David Roussève/REALITY: Becoming Daddy AF
2025-10-18 20:00 - 22:00 (America/Los_Angeles) | UCLA Nimoy Theater, 1262 Westwood Boulevard, Los Angeles, CA, 90024, United States
“Roussève is one of the modern dance world’s great stage personalities.” —The Washington Post
Celebrated dance-theater artist David Roussève creates his first full-length solo performance in more than 20 years. Becoming Daddy AF is an intimate meditation on life’s purpose, created and performed by a queer African American acutely aware of the finite time he has left on the planet.
Like strands of DNA, it connects elements encoded in his body, including 600 years of genealogy (from France, Portugal Germany, Mali, Senegal, Haiti, and Cuba), a roller coaster journey with HIV, and the shattering loss of a husband of 26 years — while revisiting movement from 35 years of dance-making to explore the meaning of virtuosity for a 65-year old body. Becoming Daddy AF is the portrait of a man defying death, though he is unable to fully embrace life.

Olé Los Angeles - LA Soundscapes Family Concerts
2025-10-19 11:30 - 17:00 | The Ford, 2580 Cahuenga Blvd. East, Los Angeles, CA, 90068, United States
María “La Chacha” Bermúdez, artistic director of Olé Los Angeles, invites audiences of all ages to experience lively, traditional flamenco dance while learning up close about this unique art form. With live music and dancers, the program features high-energy performances, storytelling through movement, and interactive moments that explore the improvisational Spanish dance. Come early as members of Flamenco! Santa Barbara lead family friendly activities.
Each LA Soundscapes family event features a pre-concert activity and participatory artmaking.

10am: Interactive activities and curated art-making in collaboration with LA Commons
11:30am: Performance
Best for: Ages 3–11
Attendee tip: These are daytime events and can get sunny. Don’t forget your sunscreen and sun hats! Due to the natural shift of the sun during this morning performance, as available, audience members can shift into shaded locations.

Celebrating 15 years of Brockus Project Studios and 25 years of Brockus Project Dance
2025-10-19 19:00 - 22:00 | brockus project studios, 618 B Moulton Ave, Los Angeles, CA, 90031, United States
A 3-day celebration connecting people past and present whose lives have been impacted by the work of the Brockus Project in supporting dance in LA.
Our opening showcase on Friday features some of the residency choreographers we have fostered. The closing showcase on Sunday features a choreography competition showcase where the audience votes to select the winner of 30 hours of free studio time!
The main event is Saturday, featuring BrockusRED & friends in a short performance, followed by a party reception with a raffle/auction and tributes to the accomplishments of the Brockus Project over the years. We aim to collect 1,500 comments from individuals we have impacted and raise $15,000 to support our continued growth for the next 15 years.
BPStudios was created to provide a home base for companies that had been nomadic and rehearsing all over the city. Now they have a home where dancers meet up in the lobby and build community in a space that celebrates art and artists.
Over the years BP has held training classes, workshops with leading teachers, hosted international groups, residencies, town halls, gather hangouts, after school teen programs, in school K-12 classes, created and produced LA Dance Festival, combined auditions, dance film screenings, professional development workshops, a food bank and thrift store, foster kitten playtime, produced over a hundred showcases, performed in France, Korea and around the country, and so much more.
www.brockusprojectdance.org

Musical Theatre Jazz Class
2025-10-21 18:30 - 20:00, 2025-10-28 18:30 - 20:00, 2025-11-04 18:30 - 20:00, 2025-11-11 18:30 - 20:00, 2025-11-18 18:30 - 20:00 | TIMELESS Studios, 5466 E La Palma Ave, Anaheim, CA, 92807, United States
Weekly open level Musical Theatre Jazz class by Nicole Craft at TIMELESS studios on Tuesdays!

House Dance Class
2025-10-21 20:00 - 21:30 | Piyoda Flow, 2803 Crenshaw Blvd, Los Angeles, CA, 90016, United States
House dance foundations class, all levels

