The latest news on performances of Dance in Los Angeles.
Diablo Ballet announced its 2026–2027 season featuring world premieres by choreographers Val Caniparoli and Brian Enos, plus the company premiere of George Balanchine's Valse Fantaisie.
CAP UCLA will present four international dance performances this fall, including Akram Khan Company's final touring production THIKRA: NIGHT OF REMEMBERING, Victoria Marks' world premiere A DEER WALKS INTO A DANCE, and Cloud Gate Dance Theatre of Taiwan's BLUE HOUR/BECKONING.
Long Beach Ballet will present its 44th annual production of THE NUTCRACKER at the Terrace Theater, featuring guest artists from the Hungarian National Ballet and San Francisco Ballet.
Ailey II will tour 27 US cities from September 22, 2026, to April 11, 2027, presenting a world premiere by Francesca Harper and works by Alvin Ailey and Ronald K.
The McCallum Theatre's Palm Desert Choreography Festival has selected 24 finalists and will honor Dwight Rhoden of COMPLEXIONS Contemporary Ballet with its Lifetime Achievement Award.
Laurie Sefton's new ballet work Seeing Red, featuring an original score by Piper Rose Mann, will premiere at LA Dance Project alongside guest artist Bossi and repertory pieces Supremacy Ride and More Please.
Little Women Ballet will bring back its Autumn Immersive Experience, guiding audiences through the Victorian homes of Heritage Square Museum for close-up ballet vignettes based on the March sisters' story.
Los Angeles Ballet will open its 21st season with a debut performance at the Hollywood Bowl, marking the company's first appearance at the iconic Los Angeles venue.
Martha Graham Dance Company will present masterworks, new commissions, and Lamentation Variations while touring the US, Canada, England, Spain, Mexico, and China.
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Los Angeles Ballet will open its 21st season with an LA Phil engagement at the Hollywood Bowl, followed by works from Jerome Robbins, Christopher Wheeldon and Melissa Barak across multiple venues.
Los Angeles Women's Theatre Festival will present a free evening of solo theatre and dance performances at the Glorya Kaufman Community Center in Culver City, featuring five returning performers.
Festival Ballet Theatre's 17th Annual Gala of the Stars will bring artists from Mariinsky Ballet, New York City Ballet, Vienna State Ballet and more to Segerstrom Center for the Arts for a one-night-only performance.
Four-time Emmy winner Derek Hough announced a multi-city DANCE FOR THE HOLIDAYS tour, kicking off in Phoenix and wrapping in San Jose, with stops in Seattle, Austin, Salt Lake City, and Nashville.
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.
