OUT THERE– Open Applications
2025-01-23 00:00 - 2025-02-14 23:59 (America/Los_Angeles) | CA
Application Due February 14, 2025 | 11:59PM
Velocity Dance Center is proud to announce a call for OUT THERE. OUT THERE is an annual, two week dance festival that bolsters West Coast movement artists for their lineage of making work that innovates our field. This festival is for artists that have the audacity, bravado, and experimental spirit, to vision their work to new scales.
OUT THERE showcases two different weekends with two different artists each weekend– a new, thirty minute work by a Seattle Artist which is made in residence at SFD+I and the Seattle premiere of an existing thirty minute work by an artist from the West Coast Region. This structure fills the need in our community for shared, regional discourse and connection to Seattle artists and touring opportunities for artists in the greater West Coast Region.
This festival is part of Velocity’s Regionally Emerging Creative Incubator and is recommended for artists who have participated in festival style shows before and are looking to build regional audiences around their work and expand their skills on the following:
Artistic mentorship: mentorship and community support to make artistically innovative projects.
Financial resources: fees to pay yourself, your collaborators, and your project expenses.
Reciprocal Relationship building: understanding your part in the larger ecology, and how to work collaboratively to connect and sustain your career within your ecosystem of artistic collaborators, local and national presenters, funders, and audiences.
Business development: how to manage projects and undertake long-term collaborations and career planning.
As Velocity, we love to throw around the word experimentalism. But what does it mean? We are interested in experimentation as a context we provide to audiences and art makers to hold new, innovative ideas that push their form into new places. Experimentation can take place in any dance form and doesn’t have a singular look to us. If you have more questions about “experimentalism” feel free to reach out to Shane (shane@velocitydancecenter.org).

Brockus Project Studio's Open Call for Choreographers
2025-01-23 08:00 - 2025-02-21 17:00 | CA
OPEN CALL FOR CHOREOGRAPHERS!
Chosen works will perform either FEB 22nd at 8PM or FEB 23rd at 6PM
Audience will vote each night for the top work and winner will receive 30 free studio hours at Brockus Project studio!
• submit to LAdancefestival@gmail.com:
– CV
– Description of proposed work
– 2 video link either YouTube or Vimeo
– 4 photos labeled with name and photographer

Benita Bike's DanceArt at Discovery Cube Los Angeles
2025-01-25 13:00 - 14:00, 2025-01-26 13:00 - 14:00 | Discovery Cube LA, 11800 Foothill Blvd, Los Angeles, CA, 91342, United States
Part of the Science of Dance weekend held at the Discovery Cube, Dance Art will be performing excerpts from our repertory as well as holding a Q & A, and teaching a few moves from our dances.
A limited amount of free tickets are available by emailing benita@danceart.org with your name and number of guest in your party. General admission tickets can be purchased at the Discovery Cube website.

Blue13 Dance Company Seeking Professional Dancers
2025-02-09 13:00 - 15:30 | CA
Come dance with a world class company committed to Access and Equity led by Artistic Director, Achinta S. McDaniel. Blue13 Dance Company seeks strong, technically versatile, and expressive dancers with incredible stage presence. Dancers of the Global Majority and those who identify as LGBTQ+ are strongly encouraged to audition. Contracts for tour dates, upcoming stage and film projects and local events including March at the LA LGBT Center. Competitive pay for rehearsals and engagements.

Countertechnique Community Class
2025-02-18 18:30 - 20:00 | Stomping Ground LA, 5453 Alhambra Ave. Los Angeles, CA 90032, Los Angeles, CA, 90032, United States
Join me in celebrating my birthday with a $5 community class!
This will be an open level Countertechnique class where we move, groove, and fly through space.
Register in advance: Venmo $5 to @ArielTheScott
Registration page: https://arielperforms.com/feb18
Countertechnique Community Class
Tuesday February 18th
6:30-8PM
Stomping Ground LA
about countertechnique:
Countertechnique® provides tools for body and mind to deal with the demanding dance practice of the 21st century. The Countertechnique® class enables dancers to move bigger, more fluidly and more spatially, while becoming stronger and more flexible. Dancers are encouraged to be pro-active in discovering connections and solutions, to be less concerned with judging themselves and to work in a healthy way with regard to body and mind.

