Baryshnikov, Diavolo, BodyTraffic and more: L.A.'s dance scene gears up for a breakout season
Center for the Art of Performance at UCLA presents two of the Los Angeles Times top fall dance picks
Don't miss Deborah Hay and Cullberg Ballet and Robert Wilson and Mikhail Baryshnikov at CAP UCLA this fall.
"It’s payoff time: Los Angeles’ dance community, after decades of slow progress, is poised to have a season that’s unprecedented in its breadth and quality.
The biggest stages — Royce Hall and the Dorothy Chandler Pavilion — will present the national and international troupes that we have come to expect. But the striking difference this season is that so much worthwhile dance will be generated from companies that call L.A. home.
The training of dancers and cultivation of choreographers, directors and audiences has been, and probably will continue to be, a painfully slow, two-steps-forward, one-step-back process, and a major venue dedicated to dance still eludes us. But an increasing number of theaters are stepping up to provide more consistent support to companies based here."— Laura Bleiberg, September 9, 2016
Read the full article at the Los Angeles Times website.