Author: Ann Haskins

A ballet anniversary marked in Beverly Hills; six of OC’s best dance companies together in Irvine; contemporary dance in Sylmar and West LA; South Asian dance in Orange; dance film fests in West LA, Downtown LA, and Los Feliz; musical theater dances into Costa Mesa; more SoCal dance this week, plus a peek at next week.

Site specific dance in City Hall; LA street dance takeover in Mid-City stage; traditional dancers welcome Japanese guests in Little Tokyo; iconic LA choreographer celebrated in West LA; museum dance in Westwood; healing moves in University Park; movie ranches, rehearsal mishaps, devotion, and musical explorations in West LA dance fest; new choreography in Santa Monica; more SoCal dance this week, plus a peek at next week.

Dance continues to concentrate and overlap at a West LA contemporary festival; ballet season and competition season previews in Irvine and El Sereno, athletic Chinese history in Thousand Oaks; plus a peek at next week’s SoCal dance.

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.