NUTCRACKER TEA! 2023/2024 Season > Nutcracker Tea! NOVEMBER 18 & 19, 2023 Los Angeles Ballet’s Annual Nutcracker Tea! at Waldorf Astoria LAB’s signature holiday fundraiser in support of LAB's Outreach Education Programs is an immersive afternoon tea party experience perfect for guests of all ages! Enter into a magical Winter Wonderland and explore all the joys the season has to offer! In true Holiday fashion, you are treated to High Tea sweets and savories while awaiting a special performance of excerpts from LAB’s The Nutcracker . Sparkling Crafts, Mystery Gifts, and holiday goodies are just the beginning! Even dance with Clara & her doll friends as they come to life and invite you into their world. Shop for holiday gifts at the LAB Nutcracker Boutique, and pose for a keepsake photo with Santa. We look forward to beginning the Holiday Season with you! Nutcracker Tea! at Waldorf Astoria Hotel Saturday,November 18 – 10 a.m. Saturday,November 18 – 1:30 p.m. Saturday,November 18 – 5 p.m. Sunday,November 19 – 1:30 p.m. Sunday,November 19 – 10 a.m. Purchase tables early. This event sells out quickly! PACKAGES Review details and pricing for table packages and special Overnight Experience packages LOS ANGELES BALLET 2023/2024 Season This season includes exciting works by master choreographers Justin Peck, Hans van Manen, Yuri Possokhov and George Balanchine, and another world premiere by LAB Artistic Director, Melissa Barak. Plus, LA's holiday favorite, The Nutcracker . Subscriptions and Single Tickets Sale Now! DOWNLOAD SEASON BROCHURE PARTICIPATE Become a Member Membership to the Los Angeles Ballet Guild provides a vital link between LAB leadership and the broader Southern California community. LAB Guild is philanthropic, creative, entrepreneurial, and industrious. We invite you to become involved. LAB supporters Bari Milken Bernstein and Tara Lipinski ; Photo : Capture Imaging MEMBERSHIP

The Nutcracker LAB's The Nutcracker is a holiday tradition in Los Angeles, perfect for celebrating the season with family and friends. Set to Tchaikovsky’s iconic score, this production stays true to the traditions of the storybook tale. This production is set in 1912 Los Angeles there are hints and tastes of Southern California - a Spanish style home, calla lilies, bougainvillea, the snowy forests of the Sierras, the archways of Venice Beach, and a moonlit view of the Pacific Ocean. The Nutcracker appears in theaters throughout LA County, including Dolby Theatre in Hollywood, Royce Hall at UCLA, Redondo Beach Performing Arts Center and the newly added Pasadena Civic Auditorium Choreography by Christensen/Neary, Music by Peter Ilyich Tchaikovsky ​ Program length: 120 minutes and 1 intermission Perfomance Schedule On Sale Now! Friday, December 1 – 8 p.m. Saturday, December 2 – 6 p.m. Sunday, December 3 – 2 p.m. Redondo Beach PAC Dolby Theatre Los Angeles Ballet Orchestra Royce Hall, UCLA New! Pasadena Civic Auditorium Friday, December 8 – 8 p.m. Friday, December 15 – 8 p.m. Saturday, December 9 – 5 p.m. Saturday, December 16 – 12 p.m. Sunday, December 24 – 2 p.m. Thursday, December 21 - 7:30 p.m. Friday, December 22 - 7:30 p.m. Friday, Decmber 22 - 2 p.m. Saturday, December 9 – 12 p.m. Saturday, December 16 – 5 p.m. Sunday, December 17 – 2 p.m. Saturday, December 23 – 2 p.m., Saturday, December 23 – 7:30 p.m. Tuesday, December 26 – 2 p.m. BECOME A SUBSCRIBER I WANT TO RENEW "...The Nutcracker...distinctive, inspired!..." Los Angeles Times "FOUR STARS" "...Breathtaking effortless lifts..." Los Angeles Daily News Photos by Cheryl Mann Photography 2023/2024 Season > The Nutcracker DECEMBER 1-26, 2023 View Full Season Next Steps EXCLUSIVE LAB Orchestra at Dolby Theatre Experience Tchaikovsