Movers and Shakers
Polyphonia
Carry Me Anew
New Mate Szentes
February 4 – 6, 2027
LAB's ARTISTIC DIRECTOR
Melissa Barak Barak is a former leading dancer with Los Angeles Ballet where she performed for five seasons commencing in 2006 and choreographed Lost In Transition in 2008. Her career also includes New York City Ballet (NYCB), where she performed in numerous works by George Balanchine, as well as originating roles in new ballets by Christopher Wheeldon, Elliot Feld and Robert Garland, among others.
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MOVERS AND SHAKERS
Polyphonia Wheeldon | Ligeti
Carry Me Anew Cong | Arnalds
World Premiere Szentes | TBA
Movers and Shakers, a mixed rep program, invites you into the imagination of some of today’s most gifted dancemakers.
Polyphonia is the ballet that put a very young Christopher Wheeldon officially on the map. Set to music by Hungarian composer György Ligeti, Wheeldon captures the music’s arresting qualities with a physical intensity of movement he has become known and admired for. Ma Cong’s Carry Me Anew offers a sensual and funky display of vigorous movement in motion. A highly anticipated world premiere by Maté Szentes rounds out the program, signaling Los Angeles Ballet’s mission of identifying and promoting fresh new voices in today’s choreographic scene. Movers and Shakers not only shows us where ballet is today, but where it is headed.
Choreography
Polyphonia – Christopher Wheeldon
Carry Me Anew – Ma Cong
World Premiere – Mate Szentes
Music & Score
Polyphonia: 10 pieces of music* – György Ligeti
Carry Me Anew: Nils Frahm
Mate Szentes World Premiere: Music TBA
Run Time
Available shortly
Perfomance Schedule
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*Desordre from Études pour piano, premier livre, 1985; Arc-en-ciel from Études pour piano, premier livre, 1985; No. 4 Tempo di Valse from Musica Ricercata, 1951-53; Invention, 1948; No. 8 Vivace energico from Musica Ricercata, 1951-53; No. 2 Hopp ide tisztan from Three Wedding
Dances, 1950; No. 7 Cantabile molto legato, 1951-53; No. 3 Allegro con spirito from Musica Ricercata, 1951-53; No. 2 Mesto, rigido e cerimoniale from Musica Ricercata, 1951-53; Capriccio No. 2 – Allegro robust, 1947