LA Dance Review

The contemporary dance world is at a crossroads, grappling with globalism, hyper-interconnectedness, and informational access in a way that may be pushing the art form toward the obscure, the uncertain, the vague, the unknowable—as evidenced in the evening of dance last weekend at the Kirk Douglas Theater in Culver City, presented by ate9 and Jacob […]

Nostalgia is the word that comes to mind when reflecting on the performance of Home by Re:Born Dance Interactive and choreographer Boróka Nagy. A cast of nine performers (Jonathan Bahn, Jestoni Dagdag, Krissy Gullen, Simon Harrison, Kristy Hwang, Katie Marshall, Boróka Nagy, Hyoin Jun, and Katie Walsh) were clothed in dresses and slacks reminiscent of […]

Mid July, the Ivy Substation in Culver City saw the return of Louise Reichlin’s company Los Angeles Choreographers and Dancers, as they presented a body of existing repertory flanked by two new pieces—Metro Transformation and HEART Part 1. Urban and Tribal Dances also made their appearance, stepping out of the 90’s and donning the coat […]

Every year, the San Pedro Festival of the Arts–an event coordinated by Louise Reichlin/Los Angeles Choreographers and Dancers–serves as a smorgasbord of Southern California Dance samplings, and this year was as delightful as ever. The event featured 19 pieces from a selection of companies who took the temporary stage at Peck Park under the welcoming […]

This past weekend, Contra-Tiempo swept a rapt audience off their feet at The Ford in Hollywood with the Afro-Carribean rhythms and dance rituals in ¡azúcar! The evening length work envisioned and instigated by company director Ana Maria Alvarez featured a cast of exquisite Latine and black dancers who evoked the history of the colonial Americas […]

If you have never been to a Fringe festival, you are missing out! Fringe and Fringe-style festivals happen around the globe in a variety of cities and feature some of the most innovative, entertaining, and wiley performing artists imaginable.  DrumatiX at the Hollywood Fringe filled the Broadwater mainstage theater with funk-based grooves and playful physical […]

Bringing dance into public spaces has wonderful benefits for communities as it reclaims spaces renewing them with beauty and meaning that can be enjoyed both by dance fans as well as casual passersby. Kenneth Walker Dance Project anointed the Brand Library and Art Center this past week as the third program in the 2023 Brand […]

Classicism is not dead as proven by choreographer and director Nancy Paradis and the company members of LA Dance Moves. Back to the Heart is a feature film that documents the creation and filming of an elegant balletic work in three movements. With the intent to reunite music and dance in a shared creative experience, […]

An Untitled Love is a dance narrative of mythic proportions, told by a prophetic company of artists in the spirit of Abraham. A movement story of personal and communal transformation achieved through the relationships formed between the dancers and a deepening of the human condition. Kyle Abraham leads his company of collaborating artists in modeling a new paradigm of honest-being in the body, rich with stories and steeped in culture. 

Review by guest writers Morpheus Kostromin and Gabe Valentine Saturday, February 11th, 2023, art sprang to life on the stage of the Norton Simon Museum, thanks to the masterful work of Nancy Evans Dance Theatre. In this premiere showing of Imprint, we experienced six pieces, each inspired by an artwork featured in the museum’s current […]