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...

Around & About Amsterdam…Again

Posted on June 25, 2011 by Victoria Looseleaf

By Victoria Looseleaf She hasn’t blogged from the road before, but The Leaf will give it a shot. Needless to say, she is happiest when traveling around the world (she loves interviewing cool peeps, too, such as Javier Bardem, Jane … Continue reading →

Posted in AMSTERDAM, BATSHEVA DANCE COMPANY, CHRIS PINE, GAGA, JANE FONDA, JAVIER BARDEM, Los Angeles Times, OHAD NAHARIN, The Looseleaf Report | Comments Off on Around & About Amsterdam…Again

On Films, Figgis and Fouettés

Posted on June 13, 2011 by Victoria Looseleaf

By Victoria Looseleaf In less than 24 hours The Leaf will be winging her way to Amsterdam, where she once had a houseboat – The Victoria L (on the Prinzengraacht; it seems that every canal reveals something fabulous) – while … Continue reading →

Posted in ANN VAN DEN BROEK, DANCE CAMERA WEST, LEAVING LAS VEGAS, LUCREZIA BORGE, LYNETTE KESSLER, MIKE FIGGIS, NICOLAS CAGE, THE CO(TE)LETTE FILM, WILLIAM FORSYTHE | Comments Off on On Films, Figgis and Fouettés

Dancing With Donuts

Posted on June 10, 2011 by Victoria Looseleaf

By Victoria Looseleaf Being a straddler of high and low arts (where culture and kitsch meet – one of the taglines for The Looseleaf Report cable TV show, which died an ignominious death when the city of Los Angeles pulled … Continue reading →

Posted in DAMON GUPTON, EDI GATHEGI, EDWARD HOPPER, GARY COLE, GEFFEN PLAYHOUSE, KRISPY KREME, MARY BETH FISHER, PUBLIC ACCESS, RANDALL ARNEY, RON BOTTITTA, SUPERIOR DONUTS, THE SOPRANOS | Comments Off on Dancing With Donuts

Bring On The Tulle

Posted on June 6, 2011 by Victoria Looseleaf

By Victoria Looseleaf It was a glorious evening on all counts when Los Angeles Ballet presented its first Giselle. This is a particular ballet favorite of The Leaf’s, not least because it features a second act with a host of … Continue reading →

Posted in BILLY BUTCHKAVITZ, COLLEEN NEARY, GISELLE, GRAY DAVIS, LOS ANGELES BALLET, MARIA SHRIVER, MICHAEL MILKEN, RELATIVITY MEDIA, RYAN KAVANAUGH, THORDAL CHRISTENSEN, WOLFGANG PUCK | Comments Off on Bring On The Tulle

Dance, Dance, Dance!

Posted on June 4, 2011 by Victoria Looseleaf

By Victoria Looseleaf The brilliant impresario and founder of the Ballets Russes, Sergei Diaghilev, is a titan in the dance world. Too bad he never wanted his famed troupe filmed during its brief existence. (Founded in 1909, it was disbanded … Continue reading →

Posted in ALVIN AILEY, ANNA PAVLOVA, ARTHAUS MUSIK, ARTHUR MITCHELL, BEN STEVENSON, CHRISTOPHER BRUCE, HOUSTON BALLET, JIRI KYLIAN, NETHERLANDS DANCE THEATER, NIJINSKY, STRAVINSKY, ULYSSES DOVE, VAI | Comments Off on Dance, Dance, Dance!

Step On It

Posted on June 3, 2011 by Victoria Looseleaf

By Victoria Looseleaf Yes, Virginia, there is culture in Santa Ana. Seriously, The Wooden Floor (previously known as Saint Joseph Ballet), is an extraordinary after-school organization that was formed in 1983 and continues to provide tutoring, academic services, counseling and … Continue reading →

Posted in ALPERT AWARD, JOHN HEGINBOTHAM, JUILLIARD SCHOOL, KUSC-FM, MARK MORRIS DANCE GROUP, MELANIE RIOS GLASER, STEVE REICH, SUSAN RETHORST, THE WOODEN FLOOR | Comments Off on Step On It

Still Flying High

Posted on May 13, 2011 by Victoria Looseleaf

By Victoria Looseleaf Born to dance! And then some. Jacques d’Amboise has lived the life that most terpsichores can only dream about. Joining New York City Ballet at 15 in 1949 – a year after George Balanchine and Lincoln Kirstein … Continue reading →

Posted in ALLEGRA KENT, APOLLO, CHARLOTTE D’AMBOISE, GEORGE BALANCHINE, I WAS A DANCER, JACQUES D’AMBOISE, KNOPF, NATIONAL DANCE INSTITUTE, NEW YORK CITY BALLET, SEVEN BRIDES FOR SEVEN BROTHERS, TERPSICHORE | Comments Off on Still Flying High

The Marvelous Mark Morris

Posted on April 30, 2011 by Victoria Looseleaf

By Victoria Looseleaf How do I love thee, Mark Morris? Let me count the ways. Let’s just say that The Leaf has been a major fan since you choreographed John Adams’ opera, Nixon in China, and the brilliantly hilarious Hard … Continue reading →

Posted in APOLLO’S ANGELS, HANDEL, JENNIFER HOMANS, JOAN ACOCELLA, JOHN ADAMS, LOS ANGELES OPERA, MARK MORRIS DANCE GROUP, NIXON IN CHINA, THE HARD NUT | Comments Off on The Marvelous Mark Morris

Have A Little Faith

Posted on April 29, 2011 by Victoria Looseleaf

By Victoria Looseleaf Can’t tear yourself away from the ongoing insanity that is/has been/and will, no doubt, continue to be coverage of the event known simply as The Royal Wedding? Somehow The Leaf, who much prefers the Fred Astaire version … Continue reading →

Posted in DON QUIXOTE, EIFMAN BALLET OF ST. PETERSBURG, FAITH, FRED ASTAIRE, KATE MIDDLETON, L.A. TIMES, MACALLAN SCOTCH, PAT GRANEY COMPANY, PRINCE WILLIAM, REDCAT, ROYAL WEDDING, WALT DISNEY CONCERT HALL | Comments Off on Have A Little Faith

Don Q as Madman: Cue Inmates

Posted on April 28, 2011 by Victoria Looseleaf

By Victoria Looseleaf It’s bad enough having to schlep to Orange County from The Leaf’s City of Angels’ digs, but getting stuck in a construction zone on the way back is murderous. Which isn’t why I was all riled up … Continue reading →

Posted in ANNA KARENINA, BORIS EIFMAN, DON QUIXOTE, EIFMAN BALLET OF ST. PETERSBURG, FACIAL FLEX, HUFFINGTON POST, Los Angeles Times, MIGUEL de CERVANTES, NUTHOUSE, PETIPA, SEGERSTROM CENTER FOR THE ARTS | Comments Off on Don Q as Madman: Cue Inmates