L.A. DANCE PROJECT: GEMS
2025-10-23 19:30 - 21:30, 2025-10-24 19:30 - 21:30, 2025-10-25 19:30 - 21:30 | Bram Goldsmith Theater, 450 N Crescent Dr, Beverly Hills, CA, 90210, United States
Discover a ballet triptych by Benjamin Millepied celebrating the unity of dance, music, and visual art.
Commissioned by Van Cleef & Arpels, this trilogy of contemporary ballets—Reflections (2013), Hearts & Arrows (2014), and On the Other Side (2016)—draws inspiration from the symbolic and emotional resonance of precious stones. Each work offers a distinct world where movement, music, and design converge to reveal something luminous and intimate.
Presented together for the first time in the U.S. by the Wallis Center for the Performing Arts and L.A. Dance Project, the triptych marks the culmination of a creative journey spanning over a decade.
Reflections is a meditation on longing—sensual, sharp-edged, and fleeting. Set to David Lang’s haunting score and framed by Barbara Kruger’s bold visual language, the ballet explores the tension between presence and absence, desire and memory.
Hearts & Arrows pulses with crystalline energy, carried by the precise, layered rhythms of Philip Glass. Liam Gillick’s sculptural design of shifting light and shadow becomes a silent partner to the choreography, where emotion takes on an architectural clarity.
On the Other Side is a deeply human work—intimate, emotional, and communal. Set to a suite of piano études by Glass and enveloped by Mark Bradford’s immersive, painterly set, the ballet becomes a portrait of togetherness, tracing the bonds between individuals and the quiet strength of collective experience

Co- Presents: SHOW11
2025-10-24 20:00 - 21:30, 2025-10-24 22:00 - 23:30 | Pink Box Studios, 966 E Pico Blvd, Los Angeles, CA, 90021, United States
presents: SHOW11
a dance performance + party hosted at Pink Box Studio in Downtown Los Angeles
featuring Felicia St. Cyr, Gary Champi w/ Waeli Wang, Julia Eichten, Marlys Yvonne as La Vela Dona, Margaux Gex & Lael Battiste, Orlando Agawin, Phi Voba, Shauna Davis and music by Calico

October 24th | 8 + 10pm
Pink Box Studios | 966 E Pico Blvd, Los Angeles, CA 90021
Tickets $20-$50, sliding scale
Instagram: @co________.seattle
Poster Design by Ryan Hunt
LOS ANGELES— Producers Maya Tacon and Emma Lawes (CO-) are excited to announce the eleventh iteration of their performance and party series. “11” will bring together a group of 8 dance artists in a low-stakes shared evening of one-night-only performance. Participating artists will share new works or works-in-progress created exclusively for this event. The evening of immersive performance will transform into a late-night dance party guided by a live DJ, Calico (Jacob Zimmer).

“The evening really felt like a community hug, holding the warmth and joy of the LA dance scene. If their Seattle resumes weren’t proof enough, CO-’s understanding of immersive came through all of the works on Friday night. Audience members were buzzing from the joy each artist brought into the space, mutual aid information was out at the merch table for fire relief, and it was the escape I needed from a difficult start to the year.” – from “Performance/party: Seattle-based collaborative CO- launches Show 9 in Los Angeles” by Celine Kiner, LA Dance Chronicle

CO-‘s events are curated to spotlight individual dance performers in the Los Angeles community who may be lesser known due to lack of visibility or institutional association. Through this vibrant, eclectic programming and the unconventional settings these events are held in, the lines between audience and performers are blurred.

The 8 artists featured represent a wide range of movement styles that thrive in Los Angeles, newcomers and seasoned veterans alike. A live DJ set by local favorite Calico ties the evening’s performance together and seamlessly transitions the space into a late-night dance party.

“The collaborative dance outfit CO-, run by dancers Emma Lawes and Maya Tacon, are bringing a party element to their performances. At a CO- show, audiences move around the space and dancers for a 360-degree view with a dance-club feel. After the bows are taken, the borders between dancer and audience dissolve into a good-time free-for-all.” – from “Immersive experiences and more Seattle art trends to try” by Margo Vansynghel, The Seattle Times

