LA Dance Review

29 September 2014 — SANTA MONICA, CA — MAKedance, with choreography and direction by Melanie King McGray, presented its first full evening of modern dance, music, and short film in four dance works at Highways Performance Space in Santa Monica, CA on September 26 and 27, 2014. Dance works from over a 4-year period of […]

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 […]

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 […]

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 […]