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Concert Reviews: THE FORD (presented by the LA Phil)
FREE CONCERTS FROM THE FORD From The Ford revisits past performances captured live on The Ford’s amphitheater stage by Los Angeles television station LA36. Each installation includes a curated selection of archival footage and newly created artist introductions providing additional insight into the work. From The Ford will be released weekly on Facebook Premiere. Also,…
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Preview: LET US ENTERTAIN YOU (Brave Hearts for Broadway)
YOU GOTTA HAVE HEART Healthcare professionals help mend broken bodies, while theatre folk help heal collective souls. Now more than ever, it’s become apparent that the two need each other. From that, Brave Hearts for Broadway was born. It’s an organization that brings arts-minded frontline workers together with the theatre community to keep the arts…
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Dance Preview: UNSETTLING RAMONA SALON SERIES (Heidi Duckler Dance)
UNSETTLING RAMONA SALON SERIES Los Angeles-based dance company Heidi Duckler Dance (HDD) is presenting a 3-part series of virtual programs amplifying the histories and contemporary experiences of Native Americans in California through art, music, conversation and a deep dive into the story of Ramona. The third and final salon will occur tomorrow, Thursday August 27,…
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Dance Preview: BROADWAY BARES: ZOOM IN (Virtual event for Broadway Cares/Equity Fights AIDS on August 1, 2020)
IN THE BOOM BOOM ZOOM ZOOM ROOM It’s coming this Saturday. And so should you. Normally the hottest ticket in New York, Broadway Bares, the fundraiser in which hunky performers pull out their stops to aid Broadway Cares/Equity Fights AIDS, is streaming all over your personal screens this year. The in-person 30th anniversary celebration has moved…
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Dance Preview: 30 FEET TOGETHER, 6 FEET APART (Chicago Tap Theatre streaming ONE performance only July 26 at 3 CST)
SOMEONE’S TAPPING AT YOUR DOOR LET THEM IN! For one performance only — Sunday, July 26, at 3 p.m. — Chicago Tap Theatre (CTT) will present 30 Feet Together, 6 Feet Apart live on its streaming platforms from the historic Athenaeum Theatre in Chicago. It’s a celebration of the power and necessity of dance and…
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Event Feature: SUMMERSTAGE ANYWHERE DIGITAL SERIES
SummerStage Anywhere Digital Series Shows Week of July 20 – July 26 THIS WEEK’S PERFORMERS: La India, DJ Michael Brun, Eduardo Vilaro, Miguel Atwood-Ferguson, Afro-Latino Festival NY, LaFrae Sci, Kool Herc & Cindy Campbell, La Bruja, DJ Moullinex, Kevin Powell and Karine Plantadit Capital One City Parks Foundation SummerStage is continuing its free digital…
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Dance Preview: DECLASSIFIED MEMORY FRAGMENT (Olivier Tarpaga, choreographer, on JoyceStream)
DECLASSIFIED IN A CLASS OF ITS OWN During the Broadway shutdown, The Joyce Theatre has been streaming, for free on JoyceStream, some of the best things I’ve seen from all the global offerings out there. For some reason, dance translates much better than theater performances when streaming. Now, they bring you the online premiere of…
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Dance Preview: EBB & FLOW: CHINATOWN FESTIVAL (Heidi Duckler Dance at the Los Angeles State Historic Park)
GO TO FLOW L.A.-based dance company Heidi Duckler Dance (HDD) presents the fourth Ebb & Flow Festival, taking place at the Los Angeles State Historic Park for the second time, from June 27 – 30, 2020. Unlike past festivals which typically involve live performances and workshops, augmented reality is used this year to create a…
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Dance Preview: LINCOLN CENTER AT HOME (Ballet Hispánico, New York City Ballet, American Ballet Theatre, The School of American Ballet, and Alvin Ailey American Dance Theater)
DANCE ME TO LINCOLN CENTER We all know that dancing is good for you. But did you know that watching dance is also good for you? Science has suggested that the high you get after watching great dancing is your brain is attempting to turn that high into something real, as if you just danced…
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Dance Review: THE TIMES ARE RACING (Joffrey)
FEATS OF RACING FEET Just when we’ve forgotten what green looks like, a mid-winter shakeup in Chicago seems essential. Supplying that stimulus in quantum doses, the winter program of the Joffrey Ballet is warming up the Auditorium Theatre through February 23 with five well-contrasted ballets by four enterprising choreographers, a mixed repertory that features three…
