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Laguna Dance Festival Announces September Season

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The September 21–25 Laguna Dance Festival will bring to the stage three world-renowned dance companies—New Yorkbased Kyle Abraham/ Abraham.In.Motion, Philadelphia’s BalletX and BODYTRAFFIC from Los Angeles. Kyle Abraham/Abraham.

In.Motion will perform on Thursday and Friday, September 22 and 23, at 7:30 p.m. at the Laguna Playhouse.

Both performances will be followed by a post-performance conversation with Abraham, a 2013 MacArthur “Genius

Grant” winner. Abraham will also teach 26 ARTpatronmagazine.com

a 6 p.m. master class on Wednesday,

September 21, onstage at the Playhouse. BalletX will return to the Laguna

Beach stage to present its entertaining,

diverse choreographic style in a shared bill with BODYTRAFFIC on Saturday,

September 24, and a full-length show on Sunday, September 25, at 3 p.m., with a pre-show talk at 2 p.m.

The four onstage performances by

these three extraordinary companies

will be presented at the 420-seat Laguna Playhouse, 606 Laguna Canyon Road, in Laguna Beach. Free public dance performances and sponsor events

will be announced later in the year,

and tickets will go on sale in July. For updates on the season and details

about the three master classes, see www.lagunadancefestival.org.