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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. Home / News / New Item Review: Los Angeles Ballet Blooms Exquisite April 27, 2022 LA Dance Chronicle Joanne DiVito READ ARTICLE AT SOURCE

Guide for the Arts, the national online resource for complete annual schedules for opera, symphony, ballet, theatres and museums, has named LAB Co-Artistic Director Thordal Christensen the Arts Ambassador... Home / News / New Item Thordal Christensen Named Los Angeles Ambassador to the Arts February 1, 2014 Guide for the Arts, the national online resource for complete annual schedules for opera, symphony, ballet, theatres and museums, has named LAB Co-Artistic Director Thordal Christensen the Arts Ambassador for 2014-2015. Past Ambassadors have included Eli Broad, 2012-2013, and Marvin Hamlish, 2011-2012. READ ARTICLE AT SOURCE

Los Angeles Ballet Co-Artistic Directors Colleen Neary and Thordal Christensen have been honored with the McCallum Theatre Institute's Lifetime Achievement Award. Home / News / New Item LAB Co-Artistic Directors Receive Lifetime Achievement Award November 1, 2012 McCallum Theatre Los Angeles Ballet Co-Artistic Directors Colleen Neary and Thordal Christensen have been honored with the McCallum Theatre Institute's Lifetime Achievement Award. Previous recipients of this award include Julie McDonald, of MSA Agency, Nigel Lythgoe, and Lula Washington. The award will be presented at the 15th Annual Dance Under the Stars Choreography Festival on Saturday, November 10, 2012. To attend the Festival and learn more, visit McCallum Theatre's website. READ ARTICLE AT SOURCE

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. Brigitte Edwards Hometown San Diego, CA Seasons with LAB 5 Seasons with LAB Brigitte began her training at California Ballet, where she later joined the company in 2014. From 2016 to 2020, she danced with Ballet West in Salt Lake City, Utah. Brigitte became a member of the Los Angeles Ballet in 2021. Among her favorite roles with the company are Dark Angel in Serenade, Arabian in The Nutcracker, and Dream pas de deux in Val Caniparoli’s Lady of the Camellias.

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Los Angeles Ballet staff are comprised of talented non-profit arts professionals dedicated to supporting and producing outstanding productions for the LA community and southern California. Home / Staff / Artistic Staff Catherine Kanner Design Director Catherine Kanner worked as a founding Board Member and Design Director for Los Angeles Ballet from 2005 to 2022. During that period she oversaw and provided all promotional materials for Los Angeles Ballet. For more about Catherine Kanner catherinekanner.com Previous Artistic Staff

LAB Co-Artistic Director Colleen Neary will stage Le Palais de Cristal, which was choreographed by George Balanchine for the Paris Opera Ballet in 1947. Home / News / New Item Colleen Neary to Stage Balanchine at the Paris Opera Ballet April 30, 2014 Company News from the Staff at LAB LAB Co-Artistic Director Colleen Neary will stage Le Palais de Cristal, which was choreographed by George Balanchine for the Paris Opera Ballet in 1947. The name was changed to Symphony in C when Balanchine revived it for New York City Ballet. Colleen Neary is a Répétiteur for The George Balanchine Trust.

Los Angeles Ballet is proud to announce the addition of a fall program beginning in the 2014/2015 Season, for a total of four programs per season, an expansion from three productions in previous years. Home / News / New Item Fall Program Added to Annual Season May 1, 2014 Company News from the Staff at LAB Los Angeles Ballet is proud to announce the addition of a fall program beginning in the 2014/2015 Season, for a total of four programs per season, an expansion from three productions in previous years. The first fall production will be Swan Lake, choreographed by LAB Artistic Directors Colleen Neary and Thordal Christensen.

Swan Lake 2015 Christensen and Neary after Petipa and Ivanov / Tchaikovsky LAB Ensemble Allynne Noelle & Ulrik Birkkjaer Allynne Noelle & Rainer Krensetter Allyssa Bross, Kenta Shimizu & LAB Ensemble Chelsea Paige Johnston, Christopher Revels & LAB Ensemble Julia Cinquemani & Allyssa Bross Rainer Krensetter & Allynne Noelle Kenta Shimizu & Julia Cinquemani Allynne Noelle & Ulrik Birkkjaer Kenta Shimizu & Allyssa Bross Allynne Noelle & LAB Ensemble LAB Ensemble Julia Cinquemani & Kenta Shimizu Allynne Noelle & LAB Ensemble LAB Ensemble Allynne Noelle & Ulrik Birkkjaer Allynne Noelle & Rainer Krensetter Allyssa Bross, Kenta Shimizu & LAB Ensemble Chelsea Paige Johnston, Christopher Revels & LAB Ensemble Julia Cinquemani & Allyssa Bross Rainer Krensetter & Allynne Noelle Kenta Shimizu & Julia Cinquemani Allynne Noelle & Ulrik Birkkjaer Kenta Shimizu & Allyssa Bross Allynne Noelle & LAB Ensemble LAB Ensemble Julia Cinquemani & Kenta Shimizu Allynne Noelle & LAB Ensemble LAB Ensemble Allynne Noelle & Ulrik Birkkjaer Allynne Noelle & Rainer Krensetter Allyssa Bross, Kenta Shimizu & LAB Ensemble Chelsea Paige Johnston, Christopher Revels & LAB Ensemble Julia Cinquemani & Allyssa Bross Rainer Krensetter & Allynne Noelle Kenta Shimizu & Julia Cinquemani Allynne Noelle & Ulrik Birkkjaer Kenta Shimizu & Allyssa Bross Allynne Noelle & LAB Ensemble LAB Ensemble Julia Cinquemani & Kenta Shimizu Allynne Noelle & LAB Ensemble Previous Gallery All photos by Reed Hutchinson Click on image for a fullscreen presentation. Next Gallery

