LADP PERFORMS: CITY OF DANCE | JERRY MOSS PLAZA AT THE MUSIC CENTER
Jerry Moss Plaza at The Music Center
135 N Grand Avenue
Los Angeles, CA 90012
Thursday, June 18 | 5:00 PM
Free and Open to all. RSVP for event details and updates.
Following the performance, there will be a panel discussion at The Music Center moderated by Kristin Sakoda.
The conversation explores how Los Angeles is shaped by visible wealth, hidden labor, and the systems that determine who has access to public space. Panelists will consider how parks and plazas function as places of gathering, joy, protest, and everyday encounter, and how collective bodies—activists, workers, artists, and communities—use public space to challenge power and imagine new ways of being together.
Information on arrival and parking at The Music Center.
Jerry Moss Plaza began as the central courtyard of The Music Center, designed in the 1960s as a civic gathering space linking the Dorothy Chandler Pavilion, Ahmanson Theatre, and Mark Taper Forum. Long envisioned as a cultural commons for Los Angeles, the plaza served for decades as a formal, architectural anchor for the performing arts campus.
In 2019, the plaza was reimagined and reopened as a fully accessible, 48,000‑square‑foot outdoor venue designed for large‑scale public programming. Renamed in 2020 in honor of a major gift from Tina and Jerry Moss, the space now functions as The Music Center’s “fifth venue,” hosting concerts, festivals, screenings, and open‑air performances.
Presented by L.A. Dance Project and Paris Dance Project.
Photo by Tim Street-Porter for The Music Center.
