An opulent, decadent court filled with political intrigue and hypocrisy, a syphilitic, drug and sex addicted crown prince with a death obsession who meets his match in a teenager. An unlikely plot for a full-length ballet, but in fact it is; choreographer Kenneth MacMillan’s Mayerling.
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Tap dance sails on in Sierra Madre, samba celebration in Leimert Park, new contemporary ballet in Santa Monica, bachata arrives downtown, a one-night only premiere in Burbank, and more SoCal dance this week.
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Redacted dance downtown, South Asian dance in Venice, ocean oriented dance in Santa Monica, shared costumes in Brentwood, Celtic dance in Hollywood, first look at new works in Ladera Heights and Lincoln Heights, and more SoCal dance this week.
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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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