Author: Ann Haskins

So Many Swans A’Flutter

Cold War exploits in Culver City, folklorico holiday festivities in Orange, Cerritos and Northridge, swans return to downtown, Nutcrackers explode all over, and more SoCal dance this week.

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Dancing through Black Friday

Flamenco in Burbank, ten minute dance in Venice Beach, folkloric in East L.A., contemporary dance in Coachella Valley, plus the first Nutcrackers of the season, and more SoCal dance this week.

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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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