This dance troupe will perform for free at 9 SoCal landmarks, including LACMA and Hollywood Forever

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A horde of dancers scatter beneath the vaulted belly of Los Angeles County Museum of Art’s recently opened David Geffen Galleries.One dancer folds their body, slowly easing their way to the ground, while the others watch.

They’re stumbling through choreography, rehearsing and laughing with each misstep.The clamor of visiting children echoes outside the concrete structure while music plays deeper within the campus where couples ballroom dance in the sun.Choreographer Madeline Hollander closes her red notebook and instructs the dancers to start from the beginning.Philip Glass’ score for the critically acclaimed non-narrative 1982 documentary film “Koyaanisqatsi” plays as the dancers initiate the first moments of Hollander’s choreography in the open space.

The children stand nearby, watching in awe.Couples hold hands and linger, pausing as they realize a performance is underway.

The dancers — now unified in formations that softly bleed into one another like clouds — demand attention.LACMA’s campus, once filled with commotion, is now solely focused on a rehearsal for the U.S.

premiere of a region-wide series of free public performances in landmark L.A.spaces called “City of Dance.”Co-presented by L.A.

Dance Project and Paris Dance Project, the initiative by choreographer and LADP co-founder Benjamin Millepied takes dance outside of the theater and brings it directly to the community.The work initially premiered in Paris in 2025, spreading across the French capital and four neighboring cities.

The L.A.premiere, which began Tuesday, will travel to nine notable Southern California locations including Century Park, Marciano Art Foundation, Grand Avenue (in collaboration with the Colburn School), Hollyhock House at Barnsdall Art Park, Tongva Park in downtown Santa Monica, Stearns Wharf in Santa Barbara, Hollywood Forever Cemetery, Gloria Molina Grand Park, and, ...