by Benn Widdey | Oct 7, 2024 | Theater and Dance |
Bringing concert dance onto the nightclub floor, the Center for the Art of Performance at UCLA is presenting “Wake” for only one show, this Friday, Oct. 11. Created by Jay Carlon with Micaela Tobin, this world premiere will take place at Nightclub Don Quixote in...
by Benn Widdey | Sep 17, 2024 | Theater and Dance |
UCLA’s Center for the Art of Performance, now under the artistic direction of former REDCAT Deputy Director Edgar Miramontes, is bringing a full-bodied, full-throated South African masterwork to the Royce Hall stage for only one performance, this Saturday, Sept. 21,...
by Benn Widdey | Sep 3, 2024 | Theater and Dance |
With a caveat warning that “sweat and ‘blood’ may be spilled” in the final lines of their promotional materials, dancer Jobel Medina and musician Elliott Sellers bring “IMMDED IMMGEWD” to audiences at the Los Angeles Dance Project’s Studio Theater this Thursday...
by Benn Widdey | Aug 5, 2024 | Theater and Dance |
The choreographer, dancer, director, and Kennedy Center and MacArthur Genius Awardee Bill T. Jones is often involved in some envelope-pushing performance ideas. In “The Motherboard Suite,” he has invited a handful of similarly risk-taking dance and music makers to...
by Benn Widdey | May 28, 2024 | Theater and Dance |
Soon to be jumping excitedly into its 42nd year of operation, Santa Ana’s renowned afterschool dance program for low-income and multicultural youth will present its 41st Annual Concert, “Onward,” at the Irvine Barclay Theatre from Thursday, May 30, to Saturday, June...