Laurie Sefton Creates at LA Dance Project
2025-02-20 20:00 - 21:45, 2025-02-21 20:00 - 21:45, 2025-02-22 20:00 - 21:45 | LA Dance Project, 2245 East Washington Blvd., LOS ANGELES, CA, 90021, United States
Laurie Sefton Creates
Laurie Sefton, an award-winning choreographer, director, and creative visionary, is a Los Angeles native and the granddaughter of a Cuban immigrant. After her acclaimed work as Choreographer and Assistant Director for Onward (featuring Isabella Rossellini and Andy Bright), Laurie returns to present the world premiere of her latest untitled creation.
This new work explores the unmoored state of society, grappling with the psychological aftershocks of the global pandemic. Connected yet divided, we strive toward individual paths, confronting the paradox of singularity amidst the bonds of community and relationships.
The evening also features repertory works by Sefton, including More Please (2014) and the critically acclaimed The Mythology of Self, which incorporates a live photographer and a visual artist who transform perceptions of the performers in real time. Much of the program is set to original compositions by Erika Poh, Bryan Curt Kostors, Sasha Matson, and Victoria Vasta.
For more information, visit www.laurieseftoncreates.com

Release CTRL+Shift w. SAMMAY
2025-02-21 18:30 - 20:30 | Pieter Performance Space, 2109 N Broadway, Los Angeles, CA, 90031, United States
How do we attune to the necessary movements of this paradigm-shifting time? Where does our grief live and how can radical joy be an asset to our well-being? This workshop for all bodies will offer possibilities for release, re-membering, and reconfiguration for the individual and the collective – shifting towards our innate knowing through rooted movement, somatic exercises, improvisation, and embodied relationality.
Release CTRL+Shift: Portals of Possibilities
Friday, February 21, 2025
6:30-8:30pm
Pieter Performance Space
2701 N Broadway, Los Angeles, CA 90031
Registration: https://tinyurl.com/sp022125

Benita Bike's DanceArt Performs in FREE show at LA Mission College
2025-03-12 14:00 - 15:30 | Los Angeles Mission College AMP Theater, 13356 Eldridge Ave., Los Angeles (Sylmar), CA, 91342, United States
Los Angeles Mission College’s AMP Theatre hosts Benita Bike’s DanceArt in a FREE interactive dance program on Wednesday, March 12, 2:00 pm. The Theatre is located at 13356 Eldridge Ave., Sylmar. Join members of the community, students and faculty for this unique dance event, where you’ll enjoy beautiful dancing and learn more about dance. For program information, call 818-470-5734 or see www.danceart.org.
Viewers will be engaged and inspired by this program of dance performance and discussion about the art of dance. The DanceArt Company is as skilled at introducing concert dance to those new to dance, but we also provide an enriching the experience to those who are long-time dance viewers.
The March 12th performance features excerpts from new dance “From Where I Sit,” which delves into several characters’ states of mind; “Griot Songs,” exploring three stages of womanhood; and “For Rose,” the story of loss and love after a mother’s death.

J&F Dance Classes
2025-03-14 18:00 - 20:00 | CA
Hola comunidad! We are very excited to be offering classes on Friday, March 14th, 2025, from 6 pm to 8 pm.
This is an opportunity to share a safe and joyful space as a community. They will be held at studio 3, at Epicenter Arts + Entertainment in Torrance, CA.
Both classes are open level with a suggested donation of $8 per class, or $12 for both. However, no one will be turned away and you are more than welcome to give what you can.
There are a few spaces in the parking lot behind the studio building and street parking available at Grammercy Ave. or down Craverns Ave.
Please fill out our RSVP form, link in our bios, to sign up for class.
We are so excited to see you there, looking forward to moving together!
Instagrams: @jacquelineescamillaa & @fabian_zuniga_

