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Performance artists create whole worlds. See how performance is able to bring people into a story and bring out society's larger issues.

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"Orpheus & Euridice" opera
Opera, the 17th century art form that has often been considered an elite entertainment, has been surfacing more recently in unconventional spaces in and around the City of Angels.
Heidi Duckler Dance Theatre in Cuba
In a rapidly changing Cuba cultural exchanges, like L.A.-based company Heidi Duckler Dance Theatre's performance in the island, are bridging schisms that divide countries.
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Artist Jack Levinson is a world builder. His characters, including members of the indie rock band Square Circle, live on in interactive plays and expanding online archives.
Marty and Elayne
Inside a martini-stained, mid-century bar in Los Feliz, indefatigable couple Marty and Elayne Roberts have been performing hits for 35 years.
Emma Sulkowicz, "Mattress Performance"
Emma Sulkowicz's 2014 performance drew attention to sexual assault. Her latest work pairs the artist with her robotic doppelganger. 
Larissa FastHorse
Native American playwright Larissa FastHorse discusses her upcoming production with Cornerstone Theater Company, "Urban Rez."
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California Senate Bill 916 aims to create single-subject teaching credentials in the subjects of dance and theater.
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Marta Becket transformed Death Valley Junction's decaying community meeting hall into a vibrant muraled theater.
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A group is working to give new life to the Triforium -- a 60-foot-tall, 60-ton sculpture in downtown L.A.
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Los Angeles-based artist Mirabelle Jones seeks to create dialogue about violence through her engaging performances.
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Step inside "Return to Foreverhouse." The interactive performance by Patrick Michael Ballard is a cross-stitch of a puzzle-solving video game, a ropes course, and murder mystery dinner theater.
L.A. is seeing more in the performing, visual and literary arts than ever before.
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