Author: Ann Haskins

Drive-In Dance, Take Two

A look back at East Germany’s mastery of the form as surveillance expands in China, Britain and here, a choreographer brings an LA flair to a New York fest, and alternating weekends of live dance (but bring a car), plus encore streams, where to send videos, and where to find dance classes this week in SoCal dance.

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Striving in Different Directions

Sad news this week includes a live performance postponed due to fires, a popular dance studio loses to developers, and efforts to bring Cirque du Soleil out of bankruptcy lost to creditors, leaving those thousands of Cirque dancers on unemployment lines along with freelancers and those laid off as dance companies remain closed.

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Looking for the Light–Is That a Glimmer?

Two LA companies show up at a N.Y. festival, an all-female dance troupe celebrates the centennial of U.S. women’s right to vote, a romanticized and reviled tale of California’s missions reconsidered–three that lead new streaming options. Meanwhile…

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Figuring Things Out

After closing in March, SoCal venues first postponed, then finally kissed the rest of 2020 good-bye. In a possibly optimistic sign, media releases came this week announcing Shen Yun and a tango show at local theaters in April and May 2021. As venues figure out the physical and financial issues in reopening for live performance in a possibly prolonged pandemic era, scrappy SoCal dance companies may have more agility than larger touring companies to quickly adapt to whatever new landscape emerges.

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