown; ballet in the Hollywood Hills and Irvine; contemporary confabs at USC, downtown, Santa Monica, Cheviot Hills, El Sereno, and Costa Mesa; light explorations in the Downtown Arts District; a dancing musical moves to Costa Mesa, more dance this week, and a peek at next week.

New York ballet in the Hollywood Hills; compelling contemporary considerations in Sierra Madre; jazz meets modern dance in Long Beach; dance in a downtown light installation; a composer’s life and last days in Orange; multi-dancing musicals in Hollywood and Downtown, more dance this week, and a peek at next week.

A Santa Monica dance festival mixes it up; contemporary companies team up in Culver City; a South Asian protegé steps up in Santa Clarita; ten minute tastes in Venice; dancing musicals in Hollywood and Downtown, more dance this week, and a peek at next week.