Author: Ann Haskins

Wrangling Nutcrackers

Thanksgiving weekend isn’t just the official launch of holiday shopping, it also marks the start of the Nutcracker ballet season. Over the next five weeks more than a hundred Nutcracker productions will fill SoCal stages with enchanted Nutcracker princes, Sugar Plum fairies, waltzing flowers and dancing mice.

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How a Spanish Red Partners With Southern Blues

A formidable female returns to the Adams District, flamenco in Silverlake, Burbank and La Cañada-Flintridge, WW2 internment camps considered downtown, traditional and contemporary Kazakhstani ballet in Beverly Hills, dance from around the world in Santa Monica, and more SoCal dance this week.

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What’s Worth Its Weight in Gold?

Autobiographical tap in Sherman Oaks, dancing for donations in Canoga Park, faculty choreographers in Long Beach, marking 21 downtown, dancing hands tell stories in Westwood, flamenco in Canoga Park, and more SoCal dance this week.

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Halloween Gets a Dead Take Over

A flamenco sensation in Costa Mesa and Northridge, cirque from Down Under in Beverly Hills, dancemakers paired with composers in Pasadena, new choreography in Santa Monica and Santa Barbara, and more SoCal dance this week.

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