Photos: World Music and Dance Festival 2016
Since the early ’70s, the annual CalArts World Music and Dance Festival has brought musical traditions from around the world to the CalArts campus. This year the festival consisted of…
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Category: Dance
EventMay 6 - 7, 2016
The Next Dance Company at REDCAT on May 6-7
This weekend (May 6-7), the Sharon Disney Lund School of Dance presents the Next Dance Company, an evening of innovative new dance by the 2016 graduating class at the Roy and…
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EventApril 15 - May 15, 2016
CalArts Alumni in The SuperHero and His Charming Wife
Through May 14, the physical theatre ensemble Not Man Apart presents the premiere of a new play, The SuperHero and His Charming Wife, at Highways Performance Center in Santa Monica, Calif. Written by…
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EventMay 3, 2016
Documentary and Exhibition About Prima Ballerina Mia Slavenska at CalArts
by Leann Lo, MFA-1 student in CalArts’ Creative Writing Program Mia Slavenska, a prima ballerina who emigrated to the U.S. during World War II, was one of a small group…
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Dance Faculty Francesca Penzani in Residency in Mexico
by Leann Lo, MFA 1 student in CalArts’ Creative Writing Program Francesca Penzani (Dance/IM MFA 99), a faculty member of The Sharon Disney Lund School of Dance at CalArts, begins…
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EventFebruary 11 - 12, 2016
Open House Dance Concert Features Works by BFA, MFA Choreographers
The works of both BFA and MFA students from The Sharon Disney Lund School of Dance take the spotlight for the 2016 Open House Dance Concert on Thursday and Friday (Feb. 11…
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Colin Connor Named Artistic Director of José Limón Dance Foundation
Longtime Sharon Disney Lund School of Dance at CalArts faculty member Colin Connor was recently named the next artistic director of the 70-year-old modern dance company, José Limón Dance Foundation. Connor takes the…
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CalArtians’ PSA Targets NFL’s Domestic Violence Policy
Domestic violence issues have plagued the National Football League (NFL) for years, and several CalArtians recently turned their art into advocacy—demanding strong reforms in the NFL’s Code of Conduct through a…
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EventDecember 18 - 19, 2015
Winter Dance Concert at REDCAT
Above: ‘37.2 degrees,’ an abstract dance piece by Yuanyuan Wang, performed by the Beijing Dance Theatre. Beijing-based dance artist and CalArts alumna Yuanyuan Wang (Dance MFA 03) spent two weeks…
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EventNovember 12 - 15, 2015
LA Choreographers Create New Work Inspired by Vivaldi’s Four Seasons
Beginning Thursday (Nov. 12), L.A. Contemporary Dance Company (LACDC) presents four nights of new choreography in Four Seasons at the Atwater Village Theatre in Los Angeles. Inspired by Antonio Vivaldi’s classical masterpiece,…
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