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Los Angeles Ballet presents a company of outstanding dancers from local communities and around the world. LAB dance artists master classical as well as contemporary techniques. Natalia Burns Hometown Orange County, CA Seasons with LAB 3 Season with LAB Natalia began her pre-professional training at Westside School of Ballet. She then went on to attend summer intensives at Houston Ballet, American Ballet Theatre, San Francisco Ballet, Chautauqua Dance Institution, and Jacob’s Pillow on scholarship. In 2021, Natalia joined the Professional Division at Pacific Northwest Ballet, where her repertoire included works by Crystal Pite, George Balanchine, and Kent Stowell. In 2023, Natalia joined the Los Angeles Ballet. Her repertoire has included works by Melissa Barak, Hans Van Manen, Yuri Possokhov, Annabelle Lopez Ochoa, Stanton Welch, Edward Liang, and Alexei Ratmansky. Natalia is a National YoungArts Award Winner in Dance.

Los Angeles Ballet presents a company of outstanding dancers from local communities and around the world. LAB dance artists master classical as well as contemporary techniques. Kate Inoue Hometown Rancho Palos Verdes, CA Seasons with LAB 5 Seasons with LAB Kate trained in the Professional Division at Pacific Northwest Ballet and the Central Pennsylvania Youth Ballet. Her early training includes the Palos Verdes Ballet and Etoile Ballet School in Osaka, Japan. She has danced the featured roles of Aurora and Princess Florine in The Sleeping Beauty , Marie in The Nutcracker , Nichette in Val Caniparoli’s Lady of the Camellias , and in contemporary works such as Annabelle Lopez Ochoa’s Bloom and Christopher Wheeldon’s Morphoses and Fool’s Paradise .

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In 2025/2026, Los Angeles Ballet proudly celebrates its 20th Anniversary Season — two decades of artistry, innovation, and community. As we mark this milestone, we embrace what has always made Los Angeles extraordinary: the place to dream big. LAB embodies LA’s imaginative spirit — daring, unique, and forward-looking. Ballet is a transcendent art form that thrives within a broader creative network, and we believe it should be shared with, and enjoyed by, as many people as possible About Home / About / About LAB In 2025/2026, Los Angeles Ballet proudly celebrates its 20th Anniversary Season — two decades of artistry, innovation, and community. As we mark this milestone, we embrace what has always made Los Angeles extraordinary: the place to dream big. LAB embodies LA’s imaginative spirit — daring, unique, and forward-looking. Ballet is a transcendent art form that thrives within a broader creative network, and we believe it should be shared with, and enjoyed by, as many people as possible Our Mission LAB is committed to: Presenting bold new works and staging existing works by today’s most innovative dance-makers. Collaborating with diverse movement creators and artists across genres and design worlds. Expanding access and appreciation for ballet through wide-reaching community engagement, education, and outreach programs. Celebrating the individuality of our dancers and fostering a company culture that prioritizes their artistic, emotional, and physical well-being. About the Company For 20 years, Los Angeles Ballet has been the city’s own professional ballet company, known for staging classical, contemporary, romantic, and neoclassical works, pioneering new creations, and presenting relevant works by today’s most compelling choreographers. LAB’s original production of The Nutcracker has become a beloved holiday tradition, enchanting Los Angeles audiences as well as visitors from across the nation and the world. Led by Artistic Director Melissa Barak and Executive Director Julia Rivera, LAB performs in theaters across Los Angeles County including Royce Hall at UCLA, The Wallis Annenberg Center for the Performing Arts, the Dolby Theatre in Hollywood, among others. As part of its mission to nurture a lifelong love of ballet, LAB provides free tickets to thousands of residents in underserved communities through its arts education initiative Power of Performance (POP!) . In 2012, LAB launched A Chance to Dance (ACTD), a hands-on outreach program offering free ballet and movement instruction for all ages. Founded in 2004 by Thordal Christensen and Colleen Neary, Artistic Directors Emeriti, and Julie Whittaker, Executive Director Emerita, Los Angeles Ballet continues to inspire the city it calls home — now celebrating 20 years of extraordinary dance and looking ahead to the next era. PARTICIPATE Become a Member Today! LAB’s Membership Circles are donor benefits designed to build a community through a shared love of ballet and to provide a deeper appreciation of the art form through unique experiences and exclusive content. BECOME A MEMBER LOS ANGELES BALLET History Read the history of the Company and learn about LAB’s Leadership, Mission, and Community Outreach initiatives. LAB HISTORY

Los Angeles Ballet presents a company of outstanding dancers from local communities and around the world. LAB dance artists master classical as well as contemporary techniques. Anna Jacobs Hometown Far Hills, NJ Seasons with LAB 4 Seasons with LAB Anna began her training at the New Jersey School of Ballet. She joined the School of American Ballet at fourteen and attended summer programs at Miami City Ballet, Pacific Northwest Ballet, Boston Ballet, and Philadelphia Ballet. Anna has danced repertoire by Raiford Rogers, Miro Magloire, and Melissa Barak. Performance highlights include the first movement principle in George Balanchine’s Symphony in C and Scherzo à la Russe . Anna joined the Los Angeles Ballet in 2022.

