Category: This Week in Dance

A Santa Monica dance festival mixes it up; contemporary companies team up in Culver City; a South Asian protegé steps up in Santa Clarita; ten minute tastes in Venice; dancing musicals in Hollywood and Downtown, more dance this week, and a peek at next week.

An LA icon celebrates in the Hollywood Hills; a Spanish siren on pointe in Santa Monica; street dance in Culver City; contemporary dance confronts grief in El Sereno; dancing musicals in Hollywood and Downtown, more dance this week, and a peek at next week.

Street dance in Culver City and the Hollywood Hills; contemporary dance in East LA and El Sereno; Mexican folkloric in Santa Monica and the Hollywood Hills; Korean dance in Hancock Park; dancing musicals in Hollywood, Downtown, and Santa Monica; more dance this week, and a peek at next week.

Strolling along the mid-summer performance season, the longest running musical sashays into Santa...

Ballet stars shine with protégés in Irvine; Venice Beach hosts two nights of innovative dance and performance; Korean dance celebrates that country’s liberation; adult ballet, jazz and ballroom claim center stage in Santa Monica; an al fresco finale goes disco downtown; more SoCal dance this week, and a peek at next week.

Contemporary pop-up in a repurposed soundstage in Echo Park; a tragic, romantic ballet in Costa Mesa; tap fest finale in Koreatown; al fresco Reggaeton downtown; new ballet choreography in Irvine; errant Henson puppets improv; more SoCal dance this week, and a peek at next week.

Two major U.S. companies bring classical ballet to Hollywood and Costa Mesa; flamenco and tango mix it up in Venice Beach; contemporary dance pops up in a Hollywood soundstage; al fresco dance downtown; untethered puppets improv in Culver City; more SoCal dance this week, and a peek at what’s coming next week.

Daredevil dancers punctuate a festival in Venice Beach; untethered puppets improv in Culver City; contemporary choreographers congregate in the Arts District; tap dancer confab’s final flourishes in Huntington Beach; al fresco dancers salsa downtown; more SoCal dance this week, and a peek at what’s coming next week.

Fireworks dance across SoCal night skies; a summer dance fest wraps in West LA; tap dancers congregate in Huntington Beach, al fresco dance downtown; more SoCal dance this week, and a peek at what’s coming next week.

Summer dance festivals in West LA and Lincoln Heights; Hansel and Gretal for adults in Sierra Madre; a feathered ballet classic downtown; classical Okinawan dance in Torrance; new choreography in Lincoln Heights and Koreatown; more SoCal dance this week, and a peek at what’s coming next week.