PERFORMANCE DATES + TIMES
> Friday, October 24th, 2025; 8PM
> Friday, October 24th, 2025; 10PM
> party to follow, 11PM–1AM
Location: Pink Box Studios | 966 E Pico Blvd, Los Angeles, CA 90021
Tickets: $0-$50 +, sliding scale
*This event is ages 21 and up.*
Accessibility information: Pink Box is wheelchair accessible. This event is primarily standing room only with some seating options that are first come, first served. Priority seating available upon request—email us at emma@coseattle.dance to let us know if you have seating preferences. This show will include loud music, dark lighting, strobe lights and a fog machine. Earplugs will be provided and masks will be optional. The 8pm show is capped at a smaller capacity and has more seating options, higher visibility and lower sound volumes.
THE PERFORMERS:
FELICIA ST. CYR (she/they) is a versatile movement artist, model, director, and energy exchanger. Originally from Houston, Texas, St. Cyr earned a BFA in Dance from the California Institute of the Arts, including a semester at the London Contemporary Dance School, where they created a solo that toured nationally. Though their first love was acting, St. Cyr uses dance as both a foundation and vehicle for storytelling and recently expanded into stand-up comedy. Since graduating, St. Cyr has participated in choreographic residencies, performance projects, teaching, and production work. Their solo The Chronic Caucasian was recently showcased at the Odyssey Theatre Ensemble and the inaugural DareDevil Festival at Electric Lodge. In their free time, St. Cyr enjoys stirring the pot, political activism, and astrology.
GARY CHAMPI is a dance educator, performer, and choreographer based in Southern California. He has worked in San Francisco, Seattle, and New York, for many choreographers, touring nationally and abroad since 2008. From 2011-2020, he worked for the Merce Cunningham Trust in many capacities, and is authorized to teach Cunningham Technique®. His creative work has been presented in Seattle, New York, and Italy. His dance scholarship involves historical reconstructions through performance and the commercialization of Hip Hop dance and its global presence. Gary is an Assistant Professor of Dance at Pomona College, with education from Stanford University and the University of Washington.
JULIA EICHTEN works between Opera, Theater and Dance as a Director, Choreographer, Educator and Performer.
They received their BFA and the Hector Zaraspe Prize for Choreography from The Juilliard School, were a founding member of L.A. Dance Project and are a current member of AMOC* (American Modern Opera Company.) Xirl’s work has been shown at the Joyce Theater, Baryshnikov Arts Center (NYC), L.A. Dance Project, The Gardens of Versailles and LUMA in Arles, FR. Last summer, Eichten performed in Joan Jonas’ iconic Mirror Piece I & II at The Getty Museum, which inspired hat company PAY DANCERS. Most Recently, Eichten had their Lincoln Center premiere, with a duet by EICHTERLING (Bret Easterling + Eichten) Dance in the Park. Rome is Falling, a new opera composed by Doug Balliet with Direction by Eichten also premiered at RUN AMOC* Festival as a part of Summer in the City at Lincoln Center.
MARLYS YVONNE is artist, dancer, comedian, and entrepreneur. Grew up dancing on the east coast before moving out west after getting a taste of weird art in Seattle. Produced and performed in the PNW art scene before following an opportunity to build a Pilates business in southern California. Seven years in, it’s time – watch me, feel yourself, and see you out there.
MARGAUX GEX, originally from Switzerland, moved to Seattle in 2018 to attend Cornish College of the Arts, from which she graduated in 2021. Margaux is a freelance dancer, choreographer, and teacher. She has co-produced two evening length performances with Lael Battiste, was a company member with Malacarne from 2022-2024, and is currently working on a new piece for CO-’s second production in LA . Margaux recently moved to LA, in October 2024, where she presented her new piece “When I let you in” at the MATCH Residency showcase presented by Brockus Project Studio, in Utah at Movers + Makers hosted by Wasatch Contemporary Dance Company, and at the choreography open mic night for women’s national equality day hosted by Mashup Contemporary Dance Company. Margaux performed in September in “Dear Body Love Me” by Renee Donovan, and in October in Cho.co.LA choreographed by Rebecca Aguilar.
ORLANDO AGAWIN is a distinguished Filipino-American artist based in Los Angeles, who combines dance and videography. Graduating from Long Beach State with a dance degree, Orlando uses filmmaking to enhance his choreographic passion. His impressive portfolio includes collaborations with top artists like Christina Aguilera, Post Malone, Labrinth, and Billie Eilish. He’s worked with esteemed choreographers like Toogie Barcelo, Gigi Todisco, Micaela Taylor, and Jay Carlon. Orlando’s professional reach extends to TV and branding, affiliating with Puma and ‘Empire.’ His videography expertise shines in projects with DCCD and GGTV, seamlessly merging dance and visuals to create captivating content.
PHI VOBA is a dance performer, teacher, and choreographer originally from Seattle, WA. They’ve worked with the likes of Macklemore, Jason Derulo, Why Don’t We, and more.
Originally from South Florida, SHAUNA DAVIS is a multidisciplinary artist, movement director, and filmmaker based in Los Angeles. With a commitment to making cinematic and storied dance experiences, Shauna has presented work at MOCA Geffen, Ace Hotel Palm Springs, LA Opera, ICA LA, Dallas Black Dance Theatre, and Opera Omaha, among others. Influenced by history and the fantasy of the future, she finds alternate and colorful ways to express the nuances of being, while encompassing themes of legacy, reclamation and pop culture. www.shaunadavis.org
THE PRODUCERS:
CO- is an open-ended, collaborative entity that produces dance performances and parties in vibrant locations. CO- is composed of two contemporary dance artists, Seattle-based Maya Tacon and Seattle/LA-based Emma Lawes. Together, they have co-produced performance events, co-choreographed many short works, and co-taught movement classes across Seattle.

