LAB Repertoire
2019/2020 Season
The Sleeping Beauty
Christensen and Neary after Petipa / Tchaikovsky
Cancelled due to the COVID-19 pandemic
Balanchine Black & White
Agon Balanchine / Stravinsky
Concerto Barocco Balanchine / Bach
Apollo Balanchine / Stravinsky
The Nutcracker
Christensen and Neary / Tchaikovsky
2006/2007 Season
An Evening of Balanchine
Serenade Balanchine / Tchaikovsky
Apollo Balanchine / Stravinsky
Rubies Balanchine / Stravinsky
The Nutcracker
Christensen and Neary / Tchaikovsky
New Beginnings
Concerto Barocco Balanchine / Bach
Agon Balanchine / Stravinksy
Napoli Bournonville / Helsted and Paulli
*LAB Commissioned Work | World Premiere
The performances of Balanchine® Ballets are presented by arrangement with The Balanchine Trust and are produced in accordance with the Balanchine Style® and Balanchine Technique® service standards established and provided by the Trust.
2017/2018 Season
Swan Lake
Christensen and Neary after Petipa & Ivanov / Tchaikovsky
Pushing Dance Boundaries | Director's Choice
Second to Last and Pacopepeluto Cerrudo / Pärt, Martin, Scalissi
This is you* Lou / Scheele, van der Loo
The Four Temperaments Balanchine / Hindemith
The Nutcracker
Christensen and Neary / Tchaikovsky
2016/2017 Season
Balanchine | Master of the Dance
Divertimento No. 15 Balanchine / Mozart
Prodigal Son Balanchine / Prokofiev
Who Cares? Balanchine / Gershwin
Modernists | Ballet Visionaries
Napoli Pas de Six and Tarantella Bournonville / Helsted, Paulli
Stravinsky Violin Concerto Balanchine / Stravinsky
Untouched Barton / Kong Kie, Macdonald, Shurbin
The Nutcracker
Christensen and Neary / Tchaikovsky
2014/2015 Season
Directors’ Choice
Tchaikovsky Piano Concerto No. 2 Balanchine / Tchaikovsky
The Moor's Pavane Limón / Purcell arr. by Sadoff
Sechs Tänze Kylián / Mozart
Swan Lake
Christensen and Neary after Petipa and Ivanov / Tchaikovsky
The Sleeping Beauty
Christensen and Neary after Petipa / Tchaikovsky
The Nutcracker
Christensen and Neary / Tchaikovsky
2015/2016 Season
Romeo and Juliet
Sir Frederick Ashton / Prokofiev
Giselle
Christensen and Neary after Coralli, Perrot, Petipa/Adam
Don Quixote
Christensen and Neary after Marius Petipa and Alexander Gorky /Minkus
The Nutcracker
Christensen and Neary / Tchaikovsky
2013/2014 Season
Serenade
Balanchine / Tchaikovsky
The Nutcracker
Christensen and Neary / Tchaikovsky
Quartet
Return to a Strange Land – Kylián / Janácek
Beneath One's Dignity*– Tayeh / Sigurðsson
Cipher* – Stowell / Agruss
Stars and Stripes – Balanchine / Kay after Sousa
La Sylphide
Bournonville / Løvenskjold
2012/2013 Season
Balanchine Festival RED
La Valse Balanchine / Ravel
Agon Balanchine / Stravinsky
Rubies Balanchine / Stravinsky
The Nutcracker
Christensen and Neary / Tchaikovsky
Balanchine Festival GOLD
La Sonnambula Balanchine / Rieti after Bellini
Concerto Barocco Balanchine / Bach
Tchaikovsky Pas de Deux Balanchine / Tchaikovsky
The Four Temperaments Balanchine / Hindemith
2011/2012 Season
NextWaveLA
colony* McNamee / Clyne
Duets in the act of...* Tayeh / Arnalds
Sirens* Walsh / Rivera Jr.
Be Still* Tookey / Banks and Johannsson
The Nutcracker
Christensen and Neary / Tchaikovsky
Swan Lake
Christensen and Neary after Petipa and Ivanov / Tchaikovsky
2010/2011 Season
Giselle
Christensen after Coralli, Perrot, Petipa / Adam
The Nutcracker
Christensen and Neary / Tchaikovsky
Celebration
Raymonda Variations Balanchine / Glazounov
My Greatest Fear* Tayeh / Richter and Pärt
Western Symphony Balanchine / American Songs Orchestrated by Kay
2009/2010 Season
NewWaveLA
Wink* Moore / Cirque Eloize
Transmutation* Walsh / Rivera Jr.
Reflect. Affect. Carry On...* Wall / Queen, U2, Sigur Ros
the back and forth* Tayeh / Bjork, Piazzolla, Paris Gotan Trio
The Nutcracker
Christensen and Neary / Tchaikovsky
Balanchine, 'See the Music, Hear the Dance'
Serenade Balanchine / Tchaikovsky
Kammermusik No. 2 Balanchine / Hindemith
Tchaikovsky Piano Concerto No. 2 Balanchine / Tchaikovsky
2008/2009 Season
La Sylphide
Bournonville / Løvenskjold
The Nutcracker
Christensen and Neary / Tchaikovsky
Directors’ Choice
Prodigal Son Balanchine / Prokofiev
An American Camelot* Backhaus / Basie, Fitzgerald, Kitt, Martin
Stravinsky Violin Concerto Balanchine / Stravinsky
2007/2008 Season
Summer 2008
Allegro Brillante Balanchine / Tchaikovsky
The Evangelist Lubovitch / Ives
she said / he said* Backhaus / Muhly
Napoli Bournonville / Helsted and Paulli
The Nutcracker
Christensen and Neary / Tchaikovsky
Spring 2008
The Four Temperaments Balanchine / Hindemith
Lost In Transition* Barak / Meyer
Tarantella Balanchine / Gottschalk
Who Cares? Balanchine / Gershwin
2020/2021 Season
All performances cancelled due to the COVID-19 pandemic
2018/2019 Season
Serenade & La Sylphide
Serenade Balanchine / Tchaikovsky
La Sylphide Bournonville / Løvenskjold
Modern Moves | Directors’ Choice
Les Chambres des Jacques Barton / Vigneault, Vivaldi, Les Yeux Noirs, The Cracow Klezmer Band
Lickety Split Cerrudo / Banhart
Western Symphony Balanchine / American Songs Orchestrated by Kay
The Nutcracker
Christensen and Neary / Tchaikovsky
2021/2022 Season
The Sleeping Beauty
Christensen and Neary after Petipa / Tchaikovsky
Bloom
Ghosts Wheeldon / Winger
Bloom Lopez Ochoa / Glass
Apollo Balanchine / Stravinsky
The Nutcracker
Christensen and Neary / Tchaikovsky
LAB Repertoire
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Founded in 2004 by Artistic Directors Thordal Christensen and Colleen Neary, and Executive Director Emerita Julie Whittaker, Los Angeles Ballet is known for its superb stagings of the Balanchine repertory, stylistically meticulous classical ballets, and its commitment to new works. LAB has become recognized as a world-class ballet company.
