Bret Easterling is an international dance artist. He has been dancing and
choreographing since childhood. His new piece, BRECHT, is a one-hour solo
performance that uses improvisation as a means to discover his own voice. ...
You may have come across Madeline Hollander's dances at the most recent Whitney Biennial in New York City or seen her handiwork in Jordan Peele’s movie "Us" – ...
On the worst day of my life, I balanced in arabesque longer than anyone else in ballet class.
Less than an hour later, I could not stand on two feet. I
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One might be forgiven elsewhere in the country for thinking of weed smokers in prototypical terms, couchlocked and snackish, dazed day to day. But here in California, where marijuana has been a source of public debate and policy for years, it becomes clear there's no single type of cannabis consumer. From grandmas doing monster dabs on youtube to patients with chronic pain, the face of pot has changed dramatically over the past decade.
So it seems inevitable we get Weedrave, a 12 hour rave for the self-professed stoners among us. Founded by Michelle Lhooq, a journalist with bylines at the L.A. Times and GQ Magazine and a book about weed due out next spring, the 12 hour event featured panels, rooftop yoga, CBD tonics, a dab bar, THC gummy samples, and a free pre-roll and bite-size edible with the purchase of a ticket. Performing DJs included False Witness, Kosmik, Mesmé, and Kokonut, among others....
Bloco Obini, an all female drum ensemble brings music and dance from the African diaspora to audiences across Los Angeles. In addition to performing, founder of the group, Kahlil Cummings and Ensemble member Rachel Hernandez also teach drum and dance class that fuses together West African, Afro-Brazilian, and Afro-Cuban styles to a diverse group of Angelenos.
“When we bring the workshops together,” Hernandez said. “We bring the Afro-Cuban, Afro-Brazilian [styles] to show the differences and also to show the similarities of how things relate and how they were just separated within the diaspora by boats and which way they went....
How do these puppets float so gracefully on an otherwise seemingly empty stage? Suspension of disbelief?
Without visible props or sets, your imagination fill...
Lenai Wilkerson will be among the first class of seniors to graduate from USC's Glorya Kaufman School of Dance this May. She says it's about time we see more dancers who defy tradition....
Frustrated by the lack of justice for Black victims of police brutality, Jade Charon — a choreographer, dancer, and filmmaker — has dedicated her most recent work to bringing awareness to the racial oppression faced by Black Americans....
