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Director Selects: Amir ElSaffar
Amir ElSaffar is a musical magician. He can spin a thread for long stretches, luring listeners to lose themselves in a faraway world.
Accessing the Eternal Through Dance
Ragamala Dance Company, a family affair, has its artistic roots in the South Indian dance form, Bharatanatyam, renowned as the oldest classical dance tradition in India.
Director Selects: Ragamala Dance Company
The spiritual story of Varanasi and its exquisite beauty should be experienced by everyone, regardless of national or religious origin.
Director Selects: Silkroad Ensemble
When Silk Road Ensemble last performed at The Soraya in 2019, there were occasional gasps during the performance, and many left speechless.
Executive Director Thor Steingraber Remembers Younes Nazarian
I am joined by President Erika D. Beck in sharing the news that we have lost a revered and beloved member of our community — Younes Nazarian.
Director Selects: Martha Graham Dance Company and Jason Moran
At The Soraya, we’re helping to make history. Students of music, dance, and American culture know that few individuals contributed more to the advancement of art in the 20th century...
Martha Graham’s ode to nature ‘Canticle,’ re-imagined for 21st Century
When Martha Graham premiered a new, full-company work with a poetic title, “Canticle for Innocent Comedians,” it was the Spring of 1952.
Director Selects: Joshua Bell
Please join us on March 10 to celebrate the return of Joshua Bell and Academy of St Martin in the Fields.
Director Selects: Bach by Beltrami
We are so fortunate to live in Los Angeles where scores of top-shelf musicians live and work.
Bridging the Dance Gap with Ballet BC
When the effervescent contemporary ballet troupe Ballet BC last appeared at The Soraya, it was indeed “BC”—Before Covid.