Author: Ann Haskins

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.

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.

Ballet double bill opens in Pasadena; site specific Sendak in Brentwood; Leonard Cohen ballets in Beverly Hills; contemporary choreography triptych concludes in the Arts District; street dance styles move downtown; A Chorus Line revisited in Glendale; postponed dance tour resumes in Inglewood; South Asian dance in Agoura Hills; more So Cal dance this week, and a peek at next week.

South Asian dance pop ups at Venice Beach and the Westside; new contemporary dance blooms in the Arts District, Brentwood, El Sereno, downtown, and Santa Ana; immersive dance in the Glendale hills; mid-life dancing in Pasadena and Santa Monica; more So Cal dance this week, and a peek at next week (May 10 to 16).

LA dance celebrates in Lincoln Heights and North Hollywood festivals, South Asian dance pops up at Venice Beach and around the Westside; a hip hop battle in Burbank; new contemporary dance in the Arts District, percussive performance against the Glendale hills, contemporary ballet in Santa Monica, French visitors in West LA, more So Cal dance this week, and a peek at next week (May 3 to 9).