Category: This Week in Dance

Devilish dance in Hollywood and Beverly/Fairfax; site-specified sorties in Pasadena; Big Apple ballet in Orange; memories amok in Santa Monica; hip-hop battles in Burbank; dance leaders confer in Lincoln Heights and El Sereno; more SoCal dance this week, plus a peek at next week.

Filipino American identity pugnaciously explored in Boyle Heights; commissioned contemporary debuts in Long Beach; indigenous dance traditions in Brentwood; seasonal vampires and zombies haunt El Segundo, Beverly-Fairfax and Hollywood; contemporary take on doomed romance in Beverly Hills; street dance meets club dance in Cheviot Hills; more SoCal dance this week, plus a peek at next week.

A melange of star crossed lovers in Beverly Hills, giving voice to autism in Santa Monica, contemporary dance in West Adams, Sylmar, Pasadena, and Atwater Village, the 1960’s revisited in Brentwood; Vogue ball in Little Tokyo, first of the season’s vampires in Hollywood; more SoCal dance this week, plus a peek at next week.

Messiaen maximized in Beverly Hills; Bollywood on South Asian climate resilience in the Hollywood Hills; Greek finale in Malibu; a novel’s new episode in Heritage Square; diagnosing reality in Santa Monica; first of the season’s vampires in Hollywood; more SoCal dance this busy week, plus a peek at next week.

Hollywood tap masters live and on film in Santa Monica; African dancers deconstruct Ravel in Westwood; art-inspired dance in Mid-City; locavore anniversaries in Pasadena and downtown; San Pedro park hosts dance fest; swans alight in Glendale; Canadian cirque downtown; border exploitation challenged at University Park; more SoCal dance this week, plus a peek at next week.

Bountiful ballet in Long Beach, Costa Mesa, and Irvine; an assembly of LA women choreographers in West Hollywood; seasonal instruments dance in Venice; Canadian cirque downtown; contemporary authenticities in El Sereno; border exploitation at USC; more SoCal dance this week, plus a peek at next week.

Percussive tap al fresco in the Hollywood Hills; seasonal instruments dance in Venice; ballet preview in Mar Vista; percussion versus dancer rematch in the Arts District; Canadian cirque comes to downtown; Mexican culture celebrated in Orange; Trojan War moves in Malibu; more SoCal dance this week, plus a peek at next week.

Percussion versus dancer rematch in the Arts District; wolf mothers considered in Frogtown; new ballet preview in Mar Vista; body pleasures in West Hollywood; chaotic sequel in Santa Monica; Trojan War moves in Malibu; more SoCal dance this week, plus a peek at next week.

A flamenco finale in Silverlake; ten experimental dances downtown; a festival sequel in Santa Monica; downtown dancing turns 20, more SoCal dance this week, plus a peek at next week.

A chaotic dance fest opens in Santa Monica; contemporary ballet one night only in East LA; a flamenco fest returns in Silverlake; Mexican folkloric on stage in Hollywood and Orange; disco hosted downtown; benefit dance events in West Adams and Santa Monica; more SoCal dance this week, plus a peek at next week.