A Ballet for Every Season: American Contemporary Ballet Brings New Life to Lost Ballet

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Emily Parker and Andrew Wingert in "Spring."

American Contemporary Ballet (ACB) took audiences through all four seasons.

Boris Eifman's 'Rodin' is a Blend of Muse and Medium

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Photo by Gene Schiavone

This production at the Music Center walks a thin line between beauty and danger.

'Available Light' in the Digital Age

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Archival Photo of "Available Light" original production, 1983 (Photo by Beatriz Schiller)

Revival of Lucinda Childs, Frank Gehry and John Adams's landmark performance piece at Walt Disney Concert Hall is an elegantly indecipherable code.

Spencer Liff Combines Choreography & ASL In Spring Awakening At The Wallis

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Austin McKenzie (Melchoir). Photo by Kevin Parry.

SYTYCD choreographer Spencer Liff talks seeing & hearing dance in "Spring Awakening."

L.A. Contemporary Dance Company Looks Forward And Back

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Tess Hewlett in L.A. Contemporary Dance Company's 10th Anniversary Performance (Photo by Taso Papadakis)

L.A. Contemporary Dance Company celebrates 10 years of dancing in "LACDC10."

Dance Camera West Draws Inspiration From L.A. Landmarks

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Dance comes to life on screen this weekend at this West Coast film festival.

'Ballet 422' Goes Behind the Scenes of Dancemaking

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Ballet 422 (@magnoliapics/Instagram)

"Ballet 422" takes us inside the New York City Ballet, but leaves much outside the frame.

Wendy Whelan & Brian Brooks Talk Collaboration On 'Restless Creature'

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Wendy Whelan and Brian Brooks perform "First Fall" (Photo by Christopher Duggan )

You won't want to miss "Restless Creature" this Saturday at CSULB's Carpenter Performing Arts Center.

Curiouser and Curiouser: Rashaun Mitchell & Co. Bring "Performance" to REDCAT

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Hiroki Ichinose, Cori Kresge, Silas Riener and Rashaun Mitchell in "Performance" (Photo courtesy of REDCAT)

This scintillating collaboration captures childhood imagination at REDCAT.

L.A. Contemporary Dance Company Moves As One

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The L.A. Contemporary Dance Company ensemble of "Into the Fray" (Photo by Taso Pap)

Four choreographers collaborate for creative endeavor 'Into the Fray.'

Kevin Williamson Creates A Beautifully Unfinished Draft

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Kevin Williamson (Photo by Steven Schreiber)

Williamson explores missed connections and works-in-progress.

Luminario Ballet's Season Five Repertoire Is A Bold Attempt

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Dancers of Luminario Ballet perform a duet in "Trails." (By Emerson Chen)

Definitely not Swan Lake, but certainly intriguing.

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A Ballet for Every Season: American Contemporary Ballet Brings New Life to Lost Ballet

Boris Eifman's 'Rodin' is a Blend of Muse and Medium

'Available Light' in the Digital Age

Spencer Liff Combines Choreography & ASL In Spring Awakening At The Wallis

L.A. Contemporary Dance Company Looks Forward And Back

Dance Camera West Draws Inspiration From L.A. Landmarks

'Ballet 422' Goes Behind the Scenes of Dancemaking

Wendy Whelan & Brian Brooks Talk Collaboration On 'Restless Creature'

Curiouser and Curiouser: Rashaun Mitchell & Co. Bring "Performance" to REDCAT

L.A. Contemporary Dance Company Moves As One

Kevin Williamson Creates A Beautifully Unfinished Draft

Luminario Ballet's Season Five Repertoire Is A Bold Attempt

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