2021/2022 Season > Photo Gallery > 2015/2016 Giselle 2016 Ulrik Birkkjaer Allyssa Bross & Kenta Shimizu Allyssa Bross & Kenta Shimizu Alyssa Bross, Chelsea Paige Johnston & Zheng Hua Li Alyssa Bross, Chelsea Paige Johnston & LAB Ensemble Alyssa Bross Julia Clinquemani & LAB Ensemble Allyssa Bross & LAB Ensemble Julia Clinquemani & Dustin True Julia Clinquemani & LAB Ensemble Allyssa Bross, Ulrik Birkkjaer & LAB Ensemble Allyssa Bross & LAB Ensemble Ulrik Birkkjaer Kate Highstrete & LAB Ensemble Kate Highstrete & LAB Ensemble LAB Ensemble Kate Highstrete & LAB Ensemble Allyssa Bross, Ulrik Birkkjaer & LAB Ensemble Allyssa Bross, Kenta Shimizu, Kate Highstrete & LAB Ensemble Julia Cinquemani Allyssa Bross, Ulrik Birkkjaer & LAB Ensemble Julia Cinquemani & Ulrik Birkkjaer Julia Cinquemani & Ulrik Birkkjaer Ulrik Birkkjaer Allyssa Bross & Kenta Shimizu Allyssa Bross & Kenta Shimizu Alyssa Bross, Chelsea Paige Johnston & Zheng Hua Li Alyssa Bross, Chelsea Paige Johnston & LAB Ensemble Alyssa Bross Julia Clinquemani & LAB Ensemble Allyssa Bross & LAB Ensemble Julia Clinquemani & Dustin True Julia Clinquemani & LAB Ensemble Allyssa Bross, Ulrik Birkkjaer & LAB Ensemble Allyssa Bross & LAB Ensemble Ulrik Birkkjaer Kate Highstrete & LAB Ensemble Kate Highstrete & LAB Ensemble LAB Ensemble Kate Highstrete & LAB Ensemble Allyssa Bross, Ulrik Birkkjaer & LAB Ensemble Allyssa Bross, Kenta Shimizu, Kate Highstrete & LAB Ensemble Julia Cinquemani Allyssa Bross, Ulrik Birkkjaer & LAB Ensemble Julia Cinquemani & Ulrik Birkkjaer Julia Cinquemani & Ulrik Birkkjaer Christensen and Neary after Coralli, Perrot, Petipa/Adam Previous Gallery Next Gallery All photos by Reed Hutchinson Click on image for a fullscreen presentation.

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2021/2022 Season > Video Gallery > Balanchine Festival Red 2013 Los Angeles Ballet's Balanchine Festival RED, part 2 of the 2-part festival, was performed in May and June 2013. The program included George Balanchine's 'La Valse', 'Agon', and 'Rubies'. Choreography by George Balanchine © The George Balanchine Trust Previous Video Next Videos

Four World Premiers in NextWave LA March 8, 2010 Guest Choreographers from the Hit Show "So You Think You Can Dance" (Los Angeles, March 8, 2010 ) Los Angeles Ballet [LAB] Artistic Directors Thordal Christensen and Colleen Neary are thrilled to present New Wave LA which involves four contemporary World Premieres from guest choreographers Josie Walsh, and Sonya Tayeh, Mandy Moore and Travis Wall from the hit FOX show “So You Think You Can Dance.” Each choreographer will present an innovative, modern, edgy and world class piece with Los Angeles Ballet dancers. New Wave LA is a ground-breaking program for LAB, commissioning four acclaimed choreographers to create on LAB dancers. This program follows Los Angeles Ballet’s mission of incorporating new creations specifically for LAB dancers throughout its season. The four choreographers Josie Walsh, Sonya Tayeh, Mandy Moore and Travis Wall are all elated to be pre- senting FOUR world premieres in ONE evening which is rarely done in a ballet company. Los Angeles Ballet is also proud to present Transmutation, by LA’s own Josie Walsh, developed from a piece originally commis- sioned by the First Annual LAB Choreographic Workshop. Sonya Tayeh, Mandy Moore and Travis Wall’s World Premiere pieces are still untitled. Josie Walsh is a native of Los Angeles and a former professional dancer with the Joffrey Ballet, Zurich Ballet and Oregon Ballet Theatre. Upon her return to Los Angeles, Walsh integrated her vast background into the commercial world. Walsh founded MYOKYO Renegade Rock Ballets in 2000. She is the director, producer and choreographer for the company, creating an eclectic style of inter-disciplinary cooperation. Sonya Tayeh incorporates her deeply rooted form with the essence of contemporary technique, mixing her own ‘quirky’ style into her choreography. This stylized, free-flowing movement is aggressively formulated through one-on-one physical contact. She is currently a choreographer for “So You Think You Can Dance.” Mandy Moore is an exciting, emerging choreographer and performer whose work has been seen on films and television shows such as “So You Think You Can Dance.” She was one of the choreographers for Celine Dion’s “Taking Chances” World Tour. Travis Wall is a choreographer who choreographed for “So You Think You Can Dance” and was principal dancer for Wade Robson on ABC’s “Dancing with the Stars.” These four outstanding choreographers will exercise their unique style and personality in the World Premieres of New Wave LA. The much-anticipated repertoire will take place at venues across Los Angeles from May 15 to May 30 (please see full performance schedule below). ​ LAB Public Relations DOWNLOAD PDF 2021/2022 Season > News > Previous Item Next Item

