LA Dance Review

Pat Taylor’s JazzAntiqua dance and music ensemble performed its latest work, Song in a Strange Land, Saturday night at the Nate Holden Performing Arts Center. What an infectious blend of rhythm and storytelling! The show charmed a full house, which responded with lively applause, hooping and hollering and a final standing ovation. JazzAntiqua is an […]

Marlita Hill  debuted her new company Speak Hill Dance in the Los Angeles independent dance scene this month with a two-week run of This Is Me at Grand Arts High School in downtown Los Angeles. I attended the closing show, feeling lucky to have gotten a seat in a sold out house. The cast of […]

11 October 2014 — PASADENA, CA — Two companies, Jessica Kondrath|The Movement and Megill & Company, co-presented an afternoon of diverse, rich, and entertaining dances ranging from formal contemporary ballet to informal structured improvisation at ARC Pasadena on September 27 & 28, 2014. This collaborative approach to sharing a concert provided multiple voices and variety […]

Dance Review Dance / Performance Art Squint, and Remake the World Dance Performance By Jessica Kondrath | The Movement (JKTM) and Megill & Company (MeCo) with Guest Choreographer Robbie Cook Reviewed by Mary Marsh mywordbymarymarsh.wordpress.com September 2014 Behind three small, brushed-metal letters, ARC, three choreographers (Beth Megill, Jessica Kondrath, and Robbie Cook) joined forces to […]

Marina Magalhães premiered her most recent dance theater work, (un)bridaled at the colorful and vibrant Le Studio in Culver City on Thursday Sept 18th, 2014. The cast of six women used dance, theater, music and video to question the nature of being young, female and single in Latino culture. The evening began with a festive […]

Actress Fury is a great example of what can happen when you get three fearless women performing together in a show that holds nothing sacred and nothing precious.  I saw Actress Fury on Saturday Sept 13, 2014- one of the ridiculously hot summer days we have been experiencing in LA.  My experience of this performance […]

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 […]

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 […]

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 […]

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 […]