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...

Literary Feng Shui

Posted on May 12, 2013 by Victoria Looseleaf

By Victoria Looseleaf It happened in yoga, when our instructor of more than two decades was reading from her meditation book while her students were in savasana – corpse pose – the insanely delicious posture that consists of lying still, … Continue reading →

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April in Aix

Posted on May 11, 2013 by Victoria Looseleaf

By Victoria Looseleaf As freelance arts journalists, we take what work we can, whenever we can, wherever we can. So when the opportunity arose to travel to Aix-en-Provence, the home of painter Paul Cézanne, we jumped. Well, actually, we flew. … Continue reading →

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Chaos (and Closure) in Boston; Dance in L.A.

Posted on April 19, 2013 by Victoria Looseleaf

By Victoria Looseleaf Have we evolved, devolved or are merely continuing our post 9/11 journey, living in a world fraught with terrorists, pressure-cooker bombs and uncertainties at every turn. For us, we find ourselves looking back fondly on the good … Continue reading →

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A Bounty of Balanchine

Posted on March 31, 2013 by Victoria Looseleaf

By Victoria Looseleaf For balletomanes – indeed, dance lovers of all stripes – there can never be too much Balanchine. To prove that point, Los Angeles Ballet, in its seventh season and to commemorate the 30th anniversary of George Balanchine’s … Continue reading →

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Philip Roth: Literary Rock Star

Posted on March 12, 2013 by Victoria Looseleaf

By Victoria Looseleaf It’s no secret that we’re huge Philip Roth fans – no matter he never responded to the only fan letter we’d ever written. So when he recently announced that Nemesis was his last novel (published in 2010), … Continue reading →

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Crazy About Conceptualism

Posted on March 5, 2013 by Victoria Looseleaf

By Victoria Looseleaf The incredible La Ribot (who normally performs nude), presented a six-hour performance piece, Laughing Hole, at LACMA on Saturday (clothed, we might add). LACMA described the work thusly: “In Laughing Hole a large number of cardboard signs … Continue reading →

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Eurocrashing With Wim Vandekeybus

Posted on March 2, 2013 by Victoria Looseleaf

By Victoria Looseleaf No strangers to Los Angeles – though it’s been five years – Belgian-based Ultima Vez returns to SoCal this month. The troupe is on a world tour in honor of its 25th anniversary and is performing What … Continue reading →

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The Year So Far

Posted on February 1, 2013 by Victoria Looseleaf

By Victoria Looseleaf We’ve been on a mini-hiatus, so a belated happy new year, peeps. And what a weird 2013 it’s been already. We lost Huell Howser, folksy journalist who brought California to life for millions and whose legacy lives … Continue reading →

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More is More: Gatz, The Great

Posted on December 2, 2012 by Victoria Looseleaf

By Victoria Looseleaf F. Scott Fitzgerald’s masterpiece, The Great Gatsby, spawned five films, including a 1926 silent movie of a stage adaptation, a 1949 Alan Ladd-starring vehicle and a 2002 hip-hop treatise called G in which Jay Gatsby is rendered as … Continue reading →

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Au Revoir, Iris

Posted on December 1, 2012 by Victoria Looseleaf

By Victoria Looseleaf Are we surprised that the $100 million debacle known as Cirque du Soleil’s Iris is set to close January 19? No, not in the least. What was intended to be a permanent show (okay, a 10-year run … Continue reading →

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