Performance image from Mirlitons featuring Hainaux and Chaignaud performing in the center of a theater on a small square stage. Silhouettes of audience members are seen in the foreground and background. Chaignaud faces away from the camera as he lifts on leg in the air, tap dancing. He wears pink pants and a jacket, holding a large wooden stick. Hainaux faces towards the camera and Chaignaud, wearing a brown suit and holding a wooden stick with bells attached to it. He beatboxes into a microphone.

Experience the power of dance

Featuring Akram Khan Company, Victoria Marks, Cloud Gate Dance Theatre of Taiwan and more.
Experience the power of dance at CAP UCLA, where visionary artists from around the world transform movement into expression, imagination and discovery. From intimate world premieres to internationally acclaimed productions, this season invites you to witness dance in all its forms — bold, poetic and deeply human.
 
Highlights include:
 
Akram Khan Company brings Thikra: Night of Remembering to Royce Hall — a breathtaking meditation on memory, legacy and collective experience from one of the world's most celebrated choreographers.
 
Alpert Award-winning choreographer Victoria Marks premieres A Deer Walks into a Dance, a new work that blends curiosity, humor and observation into an unforgettable exploration of movement and meaning.
 
French artists François Chaignaud and Aymeric Hainaux present Mirlitons, an electrifying encounter between voice, rhythm and dance that blurs the boundaries between performance traditions.
 
Internationally renowned Cloud Gate Dance Theatre of Taiwan returns with Blue Hour / Beckoning, a striking double bill that pairs meditative beauty with mesmerizing physicality.
 
Experience the intensity of Shamel Pitts | TRIBE in Marks of RED, a visceral work of dance theater exploring identity, transformation and the power of the collective.
 
And close the season with Caleb Teicher and Nic Gareiss' Ear to the Ground, an exuberant celebration of percussive dance traditions, improvisation and musical conversation.
 
Secure your seats now for a season of movement, imagination and extraordinary artistry.