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14 May 2013

Ricky Jay’s magical — and real — existence examined in “Deceptive Practice”

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Reviews “Deceptive Practice” a new documentary about magician Ricky Jay. [...]

5 May 2013

Sarah Elgart’s aquatic adventure at the Music Center

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Dance Camera West adds a live performance component — fountain dances! [...]

21 April 2013

Strong female characters on parade @ COL*COA French film festival

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An overview of strong female roles in several new French films. [...]

16 April 2013

REVIEW: Kenny Barron hits the hoops for Da Camera Society’s “Chamber Music in Historic Sites”

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Review of a marvelous refined afternoon of jazz presented by the DeCamera Society’s “Chamber Music in Historic Sites” series. [...]

1 April 2013

Review: Quirky master-photographer of the 1960s Bert Stern captured in doc

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Reviews the documentary “Bert Stern: Original Mad Man” soon to open in Los Angeles. [...]

25 March 2013

Book review: “Hermes Pan, The Man Who Danced with Fred Astaire”

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A book review of “Hermes Pan, The Man Who Danced with Fred Astaire” (Oxford, 2012), John C. Franceschina. Review originally published in December 2012 Dance Magazine. [...]

2 February 2013

Review: The Joffrey Ballet’s “The Rite of Spring” at the Music Center

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We did not hoot nor holler but we did let fly a bracing “bravo!” for the Joffrey Ballet’s 100th anniversary reconstruction of Vaslav Nijinsky’s “The Rite of Spring” (Le Sacre du Printemps) at the Dorothy Chandler Pavilion Friday night. First, because it was great, historic, and touching. But also, to remains silent would be wrong. [...]

28 January 2013

Doug Varone & Dancers flash fun, finesse in Orange County

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A stellar evening — smart, sassy, instructive and beautifully danced by Doug Varone & Dancers in Orange County. Bravo, Segerstrom Center for the Arts, for bringing this dance troupe to Southern California. [...]

14 January 2013

Eötvös’s noir quartet, “Korrespondenz” (1993), delivered by the Calder Quartet at Jacaranda

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My favorite work at Jacaranda’s program on Saturday night was the opener, “Korrespondenz” by Peter Eotvos. The composer is now visiting L.A. [...]

16 December 2012

Esa-Pekka, especially pleasurable, at HEAR NOW Music Festival benefit

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Posing amidst The Lyris Quartet [Alyssa Park, violin, Shalini Yijayan, violin, Timothy Loo, cello, and Luke Maurer, viola] L.A. Philharmonic Music Director Emeritus Esa-Pekka Salonen, marvelous and much-missed, on a return visit to Los Angeles. His presence proved a special draw at a benefit concert for the Hear/Now Music Festival under the direction of local composer Hugh Levick. [...]