Author: Ann Haskins

Flight Delayed

Street dance takes center stage in Long Beach. Flamenco from Spain stomps into Hollywood, French influences in West LA, Irish dance in Northridge, salon dualities downtown, lots of Nutcrackers, more SoCal dance and a peek at next week.

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Mais Oui!

French inspirations in West LA, the almost last-of-Frida downtown, beach adjacent artistry in Venice, new choreography downtown, professional Nutcracker ballets jete across town, more SoCal dance this week, and a peek at next week.

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The Hall Will Judder

Gypsy flamenco artists sound off downtown and in Santa Barbara, contemporary dancers seek bridges in Brentwood, Frida Kahlo resurrected downtown, the first Nutcracker ballets sprout across town, more SoCal dance this week, and a peek at next week.

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The Nuts Are Back!

From professional companies to local dance studios, the Nutcracker ballet fills stages across SoCal starting this week through December, and in numbers that mark an almost complete comeback from 2020, the year without Nutcrackers when Covid closed theaters, dance studios, and so much else. The last two years…

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Seasonings

Autumnal endeavors in Venice, Japanese gods and demons cavort in Little Tokyo, innovative dance in Temecula, Frida and Diego emerge downtown, classical South Asian dance goes solo in Irvine, a lunch time salon in El Sereno, serial dance on a classic novel in Montecito Heights, more SoCal dance this week, and a peek at next week.

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