Belly Dance Classes North Hollywood
2025-11-05 18:30 - 20:30, 2025-11-12 18:30 - 20:30 | CA
Jill Collins, Director of Los Angeles’s premier Belly Dance and International Styles Dance Company, Sahlala Dancers teaches 2 open level belly dance classes: Belly Dance Basic Technique and SharQuí: The Belly Dance Workout. Learn Arabic rhythms and various technique stylization in the Basics Class, stay for a cardio workout and dance conditioning/deep stretch in the SharQuí Workout. Free parking and hip scarf provided. For info on pricing/schedule/location visit https://www.sahlaladancers.com/classes

NOW 2025: Week One - Maylee Todd, Jacob Wolff, Diana Wyenn and Ammunition Theatre Company
2025-11-06 20:00 - 21:30, 2025-11-07 20:00 - 21:30, 2025-11-08 20:00 - 21:30 | REDCAT, 631 W 2nd St, Los Angeles, CA, 90012, United States
The 22nd annual New Original Works kicks off with a program of works by Maylee Todd, Jacob Wolff, Diana Wyenn and Ammunition Theatre Company.
BUY A FESTIVAL PASS! SEE ALL 9 WORKS FOR $50!

Maylee Todd
MOUTH
Part surreal cabaret, part psychological spiral, MOUTH is a journey through the chaos of identity and mental health. This boundary-blurring performance fuses music, raw humor, video projections, and inflatable set design to create an unsettling yet ecstatic experience. Highlighting songs from her forthcoming LP, Maylee Todd shapeshifts as she tells stories of attraction, self-doubt, and endurance in a sonic and visual fever dream.

Jacob Wolff
BEG
In this experimental opera, Jacob Wolff (Music BFA 23) takes up the rodeo clown—a figure who endures physical danger and humiliation for the audience’s entertainment—to consider the tension between performance, risk, and self-deprecation. Incorporating live and pre-recorded electronic music, dance, theater, and improvisation, BEG seeks to dissolve the boundaries between performers, audience, and performance space. Ordinary materials like ladders and wood transform into dynamic elements of set design, as movements and tasks set up physical challenges in an exploration of spectacle, sacrifice, and labor.

Diana Wyenn and Ammunition Theatre Company
I Am an American (via Los Angeles)
What is it to be living in the United States of America today? What are the challenges of participating in a democracy that was built without many of us in mind? Performed by an ensemble whose identities and perspectives reflect the diversity of Los Angeles, this production illuminates the lives of a cross section of Angelenos today. Weaving together autobiographical accounts, song, and spectacle, I Am an American (via Los Angeles) is an intimate, honest, and searing look at being in relationship with ideas of America, conceived and directed by Diana Wyenn, and devised with LA-based Ammunition Theatre Company.

NOW 2025: Week One will be presented as one shared program of all three works on Thursday, Friday, and Saturday.
Please note: MOUTH contains mature content and loud sounds; BEG contains nudity, mature content, flashing lights, and loud sounds; I Am an American (via Los Angeles) contains mature content and flashing lights.

Discounts available for REDCAT members, students & the CalArts faculty and staff

Kathak Classes
2025-11-08 08:00 - 17:00, 2025-11-15 08:00 - 17:00 | Agoura Hills and Thousand Oaks
Seasoned performing artist and Kathak Guru Sona Lewis will be teaching Kathak at government institutions in Agoura Hills and Thousand Oaks from Nov 8 through Dec 20, every Saturday. Email at sonalewis1@gmail.com for additional information.

Alonzo King LINES Ballet
2025-11-08 20:00 - 21:30 | The Carpenter Center, 6200 E. Atherton St., Long Beach, CA, 90815, United States
“Brilliant” —San Francisco Chronicle
Experience an evening of electrifying choreography with two recent works by visionary choreographer Alonzo King. “Ode to Alice Coltrane” explores Coltrane’s spiritual soundscapes, diving into the composer, pianist, and harpist’s masterpieces, including Journey In Satchidananda, recognized as one of the greatest albums of all time by Rolling Stone. The program also captures the imaginative storytelling of Maurice Ravel in Ma mère l’Oye as the company puts a contemporary twist on Ravel’s 1912 suite of Mother Goose fairy tales.

