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Review: The Joffrey Ballet’s Anna Karenina at the Dorothy Chandler Pavilion

2024-06-26T00:41:28+00:00By |Categories: Dance, Reviews|Tags: , , , |

The Joffrey Ballet presented a visually captivating cinematic production of its award-winning Anna Karenina at The Music Center. The Joffrey Ballet Anna Karenina Anna Karenina Victoria Jaiani Alberto Velazquez; Photo by Cheryl Mann Choreographed by Ukrainian-born Yuri Possokhov, the

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June 21 – 23, 2024: Joffrey Ballet, Anna Karenina at the Music Center

2024-06-26T00:51:18+00:00By |Categories: Dance, Reviews|Tags: , , , |

The Joffrey Ballet is back in LA with the debut of Anna Karenina at the Music Center’s Dorothy Chandler Pavilion. It is a timeless tale of love and drama as told in Leo Tolstoy’s epic Imperial Russian novel. Performances run June 21 - 23,

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Review: The Rite of Spring & common ground[s] at the Music Center

2024-02-11T16:23:40+00:00By |Categories: Dance, Reviews|Tags: , , , |

The 21st season of Glorya Kaufman Presents Dance at The Music Center opened with a program of two exquisite and contrastingly energetic works - common ground[s] and Pina Bausch’s 1975 The Rite of Spring. The latter was choreographed to Stravinsky’s 1913

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Review: Matthew Bourne’s Romeo and Juliet at the Ahmanson Theater

2024-02-03T03:36:22+00:00By |Categories: Dance, Reviews|Tags: , , , , , , |

The Center Theater Group presented an energetic and emotionally engaging production of Matthew Bourne’s Romeo and Juliet at the Ahmanson Theater. Bourne’s interpretation of this classic ballet cleverly communicates the tragic narrative with performances by his New Adventures company of impeccable

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Review: Dutch National Ballet’s Frida at The Music Center

2023-07-18T16:50:16+00:00By |Categories: Dance, Reviews|Tags: , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , |

The U.S. premiere of the Dutch National Ballet’s Frida concluded the 20th dance season of Glorya Kaufman Presents Dance at The Music Center. Frida was conceived and choreographed by Annabelle Lopez Ochoa who magnificently realized her vision to capture, as she

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Review: Los Angeles Ballet, An Evening of Christopher Wheeldon

2023-03-19T23:29:29+00:00By |Categories: Dance, Reviews|Tags: , , , , , , , , |

The world acclaimed classical Los Angeles Ballet presented a program of three iconic works by master choreographer Christopher Wheeldon at The Broad Stage in Santa Monica. As each of the works had an abstract quality without explicit storylines, the audience was

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Review: Luminario Ballet at The Wallis

2023-03-01T14:22:28+00:00By |Categories: Dance, Reviews|Tags: , , , , , , , , , |

Luminario Ballet Artistic Director Judith FLEX Helle’s program of “Heroes, Sheroes, and Eros” took us on a trip into, what she calls, the “Weird” visions of her choreography and that of four other talented choreographer/performers. The program deftly incorporated an exquisitely

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Review: BroadStage, Mark Morris, “The Look of Love”

2022-10-29T15:39:19+00:00By |Categories: Dance, Reviews|Tags: , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , |

Commissioned by BroadStage, the Mark Morris Dance Group presented the world premiere of “The Look of Love,” a journey into the sweetness and sorrowful emotions of romantic love as evoked by the music of Burt Bacharach. Before the curtain rises, the

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Review: The Wallis, BODYTRAFFIC

2022-10-29T15:38:58+00:00By |Categories: Dance, Reviews|Tags: , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , |

With an invite to the audience to “get down” with a live DJ set and complimentary champagne before and after the performance, and during the intermission, Los Angeles-based BODYTRAFFIC set the mood for an entertaining program of works from four choreographers

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Review: The Eli and Edythe Broad Stage, Emily Johnson / Catalyst Being Future Being

2022-09-13T18:30:11+00:00By |Categories: Art Parties / Exhibitions / Fairs, Dance, Reviews, Theater/Poetry/Books|Tags: , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , |

Commissioned by BroadStage, Emily Johnson /Catalyst presented the world premier of “Being Future Being,” a highly engaging and multi-dimensional performance piece that integrates movement, story, imagery, ritual, social practice art in the context of  honoring an indigenous perspective to how we

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