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Benn Widdey

The Bay Area's Robert Moses' Kin Brings Multimedia Dance Performance To The Luckman The Bay Area's Robert Moses' Kin Brings Multimedia Dance Performance To The Luckman

Brendan Barthel and Norma Fung; courtesy of Robert Moses Kin Coming down to our neck of the woods from the Bay Area, the dance company Robert Moses’ Kin will fill The Luckman stage for one formidable performance this Saturday evening. Presenting critically-acclaimed work from their repertory, the production includes... continue reading on LAist

Contemporary Dance Showcase Kicks Off This Sunday Contemporary Dance Showcase Kicks Off This Sunday

Photo of Keith Glassman Dance & Performance by Carol Peterson Getting back to basics, Vox Dance Theatre, in association with The Colburn School, is presenting the first in a series of monthly dinnertime performances this Sunday in the dance studio at the Japanese American Cultural & Community Center. Highlighting... continue reading on LAist

Pasadena Dance Festival Entertains & Teaches All Week Long Pasadena Dance Festival Entertains & Teaches All Week Long

AXIS Dance Company. Dancers Sonsheree Giles and Rodney Bell. Photo by Trib LaPrade. Though our own city just initiated its own contemporary dance festival last weekend at Brockus Project Studios and the Diavolo Dance Theater, our adjacent neighbor has been developing its dance audiences, participants and performances for five... continue reading on LAist

New L.A. Dance Director Brings Swiss Ballet Company Debut Downtown New L.A. Dance Director Brings Swiss Ballet Company Debut Downtown

Exploding into the 2012 season of "Glorya Kaufman Presents Dance at the Music Center," the Ballet du Grand Théâtre de Genève brings its European perspective to the Music Center's Dorothy Chandler Pavilion this weekend for three North American premiere performances. Though part of a centuries-old Swiss opera establishment, this... continue reading on LAist

Poking Fun at U.S. Hypocrisy on Stage: Dayna Hanson's Election Year Dance Theater Arrives @ REDCAT Poking Fun at U.S. Hypocrisy on Stage: Dayna Hanson's Election Year Dance Theater Arrives @ REDCAT

photo from Dayna Hanson's "Gloria's Cause" by Benjamin Kasulke A few years back, there was a Seattle-based modern dance company called 33 Fainting Spells (yes, that’s right) that presented surprising, clever, witty and engaging dances that toured internationally. After eight years, the company shut its doors, leaving co-founder Dayna... continue reading on LAist

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