Blen Blen LA
2025-11-08 20:00 - 2025-11-09 03:00 | CA
Every 2nd Saturday Social!
Dance should be for everyone!

NOW 2025: Week Two - Gabriela Burdsall; Orin Calcagne and Jenson Titus; Divya Victor, Carolyn Chen, AMOC*
2025-11-13 20:00 - 21:30, 2025-11-14 20:00 - 21:30, 2025-11-15 20:00 - 21:30 | REDCAT, 631 W 2nd St, Los Angeles, CA, 90012, United States
The 22nd annual New Original Works continues with a program of works by Gabriela Burdsall; Orin Calcagne and Jenson Titus; and Divya Victor, Carolyn Chen, AMOC*.
BUY A FESTIVAL PASS! SEE ALL 9 WORKS FOR $50!

Gabriela Burdsall
MENEO
Gabriela Burdsall presents the body as a fluid canvas for identity, resistance, and celebration in this solo dance performance. The artist takes up el meneo, a movement rooted in Caribbean social dances, in conversation with la clave, the core syncopated rhythm of Cuban music, in a dynamic interplay between rhythm, body, and cultural heritage. MENEO presents dance as a fleeting monument that questions power and its political symbols. As Burdsall’s body meanders and sways, she moves between trance-like states of ecstasy and introspection. Her raw physical presence becomes a vessel for primal energy, as the pulse viscerally binds her to history.

Orin Calcagne and Jenson Titus
Mommy
Mommy is a comedy-horror play about a family plagued by their mother’s mental illness. When Daddy announces that he will be moving his homosexual lover into the family home, an already unstable Mommy is pushed past her limit and descends into emotional chaos, dragging the rest of her family down with her. In this surreal family farce, the artists utilize their clowning backgrounds to bring humor to painful circumstances. A live foley soundscape and musical score composed and performed by Cleo Henman bring further texture to this absurd melodrama. Mommy ultimately uses comedy to dissect relationship dynamics and traditional norms in an exploration of what makes society sick.

Divya Victor, Carolyn Chen, AMOC*
Thresholds
In Thresholds, composer Carolyn Chen presents a musical adaptation of poems from Divya Victor’s books KITH and CURB, which explore immigrant experiences of everyday life amidst racist violence in the United States. Reading selections live, Victor traces an arc of arrival, assimilation, and loss as immigrants move through the paperwork of visas and citizenship, mythic underpinnings of air travel, diasporic memories of homeland, and white-supremacist violence against South Asians. The music responds to the expressivity of Victor’s text with notated compositions and improvised materials developed for an ensemble integrating Western and Carnatic music assembled by American Modern Opera Company (AMOC*).

NOW 2025: Week Two will be presented as one shared program of all three works on Thursday, Friday, and Saturday.
Please note: Mommy contains mature content, loud sounds, gunshot sounds, and mentions of suicide and self-harm.

* Discounts available for REDCAT members, students & the CalArts faculty and staff

Reconstruct Exhibition
2025-11-13 20:00 - 22:00 | The Alex Theatre, 216 N Brand Blvd, Glendale, CA, 91203, United States
Reconstruct – Exhibition is a remarkable platform that brings together choreographers and dancers from all over the nation, showcasing various styles and concepts in live theater performances. Join us for the 5th anniversary celebration of Reconstruct Exhibition at The Alex Theatre in Glendale, California. Be captivated by our annual choreographer showcase highlighting 28 talented artists and their dancers.

VULGAR
2025-11-14 20:00 - 22:00, 2025-11-15 20:00 - 22:00 | EVERYTHING, 500 S Victory Blvd, Burbank, CA, 91502, United States
Tickets are on sale for VULGAR, a new immersive dance theater experience coming to Burbank on Friday and Saturday, 11/14 and 15, choreographed and produced by Stephanie Mizrahi.

“VULGAR” is a satirical work that invites audiences into the social dancing culture of the 1910s while critiquing the rigid moral and gender norms of the time. Enjoy food, drinks, pre-show live music, and a comedic night-out of dance and theater!

Ticket link: https://www.eventbrite.com/e/vulgar-tickets-1703736133639...

Discounted tickets for professional artists and students are available!
