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Burn the Floor!

Burn the Floor, premiered this past Tuesday April 26^th, 2011 at 8pm in the Pantages Theater. Featuring an "international style" (both Latin and standard ballroom dance) of ballroom dancing, Burn The Floor is reinventing typical couple dance one tango at a time. Don't miss this revolutionary work. If you like Dancing With the Stars and So You Think You Can Dance, you'll love Burn The Floor. Showings from April 26^th to May 8^th. Showtimes Monday-Friday @ 8PM. Saturday 2PM and 8PM and Sunday 1PM and 6:30PM. Tickets are on sale at http://www.burnthefloor.com/.

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BARE Dance Company Presents SKIN

On Friday and Saturday March 18th and 19th, BARE Dance Company presented their new work SKIN at The Red Box in Los Angeles. Choreographed by Mike Esperanza, SKIN was a fundraisor for the dance companies 2011/2012 season. The show explored the inhibitions of human nature, while presenting movement that glorified the human body and showed the journey of finding comfort in one's own SKIN. It also featured works from guest artists (America's Best Dance Crew Season 6's) Jagged Contemporary Pole Dance Company, Boogiezone's Entity, Je Suis Femme, and Dulce. These dynamic casts of dancers created a unique, vivid and sexy show that anyone could enjoy time and time again.

Who's Who?

Court’s Dance Shorts are finally here! Check out the WHO’S WHO in L.A. tab, to see this week’s featured profile on an amazing choreographer and dancer in the Los Angeles area, Chad Michael Hall.

THE A.W.A.R.D SHOW!

Rachel Lincoln and Leslie Seiters Photo by: RJ Muna

Tonight at the REDCAT at 7pm, be a part of one artist's dream!


From January 13th, through January 18th, 2011, the REDCAT (Roy and Edna Disney/CalArts Theater) is hosting L.A.'s first contemporary dance competitive event titled, The A.W.A.R.D. Show! The Artists With Audience's Responding to Dance Show, presented by New York’s Joyce Theater Foundation comes to Los Angeles to feature contemporary choreography by regional dance artists, granting $10,000 to the most successful work with the help of an audience vote. The A.W.A.R.D Show! seeks to serve as a much needed dialogue between the dance community and its artists. 


So far, the show has featured renowned regional choreographers including: Rachael Lincoln and Leslie Seiters / Lean-to-Productions, Arianne MacBean, Barak Marshall / BODYTRAFFIC, Christine Suarez, Maria Gillespie / Oni Dance, Pam Gonzales / Pam Gonzales Dance, Holly Johnston / Ledges and Bones, Bradley Michaud / Method Contemporary Dance, Randé Dorn / Randé Dorn Dance Company, Victoria Marks, Karen Schaffman with Liam Clancy, Eric Geiger and Leslie Seiters, and Meg Wolfe. Each night, four different dance artists presented their work. Following each performance  a Q&A occured between the audience, judges, and artists. Then, voting took place, and one choreographer was selected to progress to the final day, culminating today, Sunday, January 16th, 2011 at 7pm. 

Tonight the $10,000 grant will be awarded to one of the following finalists: Barak Marshall / BODYTRAFFIC, Holly Johnston / Ledges and Bones, or Victoria Marks. The two runners up will recieve $1,000 each.

Tickets are only $18 and can be purchased at the REDCAT box office at 213-237-2800

REDCAT | Roy and Edna Disney/CalArts Theater 631 West 2nd Street Los Angeles, CA 90012-2599