With the new year on us already, an exciting slate of dance programs is in the offering. The Wallis Annenberg Center for the Performing Arts located in Beverly Hills has an thrilling line up the next couple of months that include LA Dance Project's Harbor Me and Debbie Allen's Freeze Frame among others. World renowned choreographers Debbie Allen, Benjamin Millepied, Justin Peck, Sidi Larbi Cherkaoui, and Daniel Ezralow show off their talents. Legendary American ballerina Suzanne Farrell will be on hand to launch Dance @ The Wallis on January 24 and stick around to teach a master class. It is an excellent chance to watch a master lend some of her experience and knowledge to the next generation.
Paul Crewes, the Wallis Annenberg Center for the Performing Arts' new Artistic Director who takes the reins full time in April 2016, according to their official press release, had this to say about the upcoming line up, " "We are thrilled to launch 2016 with performances showcasing three very different L.A.-based dance companies. Each work from L.A. Dance Project, Debbie Allen and the Ezralow Dance Company brings a strong particular aesthetic that can also deliver a powerful message. Suzanne Farrell and Judith Jamison are living legends and their master classes will most certainly inspire not only the next generation of performers and choreographers, but also The Wallis audience members."
The 29th and 30th of January will see LA Dance Project make its Wallis debut and will debut its new show Harbor Lights, choreographed by award-winning Belgian artist Sidi Larbi Cherkaoui.
The following week, Debbie Allen brings her show Freeze Frame to the Wallis. The press release notes about this innovative show, "Freeze Frame takes audiences on a rollercoaster ride through some of LA's toughest city streets in a dance-driven narrative that will reframe the conversation about violence in America. Fusing together dance, music, film and theater, Freeze Frame is the next installment of The Wallis' Arts & Ideas: Community Connections series, which aims to spark dialogue about societal and cultural issues and ideas through stimulating conversations and thought-provoking performances.
Tickets range from $25 all the way up to $117.
