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 | La Jolla Music Society - San Diego - Presents: Twyla Tharp Dance Thursday, 2/13/2025 Twyla Tharp's Diamond Jubilee!
Twyla Tharp celebrates her 60th anniversary with a coast-to-coast tour featuring her Olivier-nominated Diabelli Variations, set to Beethoven’s masterpiece of the same name, and a new dance to a reimagining of Philip Glass’ iconic Aguas da Amazonia, arranged by Third Coast Percussion. |
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 | Odyssey Theatre Ensemble - West Los Angeles - Presents: Dance at the Odyssey 1/11/2025 - 2/16/2025 (next performance: Friday, 2/14/2025) The Odyssey Theatre is “the place to be” to experience contemporary dance and cutting edge choreography. The 8th annual “Dance at the Odyssey” festival takes place January 11 through February 16. |
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 | Heidi Duckler Dance - Los Angeles - Presents: Truth or Consequences: Close to the Ground Saturday, 2/15/2025 Join premier Los Angeles-based company Heidi Duckler Dance for an engaging salon series featuring renowned choreographer and dancer Jasmine Albuquerque. |
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 | UCI Claire Trevor School of the Arts - Irvine - Presents: Dance Visions 2025 2/20/2025 - 2/22/2025 (next performance: Thursday, 2/20/2025) Dance Visions 2025 is the premier annual production for the Department of Dance at UC Irvine’s Claire Trevor School of the Arts. |
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 | McCallum Theatre - Palm Desert - Presents: McCallum Theatre 2024-2025 Season 10/11/2024 - 5/11/2025 (next performance: Tuesday, 2/11/2025) Nearly Two Dozen McCallum Debuts
Brand New Shows By An Assortment Of Desert Favorites |
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 | The Colburn School - Los Angeles - Presents: Tap Fest: Rejoicing in Rhythm Saturday, 2/22/2025 Rejoice in rhythm at Tap Fest 2025! Renowed dancers Michelle Dorrance and Josette Wiggan join Colburn’s world-class tap faculty for an uplifting evening of tap dance and live music! The night will include iconic tunes like I Got Rhythm and Caravan alongside both new and classic choreography. |
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 | The Soraya - Northridge - Presents: Twyla Tharp 60th Anniversary Diamond Jubilee 2/22/2025 - 2/23/2025 (next performance: Saturday, 2/22/2025) America’s most enduring and lauded living dance-maker, Twyla Tharp, celebrates her 60th anniversary with a coast-to-coast tour featuring her award-winning ballet set to Beethoven’s “Diabelli Variations.” She also brings us a new piece with music by Philip Glass. Tharp’s use of music to create works of startling originality and beauty defines this important milestone performance.
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 | Cerritos Center for the Performing Arts - Cerritos - Presents: Rhythm India: Bollywood & Beyond Saturday, 2/22/2025
Rhythm India takes audiences on a journey of dance and celebration through Bollywood & Beyond. Experience the vibrant costumes, dynamic music, and soulful grooves of the ghungroo dancing bells. |
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| BroadStage - Santa Monica - Presents: RUBBERBAND 3/8/2025 - 3/9/2025 (next performance: Saturday, 3/8/2025) BroadStage presents RUBBERBAND – the electrifying fusion of hip-hop, classical ballet, and contemporary dance. |
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 | Cal State University Fullerton - Fullerton - Presents: "Spring Dance Theatre: From All Sides" 5/1/2025 - 5/10/2025 (next performance: Thursday, 5/1/2025) CSUF's dancers and choreographers return to the Hallberg Theatre's intimate thrust stage.
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 | Odyssey Theatre Ensemble - Los Angeles - Presents: 8th annual 'Dance at the Odyssey' festival 1/11/2025 - 2/16/2025 (next performance: Friday, 2/14/2025) Odyssey Theatre Ensemble returns with its annual six-week celebration of contemporary dance that has established the company’s unique “Dance at the Odyssey” festival, curated by series co-founder Barbara Mueller-Wittmann, as the go-to place to view new work by cutting edge companies and choreographers. |
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 | American Contemporary Ballet - Los Angeles - Presents: ACB Presents ACB Jazz and Homecoming 3/7/2025 - 3/29/2025 (next performance: Friday, 3/7/2025) BRING ON THE BAND(S)
ACB ignites the dance floor with two March ballets
Two of American Contemporary Ballet’s most popular ballets will share the stage at Bank of America Plaza this March. Both represent the company's commitment to staging ballets unlike any other, and some of the best nights out in Los Angeles. |
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 | City Ballet of San Diego - San Diego - Presents: City Ballet's Swan Lake Act II 3/8/2025 - 3/9/2025 (next performance: Saturday, 3/8/2025) The famous second act from Swan Lake, the best loved and most admired of all classical ballets, along with the iconic Black Swan Pas de Deux. Plus, the world premiere of Elizabeth Wistrich’s The Seasons set to the music of Alexander Glazunov. |
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 | Lisa Smith Wengler Center for the Arts - Malibu - Presents: American Ballet Theatre Studio Company Thursday, 3/13/2025 ABT Studio Company, the junior company of American Ballet Theatre, is made up of rising stars of the ballet world between the ages of 17 and 21. |
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 | The Soraya - Northridge - Presents: Ballet Folklórico de Mexico de Amalia Hernández 3/14/2025 - 3/15/2025 (next performance: Friday, 3/14/2025) The beauty of Mexico with original choreography.
This exuberant group travels the world sharing the beauty of Mexico with original choreography, elaborate costumes, and the finest dancers. Founded in 1952, Ballet Folklórico de México de Amalia Hernández has wowed more than 30 million spectators with traditional dances from Mexico. |
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 | Irvine Barclay Theatre - Irvine - Presents: Luis Bravo’s Forever Tango Friday, 3/14/2025 A Broadway hit, Forever Tango features Argentina’s best — 14 world-class dancers accompanied by a vocalist and the hypnotic rhythms of a live orchestra. |
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 | Carpenter Performing Arts Center - Long Beach - Presents: Ballet Hispánico CARMEN.maquia Saturday, 3/15/2025 “An experience unlike any other…CARMEN.maquia continues to haunt us in the most beautiful way.” —Latina Magazina
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 | La Jolla Music Society - San Diego - Presents: Ballet Folklórico de Mexico de Amalia Hernández Sunday, 3/23/2025 Ballet Folklórico de México founder Amalia Hernández featured the beauty of her culture by sharing the traditional dances of Mexico with a global audience. Now, over 70 years later, Hernández’ artistic legacy continues to flourish in these exquisite works featuring great technical difficulty, elaborate costumes, and world-class dancers. |
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 | The Rosin Box Project - San Diego - Presents: The Rosin Box Project Presents: EMPOWER 3/27/2025 - 3/30/2025 (next performance: Thursday, 3/27/2025) THE ROSIN BOX PROJECT kicks off 2025 with “Empower”
A Bold Celebration of Women’s Voices in Dance, March 27–30
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