Before they began work on Sunday in the Park With George, Stephen Sondheim and James Lapine spent days at the Art Institute of Chicago absorbing George Surat’s painting A Sunday on La Grande Jatte—1884. Sondheim is quoted as remarking that Seurat’s painting of visitors to a Paris park already looked like a play—”a stage full of people.”
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More RED comes to Westwood, time travel in Pasadena, celebrating women in West Hollywood and downtown, upbeat contemporary dance in El Sereno, Culver City and Sylmar, going site specific in the Venice canals, Mardi Gras sambas into Mid-Wilshire, more SoCal dance this week and a peek at next week.
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This month, the Venice Biennale announced Simone Forti will receive a lifetime achievement award. Her first major West Coast museum exhibition has opened and includes live performances of her now legendary Dance Constructions. If there was any doubt, these are clear signs that Forti is having her moment.
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Two Midwest snowbird companies land in Laguna Beach, a milestone celebration in Long Beach, two premieres share an Arts District stage, dance meets computer codes in Mid-Wilshire, a showcase for the underrepresented in El Sereno, Astaire’s final twirl downtown, a peek at next week, and more SoCal dance this busy week.
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Elevated ballet in Beverly Hills, a festival opens in Laguna Beach and one festival concludes in West LA, new choreography in the Arts District, a NY visitor moves on to Northridge, modern dance in Malibu, Fred Astaire’s moves take another twirl downtown, a peek at next week, and more SoCal dance this busy week.
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