Performa Choreographic Incubator
2025-03-31 12:00 - 14:30, 2025-04-06 12:00 - 14:30, 2025-04-14 12:00 - 14:30, 2025-04-21 12:00 - 14:30, 2025-04-28 12:00 - 14:30 | LA Dance Project, 2245 East Washington Blvd., LOS ANGELES, CA, 90021, United States
Performa is a laboratory for brave new dance in LA! This 5 week container is a practical option for dance-makers who want space, time, and fresh perspectives to create something powerfully their own.
Drop-in weekly to practice editing skills and develop your creative vision in a structured environment free from mirrors, music, or predetermined technique. Examine liveness, where information emanates from in a dance, and how choreographic structure becomes a potent source for meaning-making.
Gain support and guidance in an inspiring, rigorous, low-stakes environment that is all about community. Embrace your curiosities, focus independently, and adapt collaboratively with a forward-looking approach. Make your own work now.
What you get:
• 12.5 hrs of movement research
• 8 hrs of pure individual creation
• Guided sensory warm-up
• Digital resources
• Professional photo session and process documentation
All movement styles and mobilities are encouraged!
Details:
Monday, Mar. 31, 12:00 – 2:30pm
Sunday, April 06, 12:00 – 2:30pm
Monday, April 14, 12:00 – 2:30pm
Monday, April 21, 12:00 – 2:30pm
Monday, April 28, 12:00 – 2:30pm
Price:
Single Session — $34
5-session Bundle (save $21) — $149
4-session Bundle (save $10) — $126
Observation Seating — $9
Led by multidisciplinary artist Adam Kerbel (Cannonball, Terra Nova, NYLA-FreshTracks).

Dance Film of the Year Award Show
2025-04-02 19:00 - 22:00 | Vidiots Theater, 4884 Eagle Rock Blvd, Los Angeles, CA, 90041, United States
Come celebrate the best dance films of 2025 at the Historic Vidiots Theater! Presented by dancefilmmaking.com, this evening will feature special live performances, film screenings, drinks, creative networking, and a much needed dose of community and inspiration.
The 5 Finalists for the award come from 5 different countries across 4 continents. They prove why dance filmmaking is becoming one of the most dynamic, versatile, and beloved art forms in the world.
Expect to be uplifted.

Benita Bike's DanceArt in Concert at Lineage PACX
2025-04-05 20:00 - 22:00, 2025-04-06 15:00 - 17:00 | Lineage Performing Arts Center, 920 Mountain St., Pasadena, CA, 91104, United States
Benita Bike’s DanceArt, LA’s chamber modern dance company, presents a concert of dance on April 5 & 6 at Lineage Performing Arts Center, 920 E. Mountain Steet in Pasadena, California. Show time is 8pm on Saturday, April 5 and 3pm on Sunday, April 6. Tickets are available at www.danceart.org/performances: $30 general and $20 students. Tickets purchased at the door are $35 general and $23 students. For information: 818-470-5734 or www.DanceArt.org.
Considered by critics to be both modern and contemporary, Benita Bike’s DanceArt brings a program of original concert dance works to the Lineage Performing Arts Center. Known for its “beautifully evocative choreography and lovely company of dancers,” the Company looks forward to share its own brand of musicality, architectural choreography, and elegant dancing with audiences. This concert program features:
▪ Premiere of From Where I Sit – Different characters share their states of mind in vignettes titled “Ascending,” “Tired of it All,” “Corruptor,” “Solace,” & “On Edge.”
▪ Off the Path – A woman-child stumbles upon a world of mystery, only to be swallowed up by its creatures. Fabric carves the stage space & connects inhabitants.
▪ Aspects of Me – a celebration of the complexity of self with solos and duets titled “Me and Myself,” “Me and the Branch,” “Me and Her,” and “We.”
▪ Griot Songs – 3 stages of womanhood: child into woman, young womanhood, and maturity
▪ For Rose – about the passing of Benita Bike’s mother Rose. Stark and poignant, this dance touches on complicated feelings of love, discord, and death.
Tickets/Info: www. danceart.org/performances or (818) 470-5734.

