MixMatch Dance Festival is produced by Amanda Hart and HartPulse Dance at the Miles Memorial Playhouse in Santa Monica. This evening’s performance was one of four shows all with different line ups of companies and dance works. This evening’s performance was a sweet combination of dance styles with high quality choreography and skilled performers. (Click […]
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8th Annual MixMatch Dance Festival (Thursday August 28, 2014)
by Beth Megill The 8th Annual MixMatch Dance Festival is another feather in Amanda Hart’s cap. Each year the festival stays open to a variety of dance genres and levels of dance for a true sense of equality and community. The festival is a celebration of dancers and choreographers on their respective artistic journeys, and […]
Prism @ play is a Wild Ride of Creative Energy
You know that sense you get when you walk into a performance space and you know something cool is about to happen? That is exactly how I felt walking into play Saturday night on July 26th, 2014. play is a collaborative arts space in downtown LA run by theater maker Cole Rosner. Tonight’s performance and […]
MTC- New Works Project 2014
MOVEMENT THEATRE COLAB NEW WORKS PROJECT 2014 This showing predominately featured freshly-created works in progress by local southern California choreographers with the goal of breaking new territory and moving beyond their comfort zone. The event was hosted by Robert Salas of Movement Theater CoLab at Dance Creations in Simi Valley on July 5th, 2014 Reflections […]
Arianne MacBean Charms Audience with The Big Show Co.
REDCAT is an outstanding performance space, but groups like Arianne MacBean’s dance theater company, The Big Show Co., shine in such an intimate and magical space. MacBean’s choreography is diverse and engaging. The company features four performers who not only move but also speak (a lot!) and even sing (not quite as much). This performance […]
LACDC’s Youth – Review May 3rd, 2014
Part of the Los Angeles Contemporary Dance Company mission as stated in this evening’s program is to “foster the development of new forms in the contemporary dance genre relevant to today’s audiences.” By all standards, I can safely say that they are doing just that. Tonight offered three dance works that were accessible, playful, well […]
Change and Dance
“The only way to make sense out of change is to plunge into it, move with it, and join the dance.” Alan Watts
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