“Flamenco is a fragile art. It exists on the verges of society, just as the Gypsies once existed in the same way.” So opens the recently completed documentary “Kumpania” by Katina Dunn, a story of the passionate dancers, singers, musicians, and producers who pursue flamenco in Los Angeles as a labor of love and often [...]

I have always loved the scene in the film Dirty Dancing where Baby bursts into the staff dance party at Kellermen’s carrying a watermelon. She gets a glimpse of how the professionals who teach dance by day let loose at night. Walking into The Floor, a multi-genre improv dance night that happens every third Monday [...]

In my latest installment for the Los Angeles Times “Boogie Nights” column, I visited Club Soulside at Cafe Club Fais Do-Do, a monthly invocation of all things mod (a subculture with roots in 1960s Britain). In the late 1970s and early ’80s, a mod revival swept through Southern California, introducing a new generation to its [...]