LA Dance Calendar

SEEKING DANCERS FOR DISCOFOOT IN WEST HOLLYWOOD
2026-03-31 00:00 - 23:59 (America/Los_Angeles) | CA
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: MARCH 31, 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

Musical Theatre Jazz Class
2026-03-31 18:30 - 20:00, 2026-04-07 18:30 - 20:00, 2026-04-14 18:30 - 20:00, 2026-04-21 18:30 - 20:00, 2026-04-28 18:30 - 20:00, 2026-05-05 18:30 - 20:00, 2026-05-12 18:30 - 20:00, 2026-05-19 18:30 - 20:00 and 3 more dates | 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!

VESTIBULE
2026-04-03 19:30 - 20:30, 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.

Gilgamesh
2026-04-11 17:00, 2026-04-12 17:00, 2026-04-13 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, 2026-05-09 20:00 - 2026-05-10 03:00 | CA
Every 2nd Saturday Social!
Dance should be for everyone!

¿Con Qué se Come?
2026-04-17 19:30 - 21:00, 2026-04-18 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?

45th Anniversary Celebration Show
2026-04-25 20:00 - 22:00, 2026-04-26 15:00 - 17:00 | 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.

DANCING WITH BOB: RAUSCHENBERG, BROWN & CUNNINGHAM ONSTAGE
2026-05-07 19:30 - 21:30, 2026-05-08 19:30 - 21:30, 2026-05-09 19:30 - 21:30 | Bram Goldsmith Theater, 450 N Crescent Dr, Beverly Hills, CA, 90210, United States
Witness another side of Robert Rauschenberg in Dancing with Bob: Rauschenberg, Brown & Cunningham Onstage, a tribute marking the centennial of this American iconoclast. Rauschenberg is known for his visual art and sculptures, but he was also an avid cross-disciplinary collaborator—most frequently with choreographic legends Trisha Brown and Merce Cunningham. Together, these three figures revolutionized dance, sound, and visual art.
Trisha Brown Dance Company and Merce Cunningham Trust join forces, presenting Brown’s Set and Reset, hailed by the New York Times as “unmistakably Miss Brown at her most tantalizing.” Accompanied by Laurie Anderson’s bewitching electronic score, the choreography ripples with hypnotic, fluid energy.
Dive into Cunningham’s rarely seen comedic piece Travelogue, created with John Cage and Rauschenberg in 1977. This vaudevillian pièce de résistance showcases dancers in playful, absurd exchanges—deadpan yet brilliantly expressive.
Join us for this exhilarating retrospective on three artists whose synergy redefined creative expression.

BODYTRAFFIC SUMMER
2026-06-04 19:30 - 21:30, 2026-06-05 19:30 - 21:30, 2026-06-06 14:00 - 16:00 | Bram Goldsmith Theater, 450 N Crescent Dr, Beverly Hills, CA, 90210, United States
Ma Maison
with Live Music by Preservation Hall Jazz Band
“Vibrant New Orleans-style jazz and brilliant contemporary ballet” (L.A. Times) take the stage with an unforgettable evening featuring a landmark work by BODYTRAFFIC Creative Partner and choreographic icon Trey McIntyre.
In Ma Maison, McIntyre pays tribute to the vibrant life-and-death rituals of New Orleans, with BODYTRAFFIC’s dancers moving in communion with the electrifying live sounds of the Preservation Hall Jazz Band. Performed with musicians on stage and featuring intricate, newly reconstructed costumes, this rare restaging is both a remembrance and a celebration of a vibrant jazz tradition.
Through McIntyre’s signature blend of cinematic flair and musicality, this program showcases BODYTRAFFIC’s technical virtuosity, emotional depth, and sleek style.