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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. Home / News / New Item 11th Season Opening September 1, 2016 LAB Public Relations Productions include Modernists/Ballet Visionaries, The Nutcracker and Balanchine/Master of the Dance Pre-performance Discussions to enhance the Season Los Angeles, September 7, 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. 2016-2017 includes two mixed bill programs, Modernists/Ballet Visionaries and Balanchine/Master of the Dance , and of course the holiday favorite, The Nutcracker . Season 11 will also reintroduce pre-performance discussions, hosted by LAB’s Co-Artistic Directors Thordal Christensen and Colleen Neary and their guests (at select performances). After a history-making tenth season that included Los Angeles Ballet being the first American company to present famed choreographer’s Frederick Ashton’s Romeo and Juliet , plus sold-out productions and critical acclaim, Los Angeles Ballet’s eleventh season celebrates the masters, and introduces LA to a new choreographer that is changing the dance landscape. LAB opens the season with Modernists/Ballet Visionaries (October 2016) featuring works of three icons of their time: August Bournonville, 1805-79, creator of the Danish Bournonville style of ballet, still vibrant today; George Balanchine, 1904-82, Master choreographer who transformed American dance and created modern American ballet; Aszure Barton, contemporary choreographer who is leading ballet into rich, new territory. The program includes Bournonville’s Napoli Pas de Six and Tarantella , Balanchine’s Stravinsky Violin Concerto and the Los Angeles Ballet Premiere of Barton’s Untouched (2010) . LAB has a strong history with Bournonville and Balanchine - Christensen is the only artistic director (and dancer) in Los Angeles who is an authority on the Bournonville style, and Neary was personally selected by Balanchine to teach his choreography to major companies all over the world as a Repetiteur for The George Balanchine Trust. The holidays welcome back LAB’s popular The Nutcracker (December 2016), set in 1913 Los Angeles. This year LAB offers special Christmas Eve matinees, providing more opportunities to see this family favorite and to enjoy Tchaikovsky’s beloved music. To close the season, Los Angeles Ballet presents Balanchine/Master of the Dance (March 2017). In a Los Angeles Ballet premiere Balanchine captures Mozart in the crystalline Divertimento No. 15 . The program also includes the hauntingly beautiful Prodigal Son (Prokofiev) and the playful Who Cares? (Gershwin). “We are proud to present such a diverse program this season,” said Christensen and Neary, LAB’s Co- Artistic Directors. “With masters Balanchine and Bournonville, the holiday favorite The Nutcracker , and introducing our audience to Barton, a contemporary choreographer, we offer a smorgasbord of delights.” Continuing LAB’s mission to offer world-class professional ballet to greater Los Angeles, its programs are performed at LAB’s home theaters: UCLA’s Royce Hall, Glendale’s Alex Theatre, Redondo Beach Performing Arts Center, and the Dolby Theatre in Hollywood. About Los Angeles Ballet - Founded in 2004 by Artistic Directors Thordal Christensen and Colleen Neary, and Executive Director 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 in ten seasons, presenting 32 productions encompassing 54 works, including 15 commissioned world premieres. Los Angeles Ballet ‘tours’ throughout LA County, regularly appearing at four venues. Since its inception in 2006, LAB’s Power of Performance (POP!) program has provided thousands of free tickets to underserved or disadvantaged children, seniors, veterans, and their families. LAB's A Chance to Dance Community Days outreach program was launched in October 2012. About Thordal Christensen - Among Thordal Christensen’s many credentials are an impressive performing career, successful leadership of one of the world's major ballet companies, critically applauded original choreography, and a proven commitment to dance education. Born in Copenhagen, Denmark, Christensen received his ballet training at The Royal Danish Ballet School and at the School of American Ballet in New York City before a performance career that included the Royal Danish Ballet, New York City Ballet, and Pacific Northwest Ballet. Christensen then returned to Denmark where he was Artistic Director of the Royal Danish Ballet. This blend of Bournonville and Balanchine tradition is one of the defining themes of his career, and has shaped the unique artistic vision that Christensen, along with his wife Colleen Neary, bring to Los Angeles Ballet. In 2002, he was made Knight of the Dannebrog by Queen Margrethe II of Denmark. About Colleen Neary - Colleen Neary brings to Los Angeles Ballet the benefits of her vast experience as one of George Balanchine's quintessential ballerinas. In her experience as a dancer, teacher, and ballet mistress, she also worked closely with other luminaries of 20th century dance, including Rudolf Nureyev, Maurice Béjart, and Jiří Kylián. Born in Miami, Florida and trained at The School of American Ballet, Neary danced in New York City Ballet under the direction of George Balanchine, then for Maurice Béjart's Ballet du XXième Siecle , and Pacific Northwest Ballet. Neary was personally selected by Balanchine to teach his choreography to major companies all over the world as a repetiteur for The George Balanchine Trust. DOWNLOAD PDF

Los Angeles Ballet presents a company of outstanding dancers from local communities and around the world. LAB dance artists master classical as well as contemporary techniques. Abigail Gross Hometown St. Louis, MO Seasons with LAB 3 Seasons with LAB Abigail attended the Miami City Ballet School and became an apprentice in 2021. She attended summer programs at Pacific Northwest Ballet, the School of American Ballet, Chautauqua Institution, and The Rock School. Abigail has performed repertoire by Alexei Ratmansky, John Cranko, George Balanchine, Durante Verzola, Melissa Barak, Stanton Welch, and Kara Wilkes.

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