Rubberbandance at Irvine Barclay Theatre, Luckman Fine Arts Complex

STRETCHING BOUNDARIES

The roots of native son Victor Quijada’s Montreal-based hip-hop/contemporary company Rubberbandance can be traced back to his days as a young student and B-boy at the Los Angeles County High School for the Arts. “That’s when I started seeing what artists like Dalí and Picasso had done with challenging the conventions of things,” says Quijada. “I wondered if there was any room in hip-hop for that.” After stints with Twyla Tharp and Les Grands Ballets Canadiens de Montreal, Quijada found his formula for flipping the hip-hop script. As the dancers stretch genre boundaries – and their limber bodies – in “Elastic Perspective Redux,” you’ll see why Quijada earned the nickname “Rubberband” in the clubs and ciphers of his hometown. Pictured: dancers Anne Plamodon and Victor Quijada. 8 p.m. Fri., Irvine Barclay Theatre, 4242 Campus Drive, Irvine. $33-$38. (949) 854-4646; www.thebarclay.org. Also 8 p.m. Sat., Luckman Fine Arts Complex, 5151 State University Drive, L.A. $35-$40. (323) 343-6600; www.luckmanarts.org