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since thrilled audiences with performances throughout the U.S., Mexico, Canada, and South Africa. The Los Angeles Times has called their work "pyrotechnic physicality." Experience the orixa for yourself at their Ford Amphitheatre performance on July 27. viverbrasil.com Celebrate Dance Jamie Nichols knows that the underdog has a lot to prove. That's why she founded Celebrate Dance, an annual production spotlighting emerging dance companies and choreographers. In eight short years, the show has already presented 42 companies to more than 11,000 viewers. Los Angeles Weekly writes, "She's not quite Google, but producer Jamie Nichols certainly is a one-woman search engine for anyone who wants to know about the LA dance scene." Start your own search for great performance with Celebrate Dance. celebratedance.org Invertigo Dance Invertigo Dance Theatre has heart. One of the leading dance theater companies in LA, Invertigo creates intensely beautiful yet funny performances night after night. Their mission to explore human connection reveals itself in whimsical performances on stage, and in their Dancing through Parkinson's program, offering weekly classes for people affected by the disease. Above all, Invertigo dancers craft stories that reach the audience. "I believe that dance theatre offers an infinite palate of possibility," says director Laura Karlin. "It can blend comedy, tragedy, and everything in between." invertigodance.org Lula Washington Dance Theatre Lula Washington founded her dance company and school in South LA in 1980. It has since trained thousands of inner-city youth, while the company has performed across the U.S. and in Russia, China, Brazil, Germany, and Mexico. The New York Times describes Washington as "a gifted original," and one who is "doing something more than right in Los Angeles." She is renowned for choreographing the Disney favorite, The Little Mermaid, and director James Cameron's Avatar. See the group at Ford Amphitheater on August 10. lulawashington.org Top row, from left: Viver Brasil, Celebrate Dance, Diavolo, and Invertigo Dance Bottom row, from left: the Los Angeles Contemporary Dance Center and Lula Washington Dance Theatre Diavolo The word diavolo, Italian for devil, is fitting for this group of dancing daredevils. Since the company was founded by Jacques Heim in 1992, Diavolo has taken dancing to new extremes in performances that are one part circus and two parts ESPN. On stage, dancers cavort, leap, and pitch themselves off massive moving structures. The Los Angeles-based group has a decidedly global focus, traveling the world with these dancers' playgrounds. See Diavolo present its newest work, Fluid Infinities, live with the LA Philharmonic at the Hollywood Bowl on September 5, 2013. diavolo.org discoverLosAngeles.com 97 http://www.invertigodance.org http://www.viverbrasil.com http://www.lulawashington.org http://www.celebratedance.org http://www.diavolo.org http://www.discoverLosAngeles.com

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Culture Thrives in the City of Angels
Art, Dance, History, Music, Theater: Downtown LA Has it All
Bask in Surrounding Glory
For More Inspiration, Go West
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US Airways - Los Angeles Culture Guide