LA Dance Calendar

Musical Theatre Jazz Class
2026-04-28 18:30 - 20:00, 2026-04-21 18:30 - 20:00, 2026-04-14 18:30 - 20:00, 2026-04-07 18:30 - 20:00 (America/Los_Angeles) | 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!

AUDITIONS for Nannette Brodie Dance Theatre
2026-04-27 19:00 - 21:30
We are looking for dancers with strong modern and ballet training plus a love of improvisation. Send photo and resume to nannette@nbdt.net. Must be available for rehearsals on Monday and Wednesday evenings. Visit our website for more info about our company at https://nannettebrodie.org

A Midsummer Night's Dream
2026-04-26 16:00 - 17:30, 2026-04-25 16:00 - 17:30 | Lewis Family Playhouse, 12505 Cultural Center Drive, Rancho Cucamonga, CA, 91730, United States
A night in the forest becomes an adventure of love, laughter, and magic in this enchanting ballet inspired by Shakespeare’s A Midsummer Night’s Dream presented, once again, by Inland Pacific Ballet, the region’s premier ballet company celebrating 30 years of excellence in dance. This timeless story comes to life through dance, weaving together romance, humor, and fantasy in a celebration of Shakespeare’s classic tale, where fairies play tricks, friends get caught in mix-ups, and nothing goes as planned. By sunrise, the spells are broken, hearts are set right, and everyone discovers that even the wildest night can lead to a happy ending. There are only two performances between April 25-26 at Lewis Family Playhouse in Rancho Cucamonga.
This ballet version of A Midsummer Night’s Dream follows four young lovers who wander into an enchanted forest, where fairies and magical mischief turn love and reason upside down. As spells are cast and hearts are confused, chaos transforms into wonder beneath the moonlight. Featuring Inland Pacific Ballet’s Company Dancers and choreographed by the celebrated Laurence Blake, known as a distinguished performer, choreographer, and educator, along with a score composed by Felix Mendelssohn, which is highly regarded for its romantic style and thematic connection to the fairy world, audiences will be enthralled with Queen Titania (Kelsey Dorr) and King Oberon (Special guest artist Reece Taylor, former IPB Company Member) as they celebrate their dominion over the fairies and their control over the mismatched human lovers in ecstatic dance. The trickster, Puck (Ahlias Tiamzon), gambols throughout the corps spreading magic and mischief. The ballet concludes with an extended, lavish wedding dance featuring a large and diverse cast amid glorious sets.

Saturday, April 25; 4:00 pm
Sunday, April 26; 2:00 pm

45th Anniversary Celebration Show
2026-04-26 15:00 - 17:00, 2026-04-25 20:00 - 22:00 | Lineage Performing Arts Center, 920 Mountain St., Pasadena, CA, 91104, United States
Benita Bike’s DanceArt celebrates its 45th season of dance April 25 & 26 at the lovely Lineage Performing Arts Center, 920 E. Mountain Steet in Pasadena, California. Among the multitude of dance expressions in Southern California, Benita Bike’s DanceArt holds a special place as a company working in the modern dance style/state-of-mind. The Company strives to create expressive movement that fills the space architecturally with line and design. This 45th Anniversary show will feature concert works created between 2017 and 2026.

ConFusion3
2026-04-25 17:00 - 22:00 | Stomping Ground LA, 5453 Alhambra Ave. Los Angeles, CA 90032, Los Angeles, CA, 90032, United States
Fate whispers to the warrior,
“You cannot withstand the storm,”
And the warrior whispers back,
“I am the storm.”
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The Lyquid Fusion Collective Presents:
⚡️ ConFusion3 ⚡️
Contemporary + Fusion = ConFusion
A WHIMSICAL TAPESTRY OF ARTISTRY & RAW EMOTION
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ConFusion is Dani Nicole’s original movement concept — where Contemporary dance expressions meet the subtle intricacies of Fusion partnering, forming a fluid, unmistakable style. This vision has evolved into the ConFusion Series — an immersive experience that invites you to dive into connection, curiosity, and creativity:
✨ DYNAMIC PARTNERING WORKSHOP —
✧ Taught by Dani Nicole
🎭 IMPROVISED INTERACTIVE PERFORMANCE WITH A MYSTERY THEME —
✧ Co-created by The Lyquid Fusion Collective
🪩 SOCIAL DANCE PARTY —
✧ All expression styles welcome!
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The Lyquid Fusion Collective needs YOU to help shape the mystery that ConFusion3 holds…
This space is for all movers — every style, every level, every background.
Come play.
Come move.
Come embrace the ConFusion. 💛
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‼️ IMPORTANT NOTE: THIS IS A CASHLESS EVENT! ‼️
If you choose to pay via cash in person, change will NOT be available. Thank you for understanding. 🙏🏻

