The dance shows sure to send you spinning

This fall brings a host of notable dance companies and performances to the L.A. area, giving fans plenty of opportunities to explore unfamiliar genres and forms, and to delight in a variety of music, including jazz, pop, folk, classical and traditional Korean drums.

- BY JESSICA GELT

SEPT. 14

KIM EUNG HWA & KOREAN DANCE COMPANY

The Ford

Bring the whole family to a gorgeous outdoor amphitheater to enjoy a colorful performance by this 45-year-old traditional dance company. The show commemorates the Korean fall festival Hangawi, which celebrates the harvest season. Traditional drums, as well as fan and flower-crown dances, will be performed to lively Korean folk music.

OCT. 2-5

SAN FRANCISCO BALLET, 'FRANKENSTEIN'

Segerstrom Center for the Arts

San Francisco Ballet brings Mary Shelley's 1818 gothic horror story to life in a three-act production of British choreographer Liam Scarlett's "Frankenstein." The ballet originally premiered at the Royal Ballet in 2016 and has gone on to become a modern classic with a score by Lowell Liebermann and stage design by critically acclaimed ballet and opera artist John MacFarlane.

OCT. 4

MARTHA GRAHAM DANCE COMPANY CENTENNIAL

The Soraya