Urban Nights Fundraiser
2025-04-05 20:00 - 2025-04-06 02:00 | By Your Side Dance Studio – Marina Del Rey, 2929 Washington Blvd, Marina Del Rey, CA, 90292, United States
Saturday April 5th Urban Nights fundraiser for Esophageal Cancer Foundation 🎗️ all proceeds will be donated from our place a month Bachata and Kizomba dance fundraisers for cancer societies 🙏🏽 consider taking classes or social dance for a cause!

Release CTRL+Shift w. SAMMAY
2025-04-12 16:00 - 18:00 | Pieter Performance Space, 2109 N Broadway, Los Angeles, CA, 90031, United States
How do we understand our body in relation to movements for collective healing and liberation? In these paradigm-shifting times, how can we access the inherent joy and ancestral resilience in our DNA? Together, we will investigate what it means to embody sacred reciprocity through our corporeality – drawing upon the gifts of breath, movement, sound, somatics, and contemplative practice.
Release CTRL+Shift: Portals of Possibilities
Saturday, April 12, 2025
4:00-6:00pm
Pieter Performance Space
2701 N Broadway, Los Angeles, CA 90031
Registration: https://tinyurl.com/sp041225

Traditional dance class from Benin
2025-04-15 19:00 - 20:30 | Piyoda Flow, 2803 Crenshaw Blvd, Los Angeles, CA, 90016, United States
ATTENTION LOS ANGELES
We are back!!
From Benin to L.A second edition!!
JOIN us in welcoming Orphee Georgah all the way from Benin.
Starting this coming Tuesday April 15th, 7:00-8:15pm at Piyoda Flow.
Get inspired by the richness of these ancestral knowledge from popular rhythms to sacred dances rooted in the practice of Vodoun.
The amazing Orphee Georgah will be hitting the dance floor with some FIRE.
You can’t miss it !
Classes are $20.

Explore Dance Culver City
2025-04-19 13:30 - 14:30 | Culver City Senior Center, 4095 Overland Avenue, Culver City, CA, 90232, United States
Benita Bike’s DanceArt returns to the Culver City Senior Center on Saturday, April 19, 1:30pm with a FREE program of dance discovery designed to be enjoyed by people of all ages.

Louise Reichlin and Dancers at Taxco Theatre
2025-04-26 14:00 - 15:00, 2025-04-26 16:00 - 17:00 | Taxco Theatre, 7242 Owensmouth Ave, Canoga Park, CA, 91303, United States
Louise Reichlin and Dancers/Los Angeles Choreographers and Dancers presents the world premiere of “HEART”, also “A Jewish Child’s Story”, and selections from “The Tennis Dances” on April 26th at 2pm and 4pm at Taxco Theatre.

Dance Circle – April Session
2025-04-30 19:00 - 20:30 | The Effie House
Dance Circle is a monthly event dedicated to building community in the Los Angeles area. Created by Mason Lee Dance Theater: Los Angeles (MLDT:LA), these events aimed to bring together and get to know the people in our backyards. We’re having a soft launch of this program, April 30th, 2025, at Effie House from 7 pm – 8:30 pm. We’ll be having a mixer for artists to connect, check in, and have fun. This event is completely free, and refreshments will be provided. RSVP is required for this event, which you can do by filling out this form: https://forms.gle/BtHxHoBnBHqPpxNm8
PLEASE NOTE: Due to resources, we will be having a capacity of 18 participants. Participants will be notified that they are on the list for the event or are waitlisted once their form has been received. If for any reason a participant cannot attend the event after signing up, please email mason@masonleedancetheater.org. Participants on the waitlist will be notified if space opens up.

N.Ormes
2025-05-01 20:00 - 21:30 | Theater Raymond Kabbaz, 10361 W Pico Blvd, LOS ANGELES, CA, 90064, United States
This high-energy show combines circus, contemporary dance, and storytelling to explore movement and expression in a fresh and captivating way.
Agathe and Adrien, both recent graduates of the Circus School of Québec, bring their incredible circus and dance skills to the stage in a performance filled with acrobatics, humor, and creativity. It’s a show you won’t want to miss!

