We are pleased to announce our 3rd and 4th school residency in the LAUSD this season using "The Better to Bite You With" as the theme. (The Animal Dance, a live and media dance is pictured on the left). Los Angeles Choreographers & Dancers presents the culminating performances of our company dancers and the students of four 2nd grade classes at Taper Ave Elementary where we have been providing student workshops for the past 10 weeks. The participatory program is called "The Better To Bite You With", and is an interactive dance modernized fairy tale based on "Little Red Riding Hood", a tale found in virtually every culture worldwide. Inspired by new technology in computer X-rays used by creator Louise Reichlin's dentist, the work integrates the theme of teeth, one of the most basic and important parts of ours (and many animals') bodies. In October it was sponsored by the Children's Literature Dept at the Mark Taper Auditorium at the LA Central Library. This version for students has an increased emphasis on the learning element of the dance, using it to teach important lessons about the importance of dental health. This residency is presented in partnership with ANGELS GATE CULTURAL CENTER, and sponsored in part by grants from the Don Knabe Arts Education Partnership Program and the Norris Foundation.

Next week we begin a new residency at Rosemont Elementary sponsored in part by a grant from Mitch O'Farrell, LA City Council Member of our own District 13. For information about either residency or our educational workshops in general, contact us at 213-385-1171 or email [email protected]. The work was created for theater at the Jazz Bakery originally through a grant from Culver City, and we adapted it for schools including a study guide several years ago.

We hope to share our dances and teaching with other areas, and new funds from you can also take us to any location in LA and much further.  If you donate, you can help us get to your location!! Please visit our website to make your donation.