Alvin Ailey

Segerstrom Center's 2013-14 season: 'Mormon,' 'Once,' solo divas

2013-03-23 14:00:00

“The Book of Mormon” and “Once,” Broadway musicals that dominated the two most recent Tony Awards, will come to Segerstrom Center for the Arts in Costa Mesa during the three-venue complex’s 2013-14 season. Bernadette Peters...

Dance Spotlight: Alicia Graf Mack on keeping Alvin Ailey legacy alive

2013-03-08 08:30:00

Alvin Ailey American Dance Theater returns to the Music Center in April with three programs of mixed repertory, combining contemporary works with such Ailey classics as 1960's "Revelations." Alicia Graf Mack, who rejoined the company in 2011 after she...

Glorya Kaufman, dance school patron, made a USC trustee

2012-12-18 14:28:00

Arts patron Glorya Kaufman – known as “the dancing philanthropist” – was elected to the University of Southern California Board of Trustees on Dec. 5. Kaufman recently gave the university an multimillion-dollar endowment for...

What theater leaders are eager to see at others' venues

2012-12-29 06:00:00

Just because they run their own theater companies doesn't mean they can't look forward to what's ahead on other stages in 2013. We asked some of Los Angeles' theater community leaders what they resolve to see in the new year — at some place other...

To Glorya Kaufman, the art of dance is a gift on several levels

2012-12-01 06:00:00

Tall, sinewy women, their necks thin and erect, mingle in wispy dresses on the arms of broad-shouldered men under the twinkling white lights of the canopied back patio at the Beverly Hills Four Seasons. As dusk fades and cocktails are served, the black-...

Sun

2012-10-05 10:53:00

Forget the always-75-and-sunny stereotype; it can get downright chilly in L.A. during the winter. And as temperatures in Southern California dip, Angelenos to head east to spend the cooler months basking under the desert sun. Here we round up some of...

Las Vegas: Curtains to open on Smith Center for the Performing Arts

2012-03-04 00:00:00

Myron Martin was in fourth grade when he attended an opera at Jones Hall for the Performing Arts in Houston. "Our school bus pulled up to the front, and I saw this majestic building, and I knew that we'd gone someplace special," he said of his first...

Music review: New Les Surprises Baroques in Santa Monica

2012-04-16 16:32:15

Benjamin Millepied discloses details about his L.A. Dance Project

2012-04-16 16:32:16

Alvin Ailey, Joffrey and ABT part of Music Center's 2012-13 season

2012-04-16 16:32:17

Review: L.A. Phil's 'Sublime Schubert' fest kicks off with heat

2012-04-17 17:35:00

"Sublime Schubert" is what the Los Angeles Philharmonic is calling this week of Schubert and nothing but. The festival began at Walt Disney Concert Hall on Monday night with a performance of the most beloved song cycle, "Die Sch�ne M�llerin," by...

Liz Casebolt and Joel Smith plan more unorthodox dance moves

2012-01-08 00:00:00

Alicia Graf Mack in Alvin Ailey's "Memoria."

2013-03-07 16:56:58

ALVIN AILEY AMERICAN DANCE THEATER What you need to know: Liberty City's own Robert Battle returns to Miami as artistic director of the Alvin Ailey company. He's not the only Florida son coming home.

2013-02-15 12:53:00

Alvin Ailey's Revelations

2013-01-04 12:36:00