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Tijuana-Tipperary Dance Explores the Self and the World

By Janice Steinberg | August 21, 2013 |

Lux Boreal’s collaboration with a dance company from Tipperary produces off-kilter wobbles and a human om, to music that could be the soundtrack for one of the moodier Western films.

Making the cut: Inside the audition for 2013 Trolley Dances

By Kris Eitland | August 21, 2013 |

“I want you to improvise two things – sliding and placement sequences – and don’t forget to change levels,” she said. “Press into other body parts, and I want you end with something risky.”

Three World Premières with a Side of Bartók

By Ken Herman | August 17, 2013 |

When it comes to commissioning new music, the odds for success are no better than those of the casual vacationer visiting a Las Vegas casino and hitting the jackpot. But La Jolla Music Society’s impressive three world premieres Friday (Aug. 16) at SummerFest 2013 beat those odds hands down and offered thrilling Bartók as a bonus.

SummerFest Welcomes the Ambassadors of Early Music

By Ken Herman | August 14, 2013 |

Early music finally arrived in great style at La Jolla SummerFest Tuesday (Aug. 13) with a concert by Nicholas McGegan’s Arcadian Academy, a vibrant quintet of period instrumentalists under McGegan’s astute direction. These players served up a tasty buffet of sonatas by G. F. Handel and Henry Purcell, as well as a slew of lesser-known Italian and English 17th-century composers.