Weather report: It’s raining female artists in Los Angeles
Nadezhda Tolokonnikova in live performance with PussyRiot at The Broad Stage, photo by Ben Gibbs We’ve had some crazy tumultuous storms lately in Los Angeles, a weather pattern augured to continue as...
View ArticleBallet Hispanico’s all-female choreography-roster @ The Broad Stage
Linea Recta, chor. Annabelle Lopez Ochoa Ballet Hispánico. Don’t let the name fool you. It’s not a ballet company – although the dancers are beautifully trained in both ballet and contemporary dance –...
View ArticleOrpheus-themed event blends music, poetry, film @ The Edye
Black Orpheus (1959) dir Marcel Camus The tragic love of Orpheus for Eurydice has inspired poets, artists, and musicians—among them Rainer Maria Rilke, Christophe Willibald Gluck, and in our own time...
View ArticleMemorial Day 2020: Los Angeles theaters we miss
coveted during covid quarantine – the egyptian theatrethis spectacular photo of the egyptian’s balcony by morgan glier for the ucla daily bruin It all feels surreal — but my essential problem during...
View ArticleKristina for king!
We already have a king. Some people feel we need a new one. Why not Kristina Wong? She’s nice. She’s funny. And she’s handy with a pandemic. When COVID-19 hit us with our proverbial pants down, she...
View ArticleReview: Memphis jookin phenom Lil Buck & pals wow @ Broad Stage
Santa Monica’s Third Street Promenade is only eight blocks from The Broad Stage, but it took Memphis jookin phenom Charles “Lil Buck” Riley thousands of miles and several years to get from one to the...
View ArticleNow’s the time … for Kyle
Because he has such stellar musical chops, choreographer Kyle Abraham will undoubtedly dig the allusion to Charlie Parker’s be-bop anthem “Now’s the Time.” The title of Bird’s composition resonates...
View ArticleReview: Kyle Abraham’s superlative A.I.M. @ The Broad Stage
Only a handful of contemporary choreographers could pull off an evening of the magnitude and excellence that Kyle Abraham did last night, together with his 8-member dance company, Abraham.in.Motion, at...
View Article‘Mozart of Modern Dance’ visits Santa Monica’s Broad Stage
Mark Morris's "Mozart Dances" sounds delicious -- like eating three portions of Austrian cream cake. ...read more The post ‘Mozart of Modern Dance’ visits Santa Monica’s Broad Stage first appeared on...
View ArticleREVIEW: A look at Mark Morris’s ‘The Look of Love’
The Brooklyn-based Mark Morris missed the mark in his latest work, "The Look of Love" in a world premiere at the Broad Stage October, 2022. ...read more The post REVIEW: A look at Mark Morris’s ‘The...
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