Author: Ann Haskins

Options for That Extra Hour

Confronting a Supreme Court decision in Pasadena, Indian Kathak storytelling in Venice, contemporary dance in El Sereno, Costa Mesa and West LA, flamenco in Santa Barbara, Hancock Park, and Costa Mesa, Day of the Dead festivities in Long Beach and East LA, more SoCal dance in this busy week, and a peek at a busy next week.

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Seasons Greetings! (Boo!!)

Contemporary dance encore in West LA, seasonal solos from a foursome in Venice, photography inspired dance in Brentwood, spooky dance in Pasadena, downtown, and online, more SoCal dance in this week, and a peek at a busy next week.

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Bodies to Stop Traffic in Beverly Hills

Old and new Taiwan collide in Costa Mesa, beach dancing in Venice, flamenco in Topanga Canyon, a movable dance fest from Frogtown to downtown, migrant workers remembered in Historic Filipinotown, choose danceable Burt Bacharach or Dean Martin and Peggy Lee’s songbooks in Santa Monica or Beverly Hills, more SoCal dance in a busy week, and a peek at next week.

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Getting Backs Into Bacharach

New Yorkers dance Burt Bacharach’s songbook in Santa Monica, Cuban contemporary dance debuts in Northridge, folkloric celebrates in Hollywood, a dance film fest screens winners in Cheviot Hills, spooky ballets in Hollywood and downtown, more SoCal dance in a busy week, and a peek at another busy next week.

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Do You Dare!

A forest, a room with buckets of plaster, a plaza fronting an office building, abandoned train tracks, an expanse of sand—all settings for dance films to be screened this Saturday as Dare to Dance in Public, Round 5 hosts a day filled with screenings and a live performance. 

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