Review: The Joffrey Ballet’s Anna Karenina at the Dorothy Chandler Pavilion
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
June 21 – 23, 2024: Joffrey Ballet, Anna Karenina at the Music Center
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,
Review: The Rite of Spring & common ground[s] at the Music Center
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
Review: Matthew Bourne’s Romeo and Juliet at the Ahmanson Theater
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
Review: Dutch National Ballet’s Frida at The Music Center
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
Review: Los Angeles Ballet, An Evening of Christopher Wheeldon
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
Review: Luminario Ballet at The Wallis
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
Review: BroadStage, Mark Morris, “The Look of Love”
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
Review: The Wallis, BODYTRAFFIC
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