Six best bets for your weekend: Cirque du Soleil, Martha Graham Dance Company and more

A slideshow features an acrobat, a violinist and a pair of dancers.
Cirque du Soleil’s “Ovo”; violinist Randall Goosby; Martha Graham Dance Firm’s “Canticle for Harmless Comedians.”
(Cirque du Soleil; Gina Ferazzi / Los Angeles Instances; Melissa Sherwood)

A rising classical music star, performances by not one however two prime dance corporations and an entomological extravaganza lead our quick checklist of cultural choices this weekend. Earlier than you go, keep in mind to name or verify on-line for reservation necessities and different COVID-19 protocols.

Cirque du Soleil’s ‘OVO’
Acrobats, aerialists, and so on., costumed as brightly coloured bugs, caper and cavort on this touring manufacturing from the Montréal-based firm identified for its high-flying, jaw-dropping spectaculars. Microsoft Theater, L.A. Dwell, 777 Chick Hearn Court docket, downtown L.A. 8 p.m. Thursday-Friday, 4 and eight p.m. Saturday, 1 and 5 p.m. Sunday; different dates by Could 1. $44-$230. cirquedusoleil.com

‘Wagner, Mendelssohn + Brahms’
Up-and-coming violinist Randall Goosby joins visitor conductor Roderick Cox and the Los Angeles Chamber Orchestra for Mendelssohn’s Violin Concerto. This system additionally consists of Wagner’s “Siegfried Idyll” and Brahms’ Serenade No. 2. Royce Corridor, UCLA, 10745 Dickson Court docket, Westwood. 8 p.m. Saturday. Additionally on the Ambassador Auditorium, 131 S. St. John Ave., Pasadena. 7 p.m. Sunday. $25-$133. laco.org

Martha Graham Dance Firm
The storied troupe returns to SoCal with a program that features the world premiere of “The New Canticle for Harmless Comedians,” impressed by a long-lost Graham work from the Nineteen Fifties and that includes a jazzy new rating by pianist-composer Jason Moran carried out by alt-classical ensemble Wild Up. Younes and Soraya Nazarian Middle for the Performing Arts, Cal State Northridge, 18111 Nordhoff St., Northridge. 8 p.m. Saturday. $41-$86. thesoraya.org

‘ABT Ahead’
The famend American Ballet Theatre additionally takes the stage with a trio of quick packages: A celebration of the musical stylings of beloved crooner Tony Bennett, a salute to legendary composer-conductor Leonard Bernstein and a world-premiere fee from acclaimed choreographer Alonzo King. Segerstrom Corridor, Segerstrom Middle for the Arts, 600 City Middle Drive, Costa Mesa. 7:30 p.m. Thursday-Friday, 2 and seven:30 p.m. Saturday. $39-$129. scfta.org

‘Iolanta’
The L.A.-based Pacific Opera Challenge — a.ok.a. POP — phases Tchaikovsky’s one-act musical drama, with blind soprano Cristina Jones within the title function of the blind princess whose father, the king, has stored her remoted and unaware of each her sightlessness and her royal standing. Sung in Russian with English supertitles. Aratani Theatre, Japanese American Cultural & Group Middle, 244 San Pedro St., Little Tokyo, downtown L.A. 3 p.m. Sunday; additionally 7:30 p.m. March 26, and three p.m. March 27. $12-$60; VIP tickets (opening evening solely): $100. pacificoperaproject.com

‘A Midsummer Evening’s Dream’
Echo Theater Firm rolls into Elysian Park with the troupe’s “theater truck” to behave out a free and family-friendly 40-minute model of Shakespeare’s sylvan fantasy. Elysian Park, Angel’s Level Picnic Space, 929 Academy Street, L.A. 3 p.m. Saturday; additionally March 26. Picnics and picnic blankets inspired. echotheatercompany.com

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