20161209 LA Dance Project performs at the Theatre at Ace Hotel

Dancers of LA Dance Project perform at the Theatre at Ace Hotel on Friday night Dec. 9, 2016 in Los Angeles.  (Photo by Ringo H.W. Chiu / For The Los Angeles Times)

2013 Pacific Pole Dance Championship

A contestant performs during the 2013 Pacific Pole Dance Championship on Friday March 15, 2013 in Los Angeles, California. 150 of the U.S.and world’s hottest and most athletic pole dance artists come together at the Los Angeles Convention Center to participate in the Championships. Pole Sport has become an international craze that's gone from the club to the living room, to the bedroom, to the gym. It’s not about taking clothes off, in fact, in 2013 there are over 3,000 Pole Specific clubs and gyms instructing the art of Pole Dancing. (Photo by Ringo Chiu/PHOTOFORMULA.com)

Los Angeles Ballet

 

Dancers from the Los Angeles Ballet perform the Serenade by Peter I. Tachaikovsky during George Balanchine's See the Music, Hear the Dance, Sunday at UCLA's Freud Playhouse. (Photo by Ringo H.W. Chiu / For The Los Angeles Times)