Author: Ann Haskins

Downtown dance on a raft; Mother Goose goes ballet in Costa Mesa; a Philippine snake celebration in Sierra Madre; a ballet festival in Laguna Beach, contemporary dance  in West LA, El Sereno, Frogtown, Palm Springs, and downtown; Swan Lake choreographer segues to Sondheim; plus a peek at next week.

Jazz dance for wildfire benefit in Lincoln Heights; a dance fest considers resilience in West LA; contemporary ballet in Beverly Hills and Laguna Beach; contemporary dance in University Park, Orange, Atwater Village, and downtown; cinematic dance in East Hollywood, a family-friendly lunar new year dance in Sierra Madre; plus a peek at next week.

A praised ballet is encored in Beverly Hills, a contemporary dance fest resumes in West LA dance...

Fires burn. Hurricane winds catapult embers and ash. Among the victimized thousands, LA dancers, choreographers, and teachers lost homes and livelihoods. Some scheduled performances have been cancelled (see below). Farther outside the current burn area, other dance events remain on, for now. With the volatile situation and ongoing wind forecasts, prudent ticketholders should double check their event’s status…

Dance tilts to West LA venues to start the new year as a Crenshaw-based contemporary company celebrates 45 years, a UCLA museum hosts a Congolese visitor, and a Westside theater opens a six-week dance fest; plus a peek at next week.