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,
Review: The Hollywood Bowl Jazz Festival 2023
This is a 2 writer review - Richard Bilow reviewed Saturday. Keith Block reviewed Sunday. Intro is by Keith Block. What use to be the Playboy Jazz Festival is now the Hollywood Bowl Jazz Festival. The first Playboy Jazz
Review: LA Opera’s Otello at the Dorothy Chandler Pavillion
LA Opera’s Music Director James Conlon conducted a vibrant and emotionally charged performance of Giuseppe Verdi’s Otello based on William Shakespeare’s play Othello at the Music Center. Conlon explained in a pre-performance talk that Verdi had evolved away from
Review: The LA Phil New Music Group Presents All-Reich
The LA Phil New Music Group conducted by Brad Lubman at Disney Hall presented an exceptionally enjoyable evening of the meditative and entrancing music of Steve Reich, which is distinguished by his minimalist compositions of intricate repetitive patterns and
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
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