Mad Hot Bollywood - Blue13 Dance Company
2026-04-22 20:45 - 21:45 | The Pickle Factory at Frogtown Creative, 2828 Gilroy St, Los Angeles, CA, Los Angeles, CA, 90039, United States
Your new weekly Bollywood dance party in LA.
This isn’t a class—it’s a vibe. Move, sweat, and celebrate to a live DJ every week in a high-energy, follow-along Bollywood dance experience designed for all levels (yes, even “I don’t dance” dancers). Led by Achinta Sawhny McDaniel, the OG Bollywood dance master credited with introducing Los Angeles to Bollywood 25 years ago, Mad Hot Bollywood brings legacy, swagger, and pure joy to the dance floor. Backing the heat is a playlist of nonstop Bollywood bangers that keep the room pulsing and the energy sky-high.
Expect:

Sexy, joyful movement
A welcoming, judgment-free dance floor
Real Indian dopeness, no performative nonsense
A room full of grown-ups dancing like nobody’s watching

Liquid courage is available (but never required). Come as you are—leave sweaty, smiling, and a little obsessed.
Mad Hot Bollywood: where LA comes to dance, glow, and feel damn good.

Nothing But Skin: XXXPOSED
2026-04-18 20:00 - 23:30 | Three Clubs, 1123 Vine St, Los Angeles, CA, United States
Join NBS and our special guests for an evening you won’t forget. Be mesmerized by our stunning company of dancers and entertainers, be serenaded by our sizzling songstress, Maelle, all led by the ICON himself. XXXPOSED is a celebration of life and community. We welcome you as you are.
No judgement, no fear, nothing but skin!
Join us on a truly immersive evening with music, vocals, dance, burlesque, drag, aerial hoop, interactive games and SO much audience participation! If you haven’t been to a Nothing But Skin experience…well what are you waiting for?!
Come to the party and get your tickets now! TWO NIGHTS to choose from, April 18th or May 2nd at Three Clubs, 8pm.

LMU College of Communication and Fine Arts Presents Spring Dance Concert, April 15-18
2026-04-18 20:00 - 22:00, 2026-04-17 20:00, 2026-04-16 20:00 - 22:00, 2026-04-15 20:00 - 22:00 | Loyola Marymount University, 1 LMU Dr, Los Angeles, CA, 90026, United States
Loyola Marymount University’s Dance program presents its annual Spring Dance Concert from April 15-18.
The Spring Dance Concert is an audition-only show choreographed by LMU dance majors within the College of Communication and Fine Arts. Selected student choreographers work with faculty mentors to further develop their choreographic voice, and work with a costume and a lighting designer to see their work come to life.

