Tiare Keeno successfully straddles the worlds of concert and commercial dance. She began her training at one of the country’s premier competition studios, Center Stage Performing Arts Studio in Orem, Utah, before eventually transitioning to a top-notch classical conservatory, Classical Ballet Academy. All the while, she kept a close relationship with the razzle-dazzle of conventions, […]
“It’s amazing that we’re still here,” says Shana Habel, arts advocate and dance advisor for the Los Angeles Unified School District. “The arts education branch of LAUSD has a lot of support for what we’re doing, but that support can’t always translate into funding, because the money’s just not there. I tell teachers that the […]
Mel Mah (left) and Kim Gringas hosted the event at Playground L.A. in West Hollywood. At the end of last month, YOU GOT THIS, GIRL! (YGTG), a workshop to encourage young dancers to go after their dreams, threw the event YOU GOT THIS, L.A.!, held at L.A.’s newest studio, Playground L.A. YGTG was founded in […]
Körbes with Karel Cruz in one of her final rehearsals at PNB The Los Angeles dance scene’s meteoric rise continues, with another major gain for the Golden Coast: the superlative Carla Körbes. We hadn’t finished drying our eyes following her retirement from Pacific Northwest Ballet earlier this month, when the announcement came she’d been appointed […]