Author: Ann Haskins

This week in dance finds dancers celebrating succulents in Long Beach, a hip hop Nutcracker in Hollywood; flamenco in North Hollywood, tango in Costa Mesa, Venezuelan work in progress in Lincoln Heights, World Dance in Santa Monica and more So Cal dance this week.

Deadly dance in East L.A., a day-long dance party in Northridge, Oregon visitors revisit Virginia Woolf in Long Beach, dance about rivers flow downtown, an admired dancer goes solo in Santa Monica, dance with live jazz in West Adams, and more So Cal dance this week.

Two all male troupes send up the Nutcracker in West Hollywood, contemporary troupe opens a residency in Beverly Hills, a Santa Barbara visitor with an L.A. host in Pasadena, an open rehearsal in West L.A., a deadly holiday fete in West Hollywood; site specific fish dancing in Culver City, and more SoCal dance this week.

A contemporary dance troupe’s new Beverly Hills residency, paying tribute to a dance legend in West Adams, boundary bumping ballet in Redondo Beach, entrancing Aussies in Westwood, multi-media dance in Santa Monica, Dante’s inferno downtown and more So Cal dance this week.

A clutch of choreographers in Beverly Hills, inspiration from Manet downtown, a female perspective on an epic from India in Culver City, boundary breaking ballet in Glendale, enigma code breaker meets Disney in Santa Monica, contemporary ballet in Torrance and at a secret address, flamenco in East Hollywood, plus more So Cal dance this week.