Innerstice
2026-04-18 20:00 - 21:30 | Highways Performance Space, 1651 18th Street, 18th Street Arts Center, Santa Monica, CA, 90404, United States
Innerstice is a live music & dance theatre performance.
A cross-disciplinary collaboration featuring composer/pianist Takumi Kakimoto, movement artists Mia Snape, Jalen Scriven, Kyson Kai, Ellery Donlon, and cellist Danny O’Connell. This work is Inspired by the idea of “kintsugi” — the appreciation of the spaces between fractured pieces.
“We are constantly, and inevitably changed in the daily life-and-deaths,
We continue to fall back into the circle of repetition and liminal spaces in life, or break again — Then, where do we go from there?
It is the sad and beautiful struggle of being. And it will always exist throughout the time of our existence. However, we always remember and carry our history; restart from the bottom of the well; and continuing to experience and remold our own identities and inspire those come after us.
Engaging in this process is to live a life experience of tuning with one another as humans; staying true to our own artistic research, and going back-and-forth with the other art form that resonates in expressions and feelings, generated from the origin of pure love, the urge to express, and the very raw authenticity…
We are exploring the possibilities between live music and movement, what it means for musicians and dancers to be in the flow of continuous dialogue and exchange, honoring, interweaving, and transcending our art forms, histories, social and cultural experiences, and means of composition and improvisation around the concept that embraces each stage from breaking, accepting fractures, to working towards a new integration, the continuation of the same but adapted self. It is also a freeing from extraneity in and out of our genuine selves. Everyone is just being, acknowledging, and accepting – And I hope you are too, as you are watching.”
– Emily L.
Featuring artists / emotive beings / thinkers:
Takumi Kakimoto – composer and pianist (@takumi_kakimoto)
Mia Snape – dancer (@miasnape_)
Jalen Scriven – dancer (@jalenscriven)
Kyson Kai – dancer (@kyson.kai)
Ellery Donlon – dancer (@ellery.dancer)
Danny O’Connell – cellist (@roco_doco)
Graphics by Tingjie Feng (@jessesheeeep)

The Secret of the Old Clock
2026-04-18 19:30 - 22:00, 2026-04-18 14:00 - 16:00, 2026-04-17 19:30 - 22:00
Experience the original choreography and score of New Classics Ballet Theatre’s Inaugural Spring Production, The Secret of the Old Clock. This imaginative retelling of a beloved classic mystery is something the full family will enjoy.

¿Con Qué se Come?
2026-04-18 19:30 - 21:00, 2026-04-17 19:30 - 21:00 | Glorya Kaufman Hall, Room 200, UCLA, 120 Westwood Plaza, Los Angeles, CA, 90077, United States
Queer Chicanx Dance Theater – Reimagining the quinceañera as ritual, exclusion, and belonging through abstraction and memory.
World Arts & Cultures/Dance presents ¿Con Qué Se Come? as part of UCLA’s MFA Upstarts Series 2026. Choreographed and directed by Gilberto Martinez Martinez. 10 performers in this evening-length dance theater work investigating the cultural, religious, and social strutted embedded within the quinceañera tradition and take into consideration, their impact on queer Chicanx subjectivity. The performance draws from its emotional and ceremonial logics: processions, preparation, spectacle, communal celebration, and expectation, to construct an abstracted world of ritual and transformation. Movement is developed through gestural research, familial ritual practices, Catholic iconography, collective improvisation, and social dance vernaculars that echo the celebratory aesthetics of a quinceañera. ¿Con Qué Se Come? asks What does it mean to celebrate when the celebration was not meant for us?

SEEKING DANCERS FOR DISCOFOOT IN WEST HOLLYWOOD
2026-04-17 00:00 - 23:59
The 2026 World Cup will take place from June 11, 2026 to July 19, 2026. The City of West Hollywood will participate by hosting performances of Discofoot in their “Fan Zone” in West Hollywood Park (647 N. San Vicente Blvd.) from June 26-28, 2026.
The project is looking for professional contemporary dancers with strong technical backgrounds to participate in 4 performances of Discofoot – an ass kickin’, DJ spinnin’, maybe even twerkin’ free-styling battle, where the rules of soccer are twisted and thrashed by dance.
Choreographed by Petter Jacobsson and Thomas Caley, Discofoot is a match/performance played using the basic forms, placement and rules of European football (Soccer). BUT, with one defining factor. To move and/or travel on the field all are required to dance. Never at rest, a continuous improvisation develops that follows the ball but also pays close attention to artistic merit “the battle”, which is a key element to winning the game. The performance is ca. 45-minutes long and very physical, as the field is active at all times.
The work thrives with a diverse group of dancers! So, we are looking for performers of all gender identities with strong personal performance qualities and experience in a variety of forms and styles. That said, a familiarity with ballet technique and a basic knowledge of soccer is a plus.
Most importantly the ideal candidate is open to making instantaneous creative decisions, generating material and comfortable and experienced with improvisation in the creative and performance process.
This opportunity is open to dancers ages 18 and up. Residents of West Hollywood and Los Angeles County are encouraged to apply. Applicants can audition by submitting the following materials via THIS LINK:
VIDEO:
2-minutes Max. – open improvisation, no music
2-minutes Max. – known material, existing rep/choreography
1-minute Max. – “disco” dance like no one is watching, let us hear your favorite music selection!
Please include a professional CV and a photo with your submission. Only complete applications will be considered.
Applicants will be selected and notified from their CV and video material for an in-person audition May 22 – 24, 2026 in West Hollywood, CA.
APPLICATION DEADLINE: April 17, 2026
Dancers must be available for rehearsals in West Hollywood, CA or alternative location in Los Angeles County from June 1 – June 25, performances to take place June 26 – 28, 2026. Dancers will be compensated at $40/hour for a three-week rehearsal period, and $1600/week for performances.
This project is managed by The Blanket – please direct all inquiries to info@theblanket.org