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2021/2022 Season > Photo Gallery > 2019/2020 The Nutcracker 2019 LAB Ensemble Hannah Keene & Clay Murray Petra Conti, Tigran Sargsyan & LAB Ensemble Mackenzie Moser & LAB Ensemble Joshua Schwartz & Magnus Christoffersen LAB Ensemble Brittany Rand & Mackenzie Moser Laura Chachich & Magnus Christoffersen LAB Ensemble Mackenzie Moser Petra Conti & Eris Nezha LAB Ensemble Hannah Keene & Clay Murray Petra Conti, Tigran Sargsyan & LAB Ensemble Mackenzie Moser & LAB Ensemble Joshua Schwartz & Magnus Christoffersen LAB Ensemble Brittany Rand & Mackenzie Moser Laura Chachich & Magnus Christoffersen LAB Ensemble Mackenzie Moser Petra Conti & Eris Nezha LAB Ensemble Hannah Keene & Clay Murray Petra Conti, Tigran Sargsyan & LAB Ensemble Mackenzie Moser & LAB Ensemble Joshua Schwartz & Magnus Christoffersen LAB Ensemble Brittany Rand & Mackenzie Moser Laura Chachich & Magnus Christoffersen LAB Ensemble Mackenzie Moser Petra Conti & Eris Nezha Christensen and Neary / Tchaikovsky Previous Gallery Next Gallery All photos by Reed Hutchinson Click on image for a fullscreen presentation.

LAB Nutcracker – Sweet! December 23, 2008 The press releases screamed, “Los Angeles Ballet Soars into 3rd Season with World-Class Production of ‘The Nutcracker.’" Soars. World-Class. I forgave the publicist’s hyperbole. Having seen two LAB dance programs during the fledgling company’s 2nd season, I expected a credible, competent, wellrehearsed performance by promising young dancers, enhanced by the presence of a few Guest Artists. Jaded and disappointed by decades of failed attempts at establishing a real ballet company in Los Angeles, nothing had prepared me for the Christmas miracle on the stage of Royce Hall Sunday night. (http://www.losangelesballet.org ) It’s difficult to select outstanding elements from so uniformly excellent a production. First and foremost, however, is this company’s corps de ballet. Guest artists and flashy soloists are available to any company with the shekels to hire them. What makes or breaks a ballet company is the group precision and perfection on display in LAB’s Dance of the Snowflakes. Just as I was getting all teary-eyed with joy, the five-year-old on her mom’s lap behind me whispered, “Mommy, I love this!” Even more extraordinary is the fact that ballet mistress Colleen Neary was rehearsing two new dancers into this very piece fifteen minutes before curtain. Executive Director Julie Whittaker tells me that, after the matinee, one of the corps was taken seriously ill and rushed to the hospital, while a second dancer nursed a badly swollen ankle. Among a plethora of highlights: Prodigy ballerina Lilit Hogtanian, as Clara, whose every gesture is a poem. At sixteen, she exhibits an arresting Star Quality. One can’t begin to guess what she will be in ten years. Melissa Barak performs the role of Marie (Sugarplum Fairy in other productions) with cool elegance and precision, marvelous balance and clarity of line. Her partner, Peter Snow, dazzles with gorgeous jetees, pirouettes, and lifts, after an off-center landing of a difficult aerial turn early in Act 2. Guest artist Sergey Kheylik astonishes with impossible leaps and turns. Kheylik and company dancers Li Chen and Tian Tan elicit startled gasps and prolonged cheering in the Act 2 Russian Dance. The exquisite Corinna Gill, ably partnered by new LAB soloist Drew Grant, offers a molten, sinuous Arabian Dance. (http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=8KdqPmQziQw) Her breathtaking extensions and lyrical ports des bras sear every phrase into memory. Soaring and world-class, indeed. Kudos to Jonathan Sharp as Drosselmeyer, Craig Hall and Annia Hildalgo as Harlequin and Columbine Dolls, Andrew Brader as the Mouse King, and to the well-rehearsed children’s corps. The Colleen Neary-Thordal Christensen choreography brings a theatrical freshness to the oft-told story of a little girl who dreams that her Christmas toys come alive. Their Christmas Party scene opening the ballet, for example, is the most engrossing and fun among dozens of ‘Nutcrackers’ I’ve seen during my long life. A show curtain painted in colorful Mexican style with two angels (City of the Angels – get it?) greets the audience, rising to reveal lovely storybook sets by LA designer Catherine Kanner. Opulent costumes by Danish designer Mikael Melbye reinforce the fantasy. My companion of the evening – a classical ballet-hater, whose sole enticement for agreeing to be dragged to this performance was the prospect of ogling exceptionally fit young women cavorting in revealing costumes – turned to me at intermission to say, “I’m beyond impressed - I’m entertained.” LA area residents have three more chances to enjoy this magical production, at Redondo Beach Performing Arts Center on Dec. 27 at 2 and 7:30, and Dec. 28 at 2. FineArtsLA.com by Penny Orloff DOWNLOAD PDF 2021/2022 Season > News > Previous Item Next Item

