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Preserving Cambodian Classical Dance in Long Beach
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How Modern Apsara Company Keeps a Centuries-Old Cambodian Art Form Alive in Southern California
Modern Apsara Company aims to preserve and innovate the tradition of Cambodian dance in Southern California.
A man performs a back flip over a red sign spinning advertisement sign. The sign, however, unlike typical advertisement signs, reads, "Conceptual artists are mystics rather than rationalists," — an excerpt from Sol LeWitt's "Sentences on Conceptual Art."
Sign Spinning Meets Sol LeWitt at Santa Ana's Grand Central Art Center
Artist Yumi Roth combines the often misunderstood, vilified and outlawed art of sign spinning and sets it against a fine art gallery setting in her "Spin (after Sol LeWitt)" art exhibition at the Grand Central Art Center (GCAC) in Santa Ana.
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The Westside Dance Movement That Laid the Foundation for West Coast Hip-Hop
During the early 1980s, throwing parties was one of the most lucrative ways for people in the 'hood to make money. Learn more about Ultra Wave, a popular crew that animated the Westside of Los Angeles.
An illustrated logo that says "Ozz Steaks & Seafood"
Like Queer Church on Sundays: Ozz Supper Club Gave Young LGBTQ a Place to Belong
If you remember Ozz Supper Club — popularly known as Ozz — in Buena Park, California, you remember a magical time of budding queerness and mutual bonding at the gay club near Knotts.
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How Mustache Mondays Built an Inclusive Queer Nightlife Scene and Influenced the Arts in L.A.
The cultural impact of Mustache Mondays, a weekly event held at nightclubs throughout downtown, continues to reverberate through the worlds of fashion, photography, performance art, visual art, music and choreography in Los Angeles and beyond.
A young woman smiles at the camera with roller skates on.
Black Angelenos Reclaim L.A.’s Roller Skate Culture on the Rinks and in the Streets
Today's jam skaters draw from a community built over generations at Venice Beach and rinks across the city.
Chloe Arnold is photographed professionally wearing a leather-like top and red pants.
A Dancer for Justice: Chloe Arnold Connects Youth to their Humanity Through Movement
Emmy-nominated tap dancer Chloe Arnold credits dance for saving her life. Now, she is paying it forward by offering inner-city youth an opportunity to connect with themselves and others through dance.
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Cumbiatón, a Safe Space for L.A.'s Queer and Latinx Communities, Grows Virtually
The Cumbiatón collective is finding new creative ways to connect to undocumented immigrant and queer communities through its virtual dance parties.
Chloe Arnold and Syncopated Ladies perform a "Savage" remix at the Sepulveda Basin | Still from "Dance Break" Southland Sessions
7 Dance Videos That Helped Us Get Through 2020 
From bathtub ballets to TikTok dance challenges, our screens have exploded with dance videos since the coronavirus pandemic forced us to dance together but apart. Here are a few performances with SoCal connections that helped us get through 2020.  
A Viver Brasil dancer in resplendent yellow dress | Courtesy of Viver Brasil
How Viver Brasil Empowers Black Bodies and Brought Afro-Brazilian Dance to Disney
Viver Brasil expands the circle of Afro-Brazilian dance and perception of samba beyond feathered headdresses, bikinis and heels, empowering Black bodies and narratives in the process.
Danza Floricanto at the Dance Resource Center Awards in 2015. They were performing a piece called "Las 3 Fridas," a reinterpretation of Frida Khalo's painting, "Las 2 Fridas." | Courtesy of Danza Floricanto
Amid Pandemic, Danza Floricanto/USA Finds New Boyle Heights Home
After decades of being primarily “nomadic,” Danza Floricanto/USA finds a new home in Boyle Heights during an unprecedented pandemic.
The final toss during “D-Man in the Waters” performance. | Courtesy of Rosalynde LeBlanc
What A 30-Year-Old Dance Can Teach Us About Coping with a Pandemic
“D-Man in the Waters” is solely about AIDS, but a new documentary reveals that if the landmark piece of postmodern dance were restaged today — during our current COVID crisis — it might take on a whole new meaning.
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