Author: Ann Haskins

Canadian visitors explore exhaustion in West LA; festivals celebrate dance women in University Park, Hollywood, El Sereno, Frogtown, and Palm Desert; South Asian dance in Santa Monica; contemporary ballet in El Sereno and Downtown LA; dance from the AIDS epidemic revisited in Westwood;  more SoCal dance this busy week, and a peek at next week.

Controversial dance from the AIDS epidemic reprised in Westwood; Brazilian dancers join Dudamel and the LA Phil in Downtown LA; story ballet from Ukraine in Hancock Park; Jerome Robbins revival in Santa Barbara; street dance battles launched in Downtown LA; compelling contemporary choreography in Manhattan Beach, West LA, Brentwood, and Santa Monica; more SoCal dance this busy week, and a peek at next week.