In 2017, Bill T. Jones removed the word "dance" from the name of the company he founded with Arnie Zane in 1983. As he now says, "We're a contemporary performance ensemble." It is with this subtle, yet meaningful, frame of reference
Keith A. Wallace navigated us through a captivating and emotional journey during his one-hour theatrical performance piece, The Bitter Game. Staged on the outdoor Promenade Terrace of the Wallis Center for the Performing Arts, we entered into a neighborhood block party
The renowned Los Angeles-based dance company Diavolo with their unique fusion of performance styles and elaborately designed and viscerally engaging sets brought their newest "adventure" Voyage along with their 2000 work Trajectoire to Gloria Kaufman Presents Dance at the Music Center.
Glorya Kaufman Presents Dance at the Music Center's 2018-19 Season opened with British choreographer and director Wayne McGregor contemporary dance company performing Autobiography. This mesmerizing work is an 80-minute contiguous series of 23 sections performed by the company of ten dancers
The Barak Ballet, founded by Los Angeles native Melissa Barak, returned to the Broad Stage for their fourth time and presented two world premier pieces, Cypher and Desert Transport, and a reprise of last year's well received E/SPACE.Cypher: photo credit Cheryl
Acclaimed South African choreographer Dada Masilo transforms the classical ballet story of a girl who dies of a broken heart from the betrayal by her suitor and then enters a netherworld into a high energy feminist reclaiming of power that re-imagines
The Paul Taylor Dance Company presented three classic high energy works from their extensive repertoire that captivated and uplifted the audience's spirits. Paul Taylor, who retired as a performer in 1974 to then turn exclusively to choreography, has and continues to
Complexions Contemporary Ballet presented a two act performance of dance to the music of classical Bach and neo-classical Bowie choreographed by Founding Artistic and Executive Director Dwight Rhoden.In Art 1 "Bach 25", the company, clad in flesh colored costumes entered and
Jacob Jonas The Company at the Wallis Annenberg Center for the Performing Arts Bram Goldsmith Theater In Beverly Hills - January 13, 2017 by Michael Baroff The youthful, energetic, and highly skilled Jacob Jonas The Company delighted the audience with an evening of
Thank goodness for Lula Washington and her dance company for presenting a three-night series of poignant performances at the Wallis Center for Cultural Affairs on the Martin Luther King Jr. Holiday weekend that offered a counter balance to the recent rhetoric