Gilgamesh
2026-04-13 17:00, 2026-04-12 17:00, 2026-04-11 17:00 | LA Arboretum & Botanic Garden, 301 N Baldwin Ave, Arcadia, CA, 91007, United States
An immersive and interactive opera experience.
March 27, 29, April 10,11, 12

Blen Blen LA
2026-04-11 20:00 - 2026-04-12 03:00
Every 2nd Saturday Social!
Dance should be for everyone!

MUTATE
2026-04-11 19:00 - 22:00 | LA Dance Project, 2245 East Washington Blvd., LOS ANGELES, CA, 90021, United States
Mutate | is a selection of multi-medium performances curated by Masha to revisit her cancer diagnosis and how it has changed her relationship with dance. Masha was diagnosed with AML in Russia while pursuing her dream as a professional ballet dancer. From her sudden diagnosis, her sense of self, image, and direction came crumbling down in a matter of seconds. How could a future and identity that she had been building for half of her life dissipate so quickly? Was this life not meant for her?
Since her diagnosis, cancer has mutated Masha’s relationship with dance. Dance no longer grows cancerously inside of Masha as a performer, but rather grows alongside her as a reflection.
The night will include performances from former Principal dancer of Canada National Ballet Skylar Campbell and dancer Jaclyn Oakley, USC BFA student Garris Munez, a world premiere choreographed by Masha Cherezova, comedian and breast cancer survivor Julia Johns + film screenings from various artists.

All profits will be donated to Blood Cancer United and their fight towards saving more lives via Masha’s campaign Raise the Barre.

VESTIBULE
2026-04-04 19:30 - 20:30 | UCLA Kaufman Theater, 110 Westwood Plaza, Los Angeles, 90095, United States
VESTIBULE explores feminist futurities by asking: What is possible when women move together to dismantle inherited separations between body, mind, environment, labor, and care? The choreography unfolds through the processes of ROOTING, FLOWING, and BEAMING, proposing a new way of beginning and becoming anew together. The work inhabits the “vestibule” as a threshold between inner and outer worlds, somatic practice and ecology, and individual presence and collective becoming.

CHOREOGRAPHER/DIRECTOR: Kate Myers
DANCERS: Sakura Amano, Erin Co, Mikayla Knestrick, and Ellington Persley

WHEN: Friday April 3rd, 2026 at 7:30pm and Saturday April 4th, 2026 at 7:30pm
WHEN: UCLA’s Glorya Kaufman Hall, Glorya Kaufman Dance Theater (Room 200)

FREE RSVP: https://forms.gle/RMFtTQPKCicjNxTf6

In The Garden
2026-04-04 15:00 - 16:30 | Miles Playhouse, 1130 Lincoln Blvd., Santa Monica, CA, 90403, United States
Donna Sternberg & Dancers presents In The Garden, a site-specific performance at the Miles Playhouse in Santa Monica. The beautiful garden landscape at the Miles Playhouse in Santa Monica serves as a stage for five dancers. Gliding on pathways, moving amongst the plants and seated in various locations, the dancers perform in different areas while the audience moves along with them. In The Garden uses the framework of plant biology to explore plant life. Ripe with stunning imagery the work dives into topics such as beauty, protection, environmental degradation and decomposition. In The Garden is a continuation of Donna Sternberg & Dancers science series, that seeks to build bridges between science and dance by using scientific investigation to draw metaphors for human engagement.
