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...

The Luminous Labèque Sisters

Posted on November 8, 2011 by Victoria Looseleaf

By Victoria Looseleaf It’s no surprise that we’re lauding the praises – once again – of Katia and Marielle Labèque, the fabulous piano-playing duo that has been performing together for decades. (Click here for some of our past coverage.) Born … Continue reading →

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The Mighty Olympia Dukakis

Posted on November 7, 2011 by Victoria Looseleaf

By Victoria Looseleaf Although she’s only got about 12 lines in the two-character play, Vigil, Olympia Dukakis is riveting. Like a silent screen actress, she telegraphs an array of emotions – frustration, sadness, horror, glee, surprise –  when listening, responding … Continue reading →

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Arrivederci, Gil Cates, Mensch…

Posted on November 2, 2011 by Victoria Looseleaf

By Victoria Looseleaf We don’t know when it’ll come, where, how and, in some cases, why. But death will come. And as far as age is concerned, that’s a relative thing. Twenty years ago, for example, 77 would have seemed … Continue reading →

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Loving Lythgoe (Nigel, That Is…)

Posted on October 31, 2011 by Victoria Looseleaf

By Victoria Looseleaf While we recover from our lightning fast trip to Parma (that’s Italy and the home of Parmesan cheese and culatello, not Ohio, home to the Buckeyes), we’re thrilled that the one and only Nigel Lythgoe recently received … Continue reading →

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Bad Cops/Bad Wall Street Flicks: The Son of No One; Margin Call

Posted on October 31, 2011 by Victoria Looseleaf

By Victoria Looseleaf The nadir of thriller cop movies, The Son of No One reeks of wrongness, starting with the inane and meaningless title. It’s also got more annoying flashbacks than LSD guru Timothy Leary must have experienced during his … Continue reading →

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Why We Need Art: And Agnes de Mille

Posted on October 20, 2011 by Victoria Looseleaf

By Victoria Looseleaf What Lindsay Lohan needs is some real art in her life. She should also serve her jail time – for real – and learn how the other 99.9% live (or at least how those who break the … Continue reading →

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Elementary, My Dear Watson (Emily)

Posted on October 16, 2011 by Victoria Looseleaf

By Victoria Looseleaf There is nothing elementary about the one and only Emily Watson, whose 1996 mercurial film debut in Lars von Trier’s Breaking the Waves (for which she was Oscar-nominated) torpedoed her into the upper ranks of Hollywood (meanwhile, … Continue reading →

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Goodbye, Steve Jobs; Hello (Again), Eiko & Koma

Posted on October 10, 2011 by Victoria Looseleaf

By Victoria Looseleaf When last we wrote about Eiko & Koma in March, they were in the midst of their retrospective tour, Regeneration (click here to read about the duo, their backgrounds, their work, the art of Butoh…). We also … Continue reading →

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The Los Angeles Philharmonic: A Lovefest

Posted on October 7, 2011 by Victoria Looseleaf

By Victoria Looseleaf Just a quick note from The Report, whose main scribe’s wild and crazy career has lately involved a lot of Bowl-going (some 25 times during the fabulous 2011 season), a bit of globe-hopping to cover music and … Continue reading →

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Sidi Larbi Speaks

Posted on October 7, 2011 by Victoria Looseleaf

By Victoria Looseleaf One of the new crop of choreographic ‘It’ boys – along with Alexei Ratmansky and Christopher Wheeldon – Sidi Larbi Cherkaoui, 35, is also a mensch. Thus were we honored to interview him last June, before a … Continue reading →

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