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Pick: Diavolo at the Music Center

Oct

2018

Architecture & Design · Danceahmanson theatre diavolo glorya kaufman presents dance at the music center jacques heim

There’s a dizzying amount of dance going on the next few weekends, as it is the height of the fall season. But if you really want to travel to dizzying heights, consider the upcoming offering of Glorya Kaufman Presents Dance at the Music Center, Diavolo | Architecture in Motion at the Ahmanson Theatre. Diavolo Artistic ...

Chicago troupes bring “The Art of Falling” to Los Angeles

Oct

2015

Dance · Theaterahmanson theatre hubbard street dance chicago los angeles music center the second city
by gillian anne renault

It’s not immediately obvious why Hubbard Street Dance Chicago and The Second City improv troupe collaborated on “The Art of Falling,” coming to the Ahmanson Theatre next weekend, except that both companies are based in Chicago. So I asked Michael Solomon, Associate Vice President of Programming at The Music Center, if he knew why. “Both ...

arts•meme recommends PRISCILLA

Leave it to filmmaker Sofia Coppola to make a woman’s story with a foil who is half moving target/half stick in the mud. That is Jacob Elordi playing the charmingly dumb, thick on the empathy, maddeningly faithful until he’s not, and meltingly sexy Elvis Presley, in the marvelous new bio-pic, PRISCILLA. Actress Cailee Spaeny gives her much-lauded performance as the child bride of The King, navigating that fine line of a woman who seems to have it all but who inexorably realizes how little she actually has. I loved the movie, with its extenuated scenes of the young couple lolling about in a big honeymoon-style bed with breakfast trays placed discreetly outside the door. The stuff, the clothes, the cars, the hangers-on. Watching this movie, I found myself grinning ear to ear (mostly at Elordi’s hilarious quirks as the King) so long I became aware of it. Then I glanced at the guy in the seat next to me and he was grinning as well. Pure pleasure at the movies. Ms. Coppola is so very talented. PRISCILLA in theaters now.

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Pick: Diavolo at the Music Center

Chicago troupes bring “The Art of Falling” to Los Angeles