Support L.A. dance troupes

As it tours widely, the Los Angeles Dance Project represents the city internationally. And yet this company’s recent brilliant performances at the Wallis Annenberg theater were not deemed worthy of review space in The Times. Even critical, reviews can raise the profile of Los Angeles dance and dancers. Local dance groups, however, now receive far less in the way of reviews or profiles than does local theater or music.

As one of the only fully professional dance companies in the area, the Los Angeles Dance Project surely deserves the kind of attention often lavished on visitors. Let’s keep the LADP here and give more recognition as well to the many worthy L.A.-based dance companies.

Paul and Irene Oppenheim West Hollywood

I am a subscriber and supporter of the Glorya Kaufman Dance at the Music Center and a subscriber of The Times since relocating from Brooklyn to Los Angeles in 1960. The Times rarely runs a review of any of the six ballets that comprise the six-season series. And to add insult to your neglect, the most fabulous and unusual performance presented by the Complexions Contemporary in six performances last weekend was completely ignored. But you managed to have a review of the Dance Theater of Harlem, explaining how the company was able to come back financially and had a wonderful performance last Friday night.

This does not excuse the complete neglect of the three performances by the Complexions company last weekend. If you weren’t there to see it for yourself, you really missed something spectacular. And if you were there and couldn’t find the time over the weekend to extoll its virtues — you should be ashamed!

Let’s hope you can do a better job when our own treasured company, the ABT, performs “La Bayadere” in July. Ruthlee Becker Los Angeles