Dance gets immersive and site specific in Heritage Square, Santa Ana, and Beverly Hills; a Juneteenth preview in Westwood; a Turkish influence in Santa Monica; contemporary ballet in Westwood, Pasadena, and downtown; opera dances downtown and in Long Beach; next gen dance in Hancock Park, Irvine, and downtown; more So Cal dance this week, and a peek at next week.
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When the pandemic drove dance performances online or into parking lots before audiences seated in their cars with the car lights providing the lighting, a few dance troupes ventured performances that moved in outdoor venues where masked pods of audience followed masked dancers, while everyone kept a safe distance apart.
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Set in a ‘once upon a time’ China designed by celebrated artist David Hockney, LA Opera opens six performances of Puccini’s Turandot. The popular opera has a signature staircase as iconic as that balcony in Romeo and Juliet. For this Turandot, Hockney’s boldly colored sets frame a zig zag stairway for the tale of the emperor’s daughter who …
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A trio of compelling contemporary choreographers in Beverly Hills; minoritarian artists gather in downtown; a neo-classical ballet double bill in Redondo Beach; jazz dancers assemble in Carson; garden dancing in Santa Ana; young dancers in Hancock Park, Irvine, and North Hollywood; more So Cal dance this week, and a peek at next week.
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Site specific excursions into downtown’s past; Leonard Cohen ballets in Irvine; South Asian dance in Glendale; contemporary choreography in Santa Monica, Culver City, Glendale, El Sereno, and the Arts District; swans swarm in San Diego and Long Beach, a classic novel as ballet in Monteceito; illness postponed tour resumes in Riverside and San Diego; more So Cal dance this week, and a peek at next week.
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