Author: Ann Haskins

A jazzy salon in Culver City, street dance battles in Burbank, ballet meets tap meets New Zealand in Laguna Beach, a contemporary triptych in mid-Wilshire, African diaspora considered in Santa Monica and University Park, modern dance deciphered in Sylmar, Lewis Carroll revisited in Orange and Malibu, the finale for dying lovers, more SoCal dance this week and a peek at next week.

Contemporaries tag team in the Arts District, New Zealand visitors launch a dance fest in Laguna Beach, committed lovers keep dying downtown, a bit of Balanchine in Irvine, more SoCal dance this week, and a peek at next week.

A quartet of contemporaries in Pasadena, taking AIM in Beverly Hills, sacrificial spring rites and incarcerated romance downtown, a sound/movement mix in West LA, Spanish visitors in East LA, folk dance in Irvine, more SoCal dance this busy week, and a peek at next week.

A romantic tragedy incarcerated downtown, Irish jigs in Malibu, sacrificial spring rites downtown, nomadic movements in West LA, a two-fer launched in the Arts District, toe-shoed men in Long Beach, more SoCal dance this busy week, and a peek at next week.