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. Home / News / New Item LAB Nutcracker – Sweet! December 23, 2008 FineArtsLA.com by Penny Orloff 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. DOWNLOAD PDF

Los Angeles Ballet offers two subscription opportunities for the 2021/2022 Season: Full-Season Subscription and Choose-2 Subscription. Patrons receive the best pricing and best seating of the Season offered before single tickets are on-sale. Become a Subscriber / DOWNLOAD SEASON BROCHURE Become a Subscriber Thank you for your request to Subscribe to the 2021/2022 Season. Please provide the following information and the Los Angeles Ballet Box Office will contact you to assist you with your Subscription details. Please select the Subscription Included a ticket to The Nutcracker, Bloom and The Sleeping Beauty First Name Last Name Email Phone Number Address Choose 2 Subscription Select Bloom The Sleeping Beauty What Section of the House are you interested in?  Section A – Center Orchestra Section B – Front Orchestra, Prime Balcony Section C – Main Orchestra, Balcony Circle Section D – Orchestra Ring, Balcony Center Section E – Balcony Side, Rear Balcony, Rear Orchestra Undecided Number of Adults Number of Children Please include any additional information and any special accommodations such as wheelchair seating. SUBMIT Full Season Subscription

The final bill of Los Angeles Ballet's sixth season, “NextWave LA” is the company's annual new works program (known previously as “New Wave LA”), featuring area choreographers. Home / News / New Item Colony adds shine to Los Angeles Ballet's 'Next Wave LA' May 16, 2012 Los Angeles Times by Jean Lenihan The final bill of Los Angeles Ballet's sixth season, “NextWave LA” is the company's annual new works program (known previously as “New Wave LA”), featuring area choreographers. It’s where you can count on loud amplifiers, the shedding of tutus and hair clips, and the sight of the selfsame ballerina you saw comporting like a regal queen in “Swan Lake” or “The Nutcracker” now writhing in extreme throes. This year’s contemporary bill -- featuring premieres by TV veterans Sonya Tayeh and Stacey Tookey (“So You Think You Can Dance") plus established choreographers Josie Walsh and Kitty McNamee -- may feel to be even more of a stark and risky contrast than previous years since for the first time an L.A. Ballet season has offered only story ballets and no Balanchine. Besides smoothing the distance between classical serenity and stark abstraction, Balanchine ballets also deftly convey the rigorous design and rehearsal values that should bridge both worlds. Yet thanks to McNamee’s opener, a mature and mysterious Euro-style group work called “colony,” the company looks lustrous. The debut came Saturday at the Redondo Beach Performing Arts Center; the program moves next to Glendale’s Alex Theatre, then the Broad Stage in Santa Monica. Set to Anna Clyne’s electronica and cello, “colony” features the metamorphoses of a mostly female brethren as one individualist (retiring dancer Kelly Ann Sloan) makes a break. Outfitted in Kanique Thomas’ ceremonial black coats and silhouetted in chill, harsh light by designer Ben Pilat, the group begins an eerie circling blizzard that morphs into many new geometries. McNamee’s ensemble pointe work here is mesmerizingly chilly -- inscribing arcs, measuring distances, the dancers’ precise feet move like the points and arms of drafting compasses. Meanwhile, the port de bras are kept minimalist and meaningful. Fresh and original, surely “colony” belongs in L.A. Ballet's permanent repertory, alongside Balanchine and Lar Lubovitch. Though well danced, sadly the bill falls off from here. Set to Icelandic composer Ólafur Arnalds, Tayeh’s “Duets in the act of...” features four obvious couples -- “cold desperation” (Allyssa Bross, Zheng Hua Li), “artificial seduction” (Julia Cinquemani, Vincent S. Adams), “fleeting nostalgia” (Kate Highstrete, Nicolas de la Vega) and “false ego” (Allynne Noelle, Alexander Castillo). Fleeting moments when Tayeh layered the duos, suggesting links between the differing motivations, signaled the stronger piece that might have been. Josie Walsh’s “Sirens,” scored by her husband Paul Rivera Jr., is yet another retelling of the Odysseus myth of sailors battling watery enchantresses. Men cover their ears, shaking their heads; women bourrée en pointe with undulating arms. One expects the likes of Rihanna to emerge from a trap door to hasten “Sirens”’ to its end. The final work, “Be Still,” with choreography by Tookey to a score featuring Matthew Banks (Blue Man group) and Icelandic composer Jóhann Jóhannsson, is a subtle, dynamic group piece about time that is currently overwhelmed by its emphatic, confusing design (again by Thomas and Pilat). Why a piece about time’s echoes and waves occurs in fringed two-piece suits -- with white-hot spotlights-- distracts to an impossible degree. “NextWave LA” Los Angeles Ballet, 7:30 p.m. Saturday, Alex Theatre, Glendale; 2 p.m. and 7:30 p.m. May 26, 2 p.m. May 27, the Broad Stage, Santa Monica. $30-$95. (310) 998-7782 or www.losangelesballet.org DOWNLOAD PDF