Tag Archives: LOS ANGELES BALLET

We’ve Got You Covered

By Victoria Looseleaf We’re writing as fast as we can, but it seems like there’s never enough time to meet deadlines, cross the pond, be at the Music Center multiple times in a week, read actual books, get to performances … Continue reading

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To Live and Dance In L.A.

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

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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A Bounty of Balanchine

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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Benjamin Millepied: Lowering the Barre

By Victoria Looseleaf After he blew into town last weekend with three North American premieres for Ballet du Grand Théâtre de Genève – talk about an ill wind; click here to read our less than rave Dance Magazine review – … Continue reading

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From Fowl Play to Fouettés: Swan Lake Lives

By Victoria Looseleaf “How many ‘Swan Lakes’ can you see? How many ‘Giselles’? That’s what a cranky German asked me one year in Havana where we were both attending that elegantly decaying city’s International Ballet Festival. “How many Beethoven 9ths … Continue reading

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Dancing For Dollars (And Other Tidbits)

By Victoria Looseleaf Now that February is over – and with the Oscars telecast finally marking the end of awards season (check out our before and after takes on Hollywood’s biggest night) – we’ve got other things on our minds … Continue reading

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Joffrey Ballet: Born to Bourrée…

 By Victoria Looseleaf …and then some. In the new documentary, Joffrey: Mavericks of American Dance, we get an inside look at the little company that could. And did: create a new form of American ballet, that is, courtesy of the … Continue reading

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Goodbye To All That: Villella and Miami City Ballet

By Victoria Looseleaf While he is hopefully enjoying a marvelous and happy 75th birthday (October 1), Edward Villella, founding artistic director of Miami City Ballet, had recently announced that he’s stepping down from his post at the end of the … Continue reading

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