Author Archives: Victoria Looseleaf

About Victoria Looseleaf

Victoria Looseleaf is an award winning arts journalist and regular contributor to the Los Angeles Times, KUSC-FM radio, Dance Magazine, Performances Magazine and other outlets. She roams the world covering dance, music, theater, film, food and architecture. Have pen - and iPad - will travel! Her latest book, "Isn't It Rich? A Novella In Verse" is now available on Amazon. Thank you for reading! Cheers...

Jamming in January

Posted on January 21, 2014 by Victoria Looseleaf

By Victoria Looseleaf The year got off to a bang – literally – in San Francisco, where we ate, danced and made merry with friends and strangers at the Waterbar. We not only had a ringside view of the fireworks, … Continue reading →

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Again With the (End-of-Year) Lists

Posted on December 22, 2013 by Victoria Looseleaf

By Victoria Looseleaf It’s become a tradition (of sorts, as we haven’t listed in several years), so here’s ours for the Best Dance of 2013, fashioned after our, er, beloved Los Angeles Times Tweet-centric style. And why the hell not, … Continue reading →

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Painting the Town With Our Beaver (Coat), That Is…

Posted on November 25, 2013 by Victoria Looseleaf

By Victoria Looseleaf We were doing some much-needed fall cleaning, when we came across this portrait of our grandmother, Ms. Lillian. As you can see, she’s ultra-stylish and clad in fur, and since we inherited many of her coats, jackets … Continue reading →

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Why We Can’t Stay Home and Knit

Posted on October 28, 2013 by Victoria Looseleaf

By Victoria Looseleaf Our mother was a master knitter – and master bridge player. We do neither. Well, we did know how to knit once upon a time, although a scarf we, er, made, looked more like a bowling pin, … Continue reading →

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Dancing With Tweets: And Other Terpsichorean News

Posted on October 27, 2013 by Victoria Looseleaf

By Victoria Looseleaf We were thrilled to review David Roussève’s latest work, Stardust, for the LA Times last month at REDCAT (click here for our coverage, which makes use of texts and tweets to help tell a story). Stardust kicked … Continue reading →

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Happy 10th Anniversary, Walt Disney Concert Hall

Posted on October 25, 2013 by Victoria Looseleaf

By Victoria Looseleaf Talk about culture vultures! We have been on a roll for the last month or so, but did want to check in on our homegalz site. Where to begin. Well, the 10th Anniversary of the opening of … Continue reading →

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Fired Up and Ready To Go

Posted on September 20, 2013 by Victoria Looseleaf

By Victoria Looseleaf We don’t know how time managed to slip away, but, please forgive us, dear readers, for not having checked in on our very own blog for the entire summer! Would you believe  when we say we’ve been … Continue reading →

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Sundays With Rudy

Posted on June 30, 2013 by Victoria Looseleaf

By Victoria Looseleaf We can’t believe it’s the last day of June and have hardly written a word – for The Looseleaf Report, that is. We have, however, been quite busy cranking out “long-form journalism” for KCET’s Artbound. Yes, our … Continue reading →

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To Live and Dance In L.A.

Posted on June 11, 2013 by Victoria Looseleaf

By Victoria Looseleaf It’s no secret that we cover all the arts, but we do have a particular fondness for dance. And we’ve had quite the spring season. One weekend in May we did a pre-concert talk with the fabulous … Continue reading →

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Balanchine’s Palm-Fringed Muse

Posted on May 21, 2013 by Victoria Looseleaf

By Victoria Looseleaf “Wow, I really like that headline,” our father said to us after reading our recent New York Times story on the great choreographer George Balanchine’s time spent in L.A. “So do I, but we don’t write the … Continue reading →

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