2021/2022 Season > Photo Gallery > 2018/2019 The Nutcracker 2018 SarahAnne Perel & LAB Ensemble SarahAnne Perel, Zheng Hua Li & LAB Ensemble SarahAnne Perel, Elizabeth Claire Walker, Joshua Brown & Marc LaPierre SarahAnne Perel & LAB Ensemble Marc LaPierre & Mangus Christoffersen Madeline Houk & Chelsea Paige Johnston Misa Kuranaga & Kenta Shimizu Elizabeth Claire Walker & Joshua Brown Bianca Bulle LAB Ensemble Petra Conti Tigran Sargsyan LAB Ensemble SarahAnne Perel & LAB Ensemble SarahAnne Perel, Zheng Hua Li & LAB Ensemble SarahAnne Perel, Elizabeth Claire Walker, Joshua Brown & Marc LaPierre SarahAnne Perel & LAB Ensemble Marc LaPierre & Mangus Christoffersen Madeline Houk & Chelsea Paige Johnston Misa Kuranaga & Kenta Shimizu Elizabeth Claire Walker & Joshua Brown Bianca Bulle LAB Ensemble Petra Conti Tigran Sargsyan LAB Ensemble SarahAnne Perel & LAB Ensemble SarahAnne Perel, Zheng Hua Li & LAB Ensemble SarahAnne Perel, Elizabeth Claire Walker, Joshua Brown & Marc LaPierre SarahAnne Perel & LAB Ensemble Marc LaPierre & Mangus Christoffersen Madeline Houk & Chelsea Paige Johnston Misa Kuranaga & Kenta Shimizu Elizabeth Claire Walker & Joshua Brown Bianca Bulle LAB Ensemble Petra Conti Tigran Sargsyan LAB Ensemble Christensen and Neary / Tchaikovsky Previous Gallery Next Gallery All photos by Reed Hutchinson Click on image for a fullscreen presentation.

