Before he set the fashion world “topless turvy”, he was a refugee, an early gay rights advocate in Los Angeles, and a dancer. Rudi Gernreich wove those experiences first into dance costumes and then into fashions that were contemporary, controversial, injected with gender fluidity, social consciousness, and with a distinctive SoCal sensibility that captured the cultural and political tidal changes of the 1960s.
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Foothill frolicking in Pasadena, a Beatles album celebrated in Costa Mesa, Cuban dance in Hollywood, beastly vehicles in Brentwood, a Russian ballet’s variations downtown, everyone into the water in Long Beach, and more SoCal dance this week.
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Horror dance in Highland Park, alumni paying homage in Santa Monica, Fringe Festival tap dance in Hollywood, a First Friday dance break in Venice, helm change in Lincoln Heights, and more SoCal dance this week.
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A biblical flood considered in Lincoln Heights, a quartet of dance troupes take the light rail in Santa Monica, new choreography downtown, a fish dances in Chinatown, Australian cirque in Santa Ana, and more SoCal dance this week.
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A Russian ballet about an obsessive teacher in Costa Mesa, flamenco in Silver Lake and Alhambra, contemporary choreography previewed in Lincoln Heights, an all-male hula company in Whittier, Mexican folkloric dance in Orange, and more SoCal dance this week.
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