Alonzo King's Lines Ballet at the Laguna Playhouse

( Gina Ferazzi / Los Angeles Times )

Alonzo King's Lines Ballet and Hubbard Street Dance Chicago shared a program in September at the invitation of the Laguna Dance Festival, a tantalizing taste of their upcoming joint appearances at the Music Center next June. King's "Dust and Light" was a mesmerizing ramble through an abstract but spiritual landscape. A compilation work by Ohad Naharin fell short for the Hubbard Street dancers, but their dedication to it never faltered.