Dance & Performance
In their trips to their choreographic countries of origin, Viver Brasil and other L.A.-based troupes give participants cultural exchanges through movement and music. Margit Edwards vividly remembers the exact moment she understood how to dance the samba. On a beach in...
Dance & Performance
Instead of relying on the massive speaker systems found at most clubs, this newish trend has partygoers donning wireless headphones to hear a live DJ broadcast. On a Saturday evening in June, the dance floor at Santa Monica’s Central Social Aid & Pleasure...
Dance & Performance
A younger generation is donning miniskirts and go-go boots and dancing to vintage Northern soul and Motown at Cafe Club Fais Do-Do and Club Soulside. Since she was a teenager, Long Beach resident Darma Elofson has considered herself a mod, part of a stylish subculture...
Dance & Performance
From slinky cabaret shows to variety act extravaganzas, we’ve rounded up LA’s best regular burlesque acts at which to sample the art of the tease. Since the neo-burlesque craze kicked off in the 1990s, the LA burlesque scene has grown into a crowded field...
Dance & Performance
On Urban Ballroom Fridays, Inglewood is the place to be for sharply dressed, smooth-moving dancers of a certain age. It’s Friday night, the lights are low, and music by Beyoncé is pumping, but this is no ordinary nightclub. Dancing couples glide by doing...
