Author: Ann Haskins

And Still She Persists!

A festival mixes it up in Santa Monica, responding to a silent film classic downtown, family-friendly tap dance in Brentwood; women’s suffrage meets female choreographers in Hollywood, ballet by ones and twos in Costa Mesa, and more SoCal dance this week.

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Open Hearts Take On Fearful Minds

Classical dance from India in Hollywood, final new works for NOW downtown, refugees’ plight pondered in Little Tokyo, Montana dance fest visits Redondo Beach, hula in San Fernando, and more SoCal Dance this week.

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Train Traffic in the Garden

Ten minute dance in Venice, train-themed dance in San Marino, week 2 of new works downtown, tap dance ends in Sierra Madre, contemporary ballet in Long Beach, and more SoCal dance this week.

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Solving a Hollywood Bowl Challenge. Add Dancers!

The sing-along Sound of Music film musical is an uber popular feature at the Hollywood Bowl, but for fans of live musical theater, the special gem in this summer’s musical jewelry box is Stephen Sondheim sending fractured fairy tales Into the Woods.

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