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Dance Review: ASTAIRE DANCES III (American Contemporary Ballet)
TOP HATS OFF TO ACB With Astaire Dances III, American Contemporary Ballet recreates several iconic routines evolved by the great Fred Astaire and his choreographer Hermes Pan, and executes them with charm and grace. But the evening is about so much more than presenting a few meticulously copied dance numbers; the audience is treated to…
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Dance Preview: DANCE AT THE ODYSSEY 2020 (Odyssey Theatre in Los Angeles)
AN ODYSSEY IN DANCE There is more dancing going on in L.A. than ever, but it’s difficult to discover these great little companies, as they have short runs and — being financially constrained — a short outreach. By offering its 4th annual Dance at the Odyssey 2020, Odyssey Theatre will give you many chances to…
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Dance Review: THE NUTCRACKER (American Contemporary Ballet; Santa Fe Ballet; Long Beach Ballet)
TRIPLE-CRACKED It wouldn’t be the holidays without The Nutcracker ballet, a wondrous fantasia limited in scope only by imagination — or, more practically, budget. This year I attended three separate SoCal productions: L.A.’s own American Contemporary Ballet’s sparkling condensed jewel and Santa Fe Ballet’s disappointing tour both pared down the work, while Long Beach Ballet…
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Dance Review: LA BAYADÈRE (Mariinsky Ballet at Segerstrom Hall in Costa Mesa)
A TEMPLE FOR BALLET Segerstrom Hall is now filled with the gorgeous melodies of a late-blooming classical ballet from 1877. With an infectious score by Ludwig Minkus, La Bayadère premiered in St. Petersburg, Russia in 1877 at the Imperial Russian Ballet, choreographed by the great Marius Petipa (who would go on to greater glory with…
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Dance Preview: GEORGE BALANCHINE’S JEWELS (Mariinsky Ballet at the Music Center)
STILL PRICELESS, BRIGHT AND SHINY The astounding Mariinsky Ballet from St. Petersberg is coming to the Southland for two engagements. The first at Segerstrom Center for the Arts this weekend will feature Petipa’s great Russian classic La Bayadère. Next weekend, October 24-27, The Music Center hosts the company — truly, one of the best globally…
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Dance Review: JANE EYRE (The Joffrey Ballet)
DEMONS DANCE ON THE MOORS You can’t keep a good protagonist down. A 2016 British ballet (also performed in June by American Ballet Theatre), Jane Eyre transforms a romantic heroine into a feminist icon, her sterling goodness sturdy enough for 2019. Joffrey Ballet’s Chicago premiere of Cathy Marston’s literally moving 130-minute version reaffirms a once and future…
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Dance Preview: FORMULAE AND FAIRY TALES (Invertigo Dance Theatre World Premiere at The Broad Stages in Santa Monica)
ONES AND ZEROS, APPLES AND POISONS, QUEENS AND WITCHES, FORMULAE AND FAIRY TALES A new dance work by Invertigo Dance Theatre is making its world premiere at The Broad Stages in Santa Monica next weekend on Friday and Saturday, September 13 & 14, at 7:30. Formulae and Fairy Tales is based on the life and…
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Dance Preview: THE ROYAL BALLET & COMPANY WAYNE MCGREGOR (World Premieres in Los Angeles)
ROYAL DANCE PREMIERES Do you hear the buzz? One of the biggest events of the year with some of the biggest arts organizations in the world involved, The Music Center’s Dorothy Chandler Pavilion will host the dance world premiere of the 45-minute Inferno which will be a part of the full-length evening The Dante Project…
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Dance Review: MAYERLING (The Royal Ballet)
THE ROYAL BALLET TAKES ON ROYAL INTRIGUE Considering we couldn’t tell most characters from each other at last night’s opening of Royal Opera Ballet’s Mayerling, a good time was had by all. With Kenneth McMillan’s inventive and daring 1978 choreography, Koen Kessels’ live orchestra’s thrilling rendition of Liszt’s exquisite music (arranged and orchestrated by John…
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Chicago Dance Review: HUBBARD STREET DANCE CHICAGO (2019 Summer Series at the Harris)
SUMMER HEATS UP WITH THE CUTTING EDGE OF MOVING BODIES Talk about springing toward the solstice. Literally leaping into summer, this season’s edition of Hubbard Street Dance Chicago’s Summer Series is not the place for premieres. Instead, retrospectively honoring four crowd-pleasing repertory highlights with faithful revivals, this weekend’s program at the Harris Theatre reprises works that didn’t…
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