Urban Nights Charity Event
2025-05-03 20:00 - 2025-05-04 02:00 | By Your Side Dance Studio – Marina Del Rey, 2929 Washington Blvd, Marina Del Rey, CA, 90292, United States
SATURDAY May 3rd: Urban Nights Dance Fundraiser for Skin Cancer Awareness month🎗️First ever 50/50 Urban Bachata & Urban Kiz 100% non-profit charity event taking place in Cali! All proceeds from this KizChata social will be donated to @skincancerorg ✨ 💃🏽
Theme: Black 🖤
as American Cancer society has declared this ribbon color associated with this awareness 🎗️
⏰8pm-9pm Urban Bachata class by Dakota💃🏽🎊
⏰9pm-10pm Urban Kiz class by Adriana 🎊
⏰10pm-2am 50/50 Urban Kiz & Urban Bachata Social by THE DJ VIKTOR!! 🔥🔥
📍Address: 2929 Washington Blvd, Marina Del Rey, CA 90292
💲Price:
2 class + social $30
1 class + social $25
Social only $20
Street parking/Uber/carpool. Great dance floor & friendly environment! Join me in supporting the cause 🎗️💃

The Brand Associates Dance Series
2025-05-10 17:00 - 18:00 | Brand Library & Art Center, 1601 W Mountain St., Glendale, CA, 91201, United States
GLENDALE, CA – The Brand Associates Dance Series presents four performances in May at Brand Library & Art Center, 1601 W. Mountain St., Glendale, CA 91201. This series, curated by acclaimed choreographer, teacher and producer Jamie Nichols, presents top dance companies from Southern California performing site-specific work in non-traditional performance spaces around Brand Library. The Dance Series is sponsored by the Brand Associates, the performances are free and open to the public. Seating is limited. Performances begin at 5:00 PM.
• Afro-Peruvian Dance Experience Co. – Saturday, May 10, 2025
• Volta Collective – Saturday, May 17, 2025
• No Easy Props – Saturday, May 31, 2025
Afro-Peruvian Experience Dance Co. reflects the cultural heritage of the African diaspora in Peru and showcases traditional musical instruments such as el cajón (drawer), la cajita (box) and la quijada (jaw). Director Nadia Calmet has more than 30 years of experience promoting the culture of Peru around the world. By integrating art from a holistic perspective, the dance company’s performances result in the cultural resistance and resilience of Peru’s African ancestors on stage. The performance at Brand, “Afro-Peruvian experience: Echoes of Resistance,” will be a cultural journey through the African diaspora in Peru, its music, theater, poetry and Afro-Peruvian dances such as: Panalivios, Zamacuecas and Festejos.
Volta Collective fuses physicality, theatricality and multidisciplinary approaches to performance. Directed by Mamie Green, Volta has performed and taught across the US, Europe, and the UK and is the recipient of grants from the German Consulate General, the US Embassy, smART grant, and more. Named in Fjord Review’s “Best of Dance 2023,” Volta has been commissioned and presented at the Laguna Art Museum, East Miami Hotel, Neutra House VDL, Loyola Marymount University, Hosek Contemporary, Museum of Neon Art, and Brooklyn Center Theatre Research, among others. The company will perform “Loneliness Triptych: Excerpt,” which explores contemporary isolation through three interconnected vignettes.
No Easy Props is a cultural arts organization made up of a team of 20 street dancers, graffiti artists, deejays, beat makers, rappers, who are all performance artists as well as arts educators. The group is committed to fortifying youth and creating community connection using the vehicle of Hip-Hop culture. They provide quality Hip-Hop cultural dance, art, and music education, enrichment, and opportunities for BIPOC youth and adults through engaging programs, workshops, performances, and cultural events throughout the communities of Los Angeles and Denver. No Easy Props will present “West Coast Funk & Soul Theatre Show,” created by Zulu Gremlin. A live multimedia street dance art experience, this is the story of west coast street and club dance, music, and culture.
