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The lights dim and the mystical Eye of Horus commands our focus. Hieroglyphics and distinctive carvings flank the famous Egyptian symbol of resurrection as the overture swells and the drop curtain morphs into a portal to the past.
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Limón Dance Company launches its 80th anniversary season with three works that represent the company’s past, present, and future. They not only celebrate José Limón, but demonstrate how his themes guide the company in fresh new ways. The evening opens with a vintage 10-minute solo, “Chaconne” (1942), adapted for this program as a welcoming and inclusive ensemble number, with a large, multi-generational cast of company dancers past and present, students, and faculty. In a restaging of “Emperor Jones” (1956) artistic director Dante Puleio moves a culturally outdated work into relevance. The news of the evening arrives in the finale with “Jamelgos,” a new work exploring queer masculinity by Diego Vega Solorza, who hails from the same region of Mexico as Limón.
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The lights dim and the mystical Eye of Horus commands our focus. Hieroglyphics and distinctive carvings flank the famous Egyptian symbol of resurrection as the overture swells and the drop curtain morphs into a portal to the past.
PlusFresh from performing the concert version of George Balanchine’s “Who Cares?” at the Hollywood Bowl earlier this month, Los Angeles Ballet mounted a tribute to “American Icons” which included Jerome Robbins “The Cage,” Paul Taylor’s “Dilly Dilly,” and the return of artistic director Melissa Barak’s “Wavelength” for an evening at the Broad Stage in Santa Monica.
PlusBorn in 1969 to a pair of gifted dancers—Marilyn Jones and Garth Welch—in Melbourne, Australia, it only seemed natural that their son, Stanton Welch, would follow in his parents’ balletic footsteps.
PlusMalandain Ballet Biarritz is approaching the end of an era. After nearly three decades at its helm, Thierry Malandain will hand over the direction of the Centre Chorégraphique National to Martin Harriague in January 2027.
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