written by DAINA BETH SOLOMON
Maria Racette plays the mournful Marie Antoinette, now called Antonia. | Craig Mathew/LA Opera
Two centuries after the Fre...
photographed by CHRISTINA CAMPODONICO
Where does dance happen in Los Angeles? Who dances? And how is dance made? These are some of the questions that DanceMap...
written by CHRISTINA CAMPODONICO
“Ballet is woman”—George Balanchine
Prelude
If ballet is woman, then is woman also ballet?
Who is that woman?
Wendy Whelan is a woman. She is an heiress of Balanchine. She was a ...
written by ANNA-CATHERINE BRIGIDA
The sound of pulsing music and Portuguese lyrics blares out to the sidewalk outside Vanessa’s Positive Dance Studio on Mond...
interview conducted & edited by CHRISTINA CAMPODONICO
Watching this video of Brian Brooks' Fall Falls, I see elements in the choreography that I know from ...
photographed and written by CHRISTINA CAMPODONICO
I’m knocking my knee into my dance partner’s chest. He curves his torso up into a grandiose, Martha-Graham-letter “C,” as if I’m socking him in his sternum, again and again, like metronomic rhythm—...
produced & photographed by DANIELLE CHARBONNEAU
Los Angeles Poverty Department (LAPD) is celebrating their 30th anniversary this year. LAPD is a multi-di...
produced & coded by CHRISTINA CAMPODONICO
How does an artistic director choreograph a new dance story for a classic ballet, such as The Nutcracker? Why is...
photographed & produced by ANA GONZÁLEZ
In the hills of Silver Lake, Theresa Chavéz, the artistic director of About Productions, and the actor Rose Portillo, the associate director of the same company, talked with the collaborator Ana González...
