The majority of the larger venues in the Los Angeles area have announced their 2022-2023 Dance Season performance lineup. And thankfully, more of them are starting to show their support for Dance in Los Angeles by presenting a few L.A.-based companies. Below is a current list of local dance companies and those from outside the Los Angeles area that will be featured at Glorya Kaufman Presents Dance at The Music Center, The Musco Theatre, The Wallis, The Carpenter Center, The Soraya Theatre, The Segerstrom Center, and The Ford. Below is what LA Dance Chronicle has received to date.
* Los Angeles-based companies – ** Other California-based companies
Glorya Kaufman Presents Dance at The Music Center – Los Angeles, California
2022/23 Dance Season not yet announced.
Royce Hall – CAP UCLA – Los Angeles, California
Bill T. Jones/Arnie Zane Company – November 19, 2022
Israel Galván & Nińo de Elche: Mellizo Doble – January 21, 2023
Alex Theatre – Glendale, CA.
*FUSED – August 19-20
Musco Theatre at Chapman University – Orange, California
Complexions Contemporary Dance Company (New York based) – September 14, 2022 – 7:30pm
* Ballet Folklórico de Los Àngeles and Mariachi Garibaldi de Jaime Cuéllar – NOCHEBUELA – December 22, 2022 – 7:30pm
Pilobolus (East Coast based) – Thursday, February 23, 2023 – 7:30pm
Ballet Folklorico de Los Angeles – L.A. County Annual Holiday Celebration – Photo by Julie Rodriguez courtesy of The Music Center
The Wallis Annenberg Center for the Performing Arts – Los Angeles
Ballet Hispanico (New York based)- October 7-8, 2022
* BODYTRAFFIC (Los Angeles based) – October 21-23, 2022
Dahlak Brathwaite’s Try/Step/Trip – February 2-5, 2023
* Luminario Ballet of Los Angeles – February 17-18, 2023
* Blue13 Dance Company (Los Angeles based) – May 12-13
** Alonzo King LINES Ballet (San Francisco based) – June 9-11, 2023
The Luckman Theatre – Los Angeles
*Raiford Rodgers Modern Ballet – August 13, 2022
Luminario Ballet What is LedZAerial – Photo by Paul Antico
Carpenter Center Performing Arts Center – Long Beach, California
* Ballet Folklórico de Los Àngeles – Saturday, November 5, 2022 at 8pm
Flamenco Vivo Carlota Santana (New York) – Saturday, March 18, 2023 at 8pm
BroadStage – Santa Monica, California
Emily Johnson/Catalyst – September 8-10, 2022
Mark Morris Dance Group – October 20-23, 2022
Ashwini Ramaswamy’s “Let the Crows Come” – April 7-8, 2023
*Barak Ballet – June 15-17, 2023
Emily Johnson/Catalyst – Dates TBD
Pepperdine University – Balibu, CA.
*Syncopated Ladies – October 15-16, 2022
Pilobolus – January 25, 2023
Flamenco Vivo – March 21-22, 2023
Soraya Center for the Performing Arts – Northridge, CA.
Malpaso Dance Company (Cuba) – Thursday, October 13, 2022 at 8pm
* Ballet Folklórico de Los Àngeles – Saturday, December 10, 2022 at 8pm; Sunday, December 11, 2022 at 3pm
A.I.M. by Kyle Abraham (New York) – Wednesday, February 15, 2023 at 8pm
Ballet BC (British Columbia) – Saturday, May 6, 2023 at 8pm
BODYTRAFFIC in “o2Joy” choreographed by Richard Siegal – Photo by Christopher Duggan
Segerstrom Center for the Arts – Costa Mesa, CA.
MOMIX: VIVA MOMIX – Sept 17, 2022
Cloud Gate Dance Theatre of Taiwan: 13 Tongues – October 26, 2022
* BODYTRAFFIC – November 3, 2022
Farruquito – November 9, 2022
American Ballet Theatre: The Nutcracker – December 9–18, 2022
American Ballet Theatre: Like Water for Chocolate – March 29–April 2, 2023
Dorrance Dance: SOUNDspace – April 8, 2023
* L.A. Dance Project: Romeo & Juliet Suite – May 12–14, 2023
** Alonzo King LINES Ballet – LINES 40th Anniversary – May 27, 2023
Ballet BC – June 3, 2023
Adji Cissoko and Robb Beresford in LIGHTENED – Alonzo King LINES Ballet – Photo by RJ Muna
The Ford – Los Angeles, CA.
Nonosina – August 14, 2022
* Desde México: Pacifico Dance Company 30th Anniversary – Saturday, September 10, 2022 at 8:00PM
Acosta Danza: Cuban Landscape – Saturday, October 8, 2022 at 8:00PM
Irvine Barclay Theatre – Irvine, CA.
Kinky Boots, The Musical – November 25, 2022
**Festival Ballet Theatre – The Nutcracker – December 10-24, 2022
BalletX – January 24, 2023
**Festival Ballet Theatre: Swan Lake – March 18-19, 2023
Written by Jeff Slayton for LA Dance Chronicle.
Featured image: BODYTRAFFIC performs (d)elusive minds by Fernando Hernando Magadan at the Wallis Annenberg Center for the Performing Arts on September 26, 2019; (l-r), Guzmán Rosado, Tina Finkelman Berkett. – Photo by Don Lee.
