East West Players put their own spin on ‘Pippin’
East West Players put their own spin on ‘Pippin’
Hip-hop moves meld with the understated style of anime.
BLYTHE MATSUI holds her arm straight out, hand flat, palm up, while rotating her body. Dressed in a white lace tank top cropped above her navel and camouflage cargo pants rolled up to reveal high-heeled leather boots, the dancer-choreographer and former Laker Girl turns to Mike Moh, an extreme martial arts specialist, and says: “Blade open.”
Live: Chanticleer
‘Chanticleer Travels the Mission Road’ Where: Mission San Luis Obispo
Live: Jessye Norman at UCLA Live
The soprano again soars with ‘The Five Seasons: Summer, Winter, Spring, Fall and the Eternal Season of Love.’
Jessye Norman called her UCLA Live recital at Royce Hall on Thursday night “The Five Seasons.” That’s “summer, winter, spring, fall and the eternal season of love.”


