Author: Ann Haskins

Wasn’t that Box Pandora’s?

Wasn’t that Box Pandora’s?

By | Aug 11, 2021

Local dance transports Brazilian lit and Motown music to Beverly Hills, hillside operatic dance in Hollywood, street dance meets contemporary in Little Tokyo, Cumbia goes centerstage downtown, flamenco reopens an Alhambra stage, and sneaker sculpture dances continue in Hollywood, all live!  Online there’s new summer dance films, addressing historical racism, drawing inspiration from veterans’ letters, and lessons from a prior pandemic, plus more SoCal dance this week.

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When the Light in the Tunnel is a Chandelier

When the Light in the Tunnel is a Chandelier

By | Aug 4, 2021

A pandemic delayed premiere arrives in Beverly Hills, West African dance in Cahuenga Pass, ballet goes improvisational in Van Nuys, and sneaker sculpture dances continue in Hollywood, all live! Online dance celebrates feminine energy, considers the incarcerated, draws inspiration from veterans’ letters, and reviews lessons from a prior pandemic, plus more SoCal dance this week.

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How to Come Back with a Vengeance

How to Come Back with a Vengeance

By | Jul 28, 2021

Three days of flamenco in Silver Lake, contemporary dance with a LatinX flair in Cahuenga Pass, and dancing with sneaker sculpture in Hollywood, all live! A vaccination dance film debuts in Watts-Willowbrook, a samba encore, and dance inspired by veterans’ letters, LA artists, and a prior pandemic, plus more SoCal dance this week.

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