The latest news on performances of Dance in Los Angeles.
Anaheim Poet Laureate Camille Hernandez will perform a choreopoem drawn from her chapbook Motherlands at Sierra Madre Playhouse, combining movement, poetry, and a traditional Filipino kamayan feast.
Butch Ballet, a movement theatre work by gina young, will have its world premiere at Outside In Theatre in Los Angeles, centering butch lesbians, trans men, and nonbinary mascs in a series of vignettes exploring tenderness and queer joy.
BODYTRAFFIC will mark the end of its 20-year run with final Los Angeles performances at the Wallis Annenberg Center for the Performing Arts, featuring works by Trey McIntyre, Cayetano Soto, and others as part of a national Tour of Thanks.
The Music Center announced its 2026–2027 GLORYA KAUFMAN PRESENTS DANCE AT THE MUSIC CENTER season, featuring the Joffrey Ballet, Compañía Nacional de Danza, Alvin Ailey American Dance Theater, and a ballet festival curated by Tiler Peck.
Westside Ballet of Santa Monica will present its Masters of Movement performances and Spring Gala, featuring American Ballet Theatre principal dancer Calvin Royal III alongside Los Angeles Ballet dancers and an incoming artistic director.
The Music Center will present a summer dance season in Downtown L.
Los Angeles Ballet (LAB) celebrated their 20th anniversary at their annual Gala on April 11 at the Beverly Wilshire Hotel.
The Wallis Annenberg Center will present DANCING WITH BOB, a centennial tribute to Robert Rauschenberg, with Trisha Brown Dance Company performing works by Brown and Cunningham May 7-9.
American Contemporary Ballet will present SPECTACULAR BALANCHINE! June 4-20 at Bank of America Plaza in Los Angeles, featuring works including Stars and Stripes and Who Cares?, performed with live music.
Ballet Hispánico New York is set to bring a fresh interpretation of Bizet's opera Carmen with Carmen.
Choreographer Jacob Jonas will premiere the dance trilogy KEEPING SCORE at BroadStage in Santa Monica.
Alvin Ailey American Dance Theater will present a series of performances and workshops in New York City and across the United States, starting March 2026.
Adrian Blake Mitchell, a Vaganova Academy graduate and former soloist at Mikhailovsky Theatre, has been appointed as the new Artistic Director of Westside Ballet.
Festival Ballet Theatre will return to the Irvine Barclay Theatre this spring with its vibrant production of Don Quixote, based on Miguel de Cervantes' beloved novel.
The Soraya will present Alonzo King LINES Ballet in ODE TO ALICE COLTRANE, a tribute to the jazz legend, on February 21.
American Contemporary Ballet will present Balanchine: Twin Masterpieces in Los Angeles, pairing Concerto Barocco and La Source in a single program.
How did Melissa Barak (Artistic Director) and Julia Rivera (Executive Director) decide on which three ballets to present and how is each representative of the work the group has done and plan to do in their future?
Los Angeles Ballet will mark its 20th anniversary with a special season at The Wallis Annenberg Center, featuring a tribute to George Balanchine, a classic favorite, a world premiere, and an extended holiday schedule of THE NUTCRACKER.
Alonzo King LINES Ballet will return to France for a four-week engagement Jan.
American Ballet Theatre returned to Los Angeles to host its annual Holiday Benefit.
Odyssey Theatre Ensemble’s annual six-week celebration of contemporary dance expands in its ninth year, doubling the number of offerings and spilling over into a second space at the Odyssey’s three-theater complex in West L.
Emmy, Golden Globe and Honorary Oscar Award winner Debbie Allen brings her acclaimed holiday spectacular, the Debbie Allen Dance Academy (DADA)'s 15th Annual Hot Chocolate Nutcracker.
Inland Pacific Ballet will present its annual production of THE NUTCRACKER this holiday season, with four performances at Bridges Auditorium at Pomona College in Claremont (December 13–14) and three performances at the Fox Performing Arts Center in Riverside (December 20–21).
Los Angeles Ballet has announced the addition of a sensory-friendly performance of The Nutcracker, on December 26 at 2:00 pm at Dolby Theatre in Hollywood.
BODYTRAFFIC will return to The Wallis Annenberg Center for the Performing Arts with a mixed repertory program featuring a world premiere by Creative Partner Trey McIntyre.
This Thanksgiving weekend, New York City Ballet principal Tiler Peck returns to Westside Ballet of Santa Monica-performing as the Sugar Plum Fairy at the nonprofit performance arm of the academy where she trained as a young girl.
Pasadena Dance Theatre will debut a refreshed staging of The Nutcracker featuring choreography by Jessamyn Vedro and direction by Ashleigh Doede.
Los Angeles Ballet has announced its 20th anniversary 2025–2026 season, marking a major milestone for the city’s longest-operating professional classical ballet company.
The Music Center in Downtown Los Angeles will present a full slate of holiday programming through December 2025, featuring performances and events from TMC Arts, LA Phil, LA Opera, Center Theatre Group, and the Los Angeles Master Chorale.
Inland Pacific Ballet will present its annual production of The Nutcracker this holiday season with four performances at Bridges Auditorium at Pomona College in Claremont, December 13–14, and three performances at the Fox Performing Arts Center in Riverside, December 20–21.
The nominees have been announced for the 15th annual World Choreography Awards, recognizing achievement in dance across film, television, music videos, and digital media.
Los Angeles Ballet has revealed its 2025/2026 season, marking a major milestone with the Company’s 20th anniversary.
The Music Center in Downtown Los Angeles will present a wide-ranging Fall 2025 lineup across Walt Disney Concert Hall, the Dorothy Chandler Pavilion, the Ahmanson Theatre, the Mark Taper Forum, Jerry Moss Plaza, and Gloria Molina Grand Park.
World Ballet Company will bring its national premiere tour of The Great Gatsby Ballet to Sioux Falls, SD, for one night only at The Washington Pavilion on October 26, 2025.
Raiford Rogers Modern Ballet will present the world premiere of Islands in the Sea at The Luckman Fine Arts Complex on August 16, 2025, featuring music by Arvo Pärt, Philip Glass, and Zbyněk Matějů, with projections by acclaimed visual artist Mike Nava.
Angelenos and jazz lovers of all ages are invited to experience a free concert by the incomparable GRAMMY-winning artist esperanza spalding (name stylized as lowercase) on Saturday, August 2, 2025, at 8:00 p.
Little Women Ballet, based on Louisa May Alcott's beloved novel, will return with its Full-Length Classical Ballet for an encore presentation with three captivating performances between June 21 and 22, 2025 at the historic Pasadena Playhouse.
Lake Tahoe Dance Collective will present the 13th Annual Lake Tahoe Dance Festival from July 22 - 25, 2025, featuring artists from New York City Ballet, Broadway, Boston Ballet, Metropolitan Opera Ballet, and more.
