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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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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A doctor, a judge and a choreographer walk into a room… Not the opening for a shaggy dog story, but components of the Dr. Kerry English Creative Fellowship. The newly announced fellowship provides five years of funding…
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SoCal Dance continues to stream with performances, workshops and online classes. Diavolo and JazzAntiqua Dance Ensemble focus on politics, race and war…
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This was a week when Italy’s La Scala Ballet was to perform Giselle and Onegin, two full-length story ballets that revolve around different types of revenge after mistreatment of women by men in positions of power. Meanwhile…the floor of Congress was the stage as a congresswoman articulately shredded a male colleague’s non-apology for misogynistic behavior. Meanwhile…
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