La Dance Fest

The Los Angeles Dance Festival is a month-long festival of contemporary dance in Los Angeles. The festival activates the landscape of LA with performances and classes over four weekends every spring. This festival captures the artistic creations of LA based choreographers using art to shape and define what it means inhabit LA.

LADF began in 2012 and has grown each year to now be in 5 locations over 4 weeks. Our goal is to support the artists of LA with performance stages and master classes, the future of LA with student participation and build audiences that support LA dance with open classes and economically  and geographically accessible performances

 LADF cover the wide geographic and cultural range of LA both in the artists that are on stage and the audiences we reach. LADF presents the voices of what LA looks like today: diverse and creatively cutting edge, giving voice to the new generations living in LA. We both honor traditions and move to blend them into a fresh contemporary way of looking at the world.  LADF now presents 50 companies in the month of April in five different geographically accessible sites: performances and master classes At the Luckman Theater on the Cal State LA campus Main Stage is our top-level showcase. Fringe showcase for emerging choreographers in the Black Box Diavolo space by Downtown LA. Site Specific performance event is in the southern LA region at Angels Gate Cultural Center, Master Classes and LADF company auditions in BPStudios in East LA, Canoga Park and San Pedro.

Sponsored in part by a grant from the City of LA Department of Cultural Affairs

2020 events are co-produced with The Luckman Fine Arts Complex, Cal State LA.