LA Performing Opportunities

HomeGrown – Nurturing Local Dance

For many years LA dance performances were dominated by out-of-town troupes. That’s why the Dance Resource Center created its HomeGrown program, a series of performing opportunities reserved exclusively for LA’s own.

Dancers from @troupevertigo company on stage, three in boxes and two above in plie second position forced arch.

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HomeGrown @ FPDA Holiday Show

Date: Location: Los Angeles, CA

One of our longstanding partners, Fusion Performing Dance Academy features DRC Members during Fusion’s annual Holiday Show. 

2024 Holiday Show Performance: Saturday, December 14

DRC Members Who Participated in HomeGrown @ Holiday Show:

HomeGrown @ LWDT Dance All Day

Date: Location: Crenshaw Blvd. Los Angeles, CA

Each year one of our longstanding partners, Lula Washington Dance Theatre features DRC Members during Dance All Day at the Taste of Soul Festival. 

2024 Dance All Day Performance: Saturday, October 19

DRC Members Who Participated in HomeGrown @ Dance All Day:

2024 On the Record Vinyl Fair

Date: Location: The Music Center

A free community event presented in partnership with Dance Resource Center, Dexter Story, dublab, Arts for LA, LAUSD and LA Commons.

Join us from 4pm – 8pm for a free one-day festivity showcasing the discovery and love of vinyl records and features more than a dozen vendors selling records from a variety of music genres, art-making, interactive activities, dance performances, live DJs and an open dance floor!

Catch an interactive dance performance with Whacking Los Angeles, a community organization dedicated to preserving and advancing the legacy of Punking and Whacking through dance education, events, and nurturing spaces. Watch the company perform, and then hop on to the dance floor to learn some punking and whacking moves. Hosted by Dance Resource Center.

2024 On the Record Vinyl Fair: Saturday, May 4

BlakTinx Dance Festival: Kaleidoscope Dreams

Date: Location: Lula Washington Dance Theatre

BlakTinx’s 2024 Dance Festival brings together immensely talented Black and Latinx dancers/choreographers of Los Angeles drawing from all genres, including contemporary, tap, traditional West African, hip hop and fusion. It’s an hour and half of electrifying dance and a reflection of the lustrous tapestry of color, age, gender and artistic disciplines that make LA a truly great dance city!

Join Blaktinx, Dance Resource Center (DRC), and LWDT to celebrate and toast to LA’s diverse and vibrant dance community & Leimert Park artists!

2024 BlakTinx Dance Festival: Saturday, March 30

HomeGrown @ LWDT Dance All Day

Date: 2021-10-17 10:00:00 Location: Crenshaw Blvd. Los Angeles, CA

Each year one of our longstanding partners, Lula Washington Dance Theatre features DRC Members during Dance All Day at the Taste of Soul Festival. 

2023 Dance All Day Performance: Saturday, October 21

DRC Members Who Participated in HomeGrown @ Dance All Day:

ON THE RECORD: Vinyl Fair

Date: 2021-10-17 10:00:00 Location: Jerry Moss Plaza at The Music Center

A free community event presented in partnership with Dance Resource Center, Dexter Story, dublab, Arts for LA and LA Commons.

Join us from 10am – 3pm for a free one-day festivity showcasing the discovery and love of vinyl records and features more than a dozen vendors selling records from a variety of music genres, workshop demos on DJing, artmaking activities, interactive augmented reality (AR) experience, dance performances, live DJs and more!

DRC Members Who Participated in ON THE RECORD: Vinyl Fair:

Four dancers from @lula_washington_dance_theatre on stage at Dance All Day Festival in LA.

HomeGrown @ LWDT Dance All Day

Date: 2021-10-17 10:00:00 Location: Crenshaw Blvd. Los Angeles, CA

Each year one of our longstanding partners, Lula Washington Dance Theatre features DRC Members during Dance All Day at the Taste of Soul Festival. DRC Members can apply to participate on a first-come, first-served basis.

2021 Dance All Day Performance: Saturday, October 17
Deadline to Apply: FALL 2021 (TBD)

DRC Members Who Participated in HomeGrown @ Dance All Day:

Los Angeles Music Center 'For the Love of LA' logo.

The Music Center “For the Love of LA”

Date: 2020-07-16 00:00:00 Location: Los Angeles, CA

As Community Partner in Residence at The Music Center, the DRC was thrilled to invite six of our members for a PAID appearance in The Music Center’s outstanding digital series entitled For The Love of LA. Celebrating Angeleno creativity in music, dance and visual culture, For the Love of LA provided more than 35 artists a platform to express their views of LA that were relevant and reflective of the extraordinary events of 2020. 

 

 

Check Out the Work of Your Fellow Members!

Fusion: https://youtu.be/xLQYvlWqT2U

Syncopated Ladies: https://youtu.be/1c-U4cB_B-4

Rangoli: https://youtu.be/g5Kmcnr_f2o

Pacifico: https://youtu.be/RleEczXMo9I

Versa-Style: https://youtu.be/9atLJUKfFNg

 

 

DRC Members Who Participated in “For the Love of LA”:

Dancers from @blaktinxdance huddled together on stage wearing jewel toned costumes.

BlakTinx Festival

Date: 2020-06-06 00:00:00 Location: Bootleg Theatre

BlakTinx Dance Festival is a dance concert that showcases and celebrates the powerful, dynamic work of Black and Latinx dance makers. Its mission is to present current cutting-edge voices of Black and Latinx choreographers while creating more opportunities for artists of color. Originating in Los Angeles, premiering for the first time in 2013 and produced by choreographer Licia Perea, BlakTinx has been an annual production at the Bootleg Theatre for the past six years.

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Hear from Our Members

"We so enjoyed participating in The Music Center's For The Love Of LA. It was a wonderful opportunity and impetus to bring the company members together virtually to create a new piece reflective of current times, and not only connect with and inspire one another, but also re-connect with and celebrate neighborhoods we love across Los Angeles County."

Pat Taylor, Jazz Antiqua Dance & Music Ensemble