29 August 2010

Our shared racist past surfaced in “Neighbors”

Brenden Jacobs Jenkins’ new play, “Neighbors” at the Matrix Theater on Melrose Avenue is brilliant and a must-see. [...]

20 June 2010

Classical theater, California-style

Recommended: “Anton’s Uncles” at 24th Street Theatre and “Hamlet” at Theatricum Botanicum. [...]

6 June 2010

Merce's marvelous Irish jig

DANCE REVIEW: merce cunningham’s Roaratorio in los angeles weekend of june 4 [...]

20 May 2010

Lionel Popkin, elephantine

artsmeme recommends “There is an Elephant in this Dance” at REDCAT this weekend. [...]

8 May 2010

The eyes have it ...

Every choreographer works differently. But I’ve found I enjoy dance work that has a vivid engaged facial expression. Sidi Larbi Cherkauoui’s “Orbo Novo” performed by Cedar Lake Dance Friday night lacked this. [...]

21 April 2010

Heidi Duckler's sudsy classic

Heidi Duckler, creative director of Collage Dance Theater, reprises her “Laundromatinee,” recently named by the National Endowment for Arts as an “American Masterpiece.” [...]

20 April 2010

BODYTRAFFIC & Barak Marshall fete Israel's 62nd

The grand opening of Haim Saban’s SABAN theatre in Los Angeles last night featured a rocking variety show and wonderful showcase of Barak Marshall’s “MONGER” on dance troupe BodyTraffic. [...]

16 April 2010

John Jasperse tells his truth ... at REDCAT

John Jasperses’ “Truth, Revised Histories, Wishful Thinking, and Flat-Out Lies” at REDCAT performance space [...]

12 April 2010

Meredith Monk, liberator of singers

The Los Angeles Master Chorale featured the compositions of avant-garde choreographer/composer Meredith Monk. Monk was present and performed in the program which featured the West Coast premiere of her new work, “Weave.” [...]

4 April 2010

Herr Haselbock’s precarious perch

Musica Angelica’s conductor Martin Haselbock delivered a mesmerizing performance of Bach’s St. John Passion to a Santa Monica audience last weekend. [...]