Entertainment & Arts
“No,” says cable personality Victoria Looseleaf, “Looseleaf isn’t my real name.
Feb. 8, 1992
In her attempts at “defining dance” -- accompanied by requisite boundary-pushing -- Arianne MacBean, producer of the third annual Dance Moving Forward Festival, presented an evening of seven emerging choreographers at Highways Performance Space on Friday.
Oct. 14, 2002
In Victoria’s Secret ads, thong-and-corset-filled window displays and Madonna’s latest show, sexy lingerie is all the rage.
Aug. 22, 2004
At the Skirball, a freight elevator (maximum capacity: 50) becomes a platform for two performers who delight in making the most of its angles and acoustics.
Nov. 17, 2002
Calling all coin collectors: If you’re looking for a 1933 Mercury-head dime, be advised you won’t find one in a numismatic shop, but you can see one on stage at the Ahmanson Theatre, where the feel-good musical “42nd Street” is playing.
July 27, 2003
Los Angeles Opera gives its ‘Damnation of Faust’ singers a lift on a gigantic lamp created by a visionary director.
Sept. 21, 2003
Drawing from an eclectic well on Friday, the annual COLA (City of Los Angeles) performance series began its final weekend on two stages in the Los Angeles Theatre Center with mostly new works by modern dance choreographer Victoria Marks and classical Cambodian dancer-choreographer Sophiline Cheam Shapiro.
June 17, 2002
Who knew that 21st century performance art might look like either stand-up comedy without cocktails or an abbreviated psychoanalytic session as imagined by a hyperactive kewpie doll?
June 16, 2003
It’s all about sex: the music, the costumes and the movement.
Oct. 15, 2002
Choreographer Terry Beeman understands the body: Whether he’s assigning it sculptural balancing poses, making use of deliberate slow-motion runners’ stances or busting loose with glorious, in-your-face primal lunges, this dancemaker -- and 20 breathtaking dancers -- stole the show from Rei Aoo’s Dance Planet at Glendale Community College Auditorium on Saturday.
March 10, 2003