Category: This Week in Dance

Ensorcellment

Mansion dancing in the City of Industry; contemporary ballet from San Francisco in Long Beach; a quartet of local legends in Culver City; “La Catrina” onstage in East LA; new contemporary choreography in Palm Desert, Dominguez Hills, Santa Monica, and downtown; South Asian dance in Culver City; street dance downtown; surveillance surveyed in Little Tokyo; more SoCal dance this busy week, plus a peek at next week.

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Anything Happening Here (Besides the Dodgers)?

International visitors from China in East LA; Pacific Asia dancers in Downtown LA; Australian movers in Westwood; females in dance celebrated in El Sereno and Downtown LA, museum dancing in Little Tokyo; eclectic dance in Long Beach, Santa Monica, and Glendale; more SoCal dance this busy week, plus a peek at next week.

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Visceral Imagery

Tattoos, fashion, and dance intertwine in LA Arts District; revered choreographer goes solo in Westwood; three days of choreography in Lincoln Heights; Brazilian dance in Sierra Madre; contemporary ballet in Irvine, Santa Barbara, Palm Desert, Orange, and Downtown LA; tap in Brea; French dancers join in at University Park; flamenco in the Hollywood Hills; a dancing food truck in Culver City…

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Tensegrity

Etta James and Peggy Lee songs back contemporary dance in Thousand Oaks; international dance meets LA in Inglewood and University Park; contemporary ballet in Irvine, Palm Desert, and DowntownLA; Irish dance in Irvine; contemporary dance in Pasadena, Lincoln Heights, Fullerton, Santa Ana, and downtown; classical Japanese dance in Hollywood; tap in Brea; more SoCal dance this busy week, plus a peek at next week.

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Full Swing Season

San Francisco visitors bring gothic horror ballet to Costa Mesa; legendary modern’s centennial in Northridge; site specific dance celebrated in Westwood, Crestwood Hills, and Downtown; flamenco in Westwood, Malibu and Long Beach; tango in Glendale; contemporary ballet with ‘zah’ in Santa Monica; Irish dance in Irvine, dance in progress downtown and in Culver City; more SoCal dance this week, plus a peek at next week.

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Circling the Globe

San Francisco visitors bring Gothic horror ballet to Costa Mesa; folklorico in Hollywood; tango in Glendale; flamenco in Malibu, Long Beach, and West Hollywood; iconic musical theater live downtown, also livestreamed to Santa Monica and Altadena; screen dance in the Arts District; contemporary dance in El Sereno, Irvine, Santa Ana, downtown, and in a cornfield; plus more dance this week, and a peek at next week.

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Terpsichorean Trifecta

A Robbins/Sondheim/Bernstein jewel dances into downtown; trio of LA cutting edge dance troupes at USC; Butoh goes seasonal in Venice Beach; late summer dance festival in San Pedro; legacy modern dance in Irvine; contemporary dance in Santa Monica, Glendale, downtown, and in a cornfield; plus more dance this week, and a peek at next week.

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Tolerable Heat

Tony-Award nominee and friends dance into downtown; ballet in the Hollywood Hills and Irvine; contemporary confabs at USC, downtown, Santa Monica, Cheviot Hills, El Sereno, and Costa Mesa; light explorations in the Downtown Arts District; a dancing musical moves to Costa Mesa, more dance this week, and a peek at next week.

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Tolerable/Intolerable Summer Heat

New York ballet in the Hollywood Hills; compelling contemporary considerations in Sierra Madre; jazz meets modern dance in Long Beach; dance in a downtown light installation; a composer’s life and last days in Orange; multi-dancing musicals in Hollywood and Downtown, more dance this week, and a peek at next week.

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