Dance Pick: L.A. Dance Project

L.A. Dance Project hosts L.A. Dances, promising an intermittent festival spread over six weeks with 10 Los Angeles premiers and six world premieres, divided into three programs. Labeled Program A, B & C, each installment has works from four or five choreographers, most from New York, a few based here, plus a revival of a work by the late Bella Lewitzky.

The opening Program A includes Adagio in B Minor from former New York City Ballet now LADP dancer Janie Taylor, Rising Water from current NYCB dancer Gianna Reisen, Split Step from Emily Mast & Zack Winokur, and Chapter Song from NY-based Kyle Abraham, who is currently a UCLA artist in residence. This program repeats October 10-13, 20, & 25.

Program B brings Lewitzky's Kinaesonata, and works from Charm La'Donna, Mast & Winokur on October 3-6, 16-18 & 25. Program C presents two works from LA Dance Project director Benjamin Millepied, Lewitzky's Kinaesonata, plus dancemakers Tino Sehgal and Madeline Hollander on November 14-17 & 21-24.

LA Dance Project, 2245 E. Washington Blvd., downtown; Program A: Thu.-Sun., Sept. 26-29, 8 p.m., complete schedule at website. $45. ladanceproject.org/19-20-season.

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