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Browse by Year News Review: The Los Angeles Ballet Steps Out With Barak’s MemoryHouse July 5, 2023 Memoryhouse, Melissa Barak's first full evening length ballet, choreographed to the 2002 Max Richter album of the same name, was performed at Broadstage in Santa Monica for three nights, June 15-17, 2023, as the concluding pieces of Barak's first season as Artistic Director of the Los Angeles Ballet. READ ARTICLE Los Angeles Ballet Enchants with Nutcracker Tradition December 28, 2022 After seeing Los Angeles Ballet’s The Nutcracker this past Thursday during a 2pm matinee at The Dolby Theatre, I am convinced it’s the only time of day to see the ballet. READ ARTICLE LAB's Open Children's Audition for The Nutcracker September 19, 2022 KTLA filmed children attending The Nutcracker audition at Dolby Theatre, hoping to obtain a role in children's scenes of this holiday tradition in LA. READ ARTICLE For the first time, Los Angeles Ballet will have one artistic director: Melissa Barak August 24, 2022 On Wednesday the Los Angeles Ballet announced that its Board of Directors has appointed dancer and choreographer Melissa Barak as the company’s artistic director. READ ARTICLE Review: Los Angeles Ballet Blooms Exquisite April 27, 2022 The opening season of the Thordal Christensen and Colleen Neary’s Los Angeles Ballet (LAB) 2021-2022 on The Broad Stage was a major growth spurt for the company. It showed the strength of the fe/male dancers, and an excellent inclusion of new blood into the company. READ ARTICLE Jennifer Bellah Maguire Elected Chair of Los Angeles Ballet Board of Directors December 2, 2021 Attorney Jennifer Bellah Maguire was elected Chair of LAB Board of Directors on November 18, 2021. She joined the Los Angeles Ballet Board as a founding member in 2005, and has been a passionate advocate for building and sustaining the company. READ ARTICLE Behind the Scenes of Los Angeles Ballet November 21, 2021 Los Angeles Ballet has grown to become a world-class ballet company known for its classical ballets, innovative performances and a repertory inspired by George Balanchine. Here, Colleen Neary takes us behind the scenes. READ ARTICLE A Wonderfully Refreshing Los Angeles Ballet Performs at The Alex Theatre October 10, 2018 Thordal Christensen and Colleen Neary’s, wonderfully refreshing Los Angeles Ballet opened their 2018/19 season at the Alex Theatre on Saturday, October 6, with the prolific and brilliant Aszure Barton’s Les Chambres des Jacques. READ ARTICLE Review: LA Ballet season opens with adventurous and flirtatious ‘Modern Moves’ October 7, 2018 Like adventurous pioneers, Los Angeles Ballet stepped into uncharted territory Saturday for its season opener, “Modern Moves,” which introduced Aszure Barton’s “Les Chambres des Jacques” and Alejandro Cerrudo’s “Lickety-Split” into the company’s repertory at the Alex Theatre in Glendale. READ ARTICLE Point Magazine features LAB Dancer Jasmine Perry February 27, 2018 Los Angeles Ballet’s Jasmine Perry on her effortlessly cool looks in an out of the studio. READ ARTICLE Los Angeles Times Covers LAB Gala 2018 February 1, 2018 At the Los Angeles Ballet’s annual gala, the classical dance company honored three multi-talented, multi-hyphenates — Jenna Dewan Tatum, Derek Hough and Adam Shankman — all of them dancers among other accomplishments and passionate on the subject of dance. READ ARTICLE Balanchine Casts a Spell March 13, 2017 Dancers who were new to every role gave the challenging three-part program by Los Angeles Ballet on Saturday the thrills of a high-wire act without a net. Would anyone fall? READ ARTICLE LA Observed End-of-Year 2016 Review December 27, 2016 Call them a team. Some team. They are, arguably, the greatest living theater artist and the greatest living dancing actor, in magical cahoots with each other. Namely, Robert Wilson and Mikhail Baryshnikov. READ ARTICLE Los Angeles Ballet At the Top of its Form October 20, 2016 Los Angeles Ballet ended its benchmark 10th season in June as the first American company to dance Frederick Ashton’s distinctively intimate and poetic “Romeo and Juliet.” Unfortunately, that season left the company fiscally overextended, so the 11th season, which opened Saturday, has cutbacks in the roster and the repertory. READ ARTICLE 11th Season Opening September 1, 2016 Los Angeles Ballet Co-Artistic Directors Thordal Christensen and Colleen Neary present classical and contemporary productions and honor the legacies of August Bournonville and George Balanchine for LAB’s eleventh season. READ ARTICLE LAB Dancer Elizabeth Claire Walker featured in Harvard Magazine June 1, 2016 "...A native of New York City, [Elisabeth Claire Walker] studied at American Ballet Theatre’s elite Jacqueline Kennedy Onassis School as a teenager. READ ARTICLE LOAD MORE 2022/2023 Season > News

2021/2022 Season > Video Gallery Video Gallery Choreography by Christensen/Neary, Music by Peter Ilyich Tchaikovsky The Nutcracker 2019 A short film by Annakate Chappell Story of a Dancer 2015 Choreography by George Balanchine © The George Balanchine Trust Balanchine Festival Gold 2013 Choreography by George Balanchine © The George Balanchine Trust Balanchine Festival Red 2013 Los Angeles Ballet's NextWaveLA premiered May 12, 2012. NextWave LA 2012 Dress Rehearsal Behind the Scenes with Swan Lake 2012 - Episode 4 Rehearsals Week 4 Behind the Scenes with Swan Lake 2012 - Episode 3 Allyssa & Allynne Behind the Scenes with Swan Lake 2012 - Episode 2 Artistic Directors Thordal Christensen and Colleen Neary teach the choreography and the dancers begin to master this classic ballet! Behind the Scenes with Swan Lake 2012 - Episode 1 Sonya Tayeh discusses her inspiration for her piece "Duets in the act of..." for Los Angeles Ballet's NextWaveLA. Behind the Scenes with NextWaveLA 2012 See footage of LAB dancers rehearsing Josie Walsh's piece, both in studio and on stage, and learn about the inspiration for "Sirens" from Josie. Behind the Scenes with NextWaveLA 2012 With Stacey Tookey Behind the Scenes with NextWaveLA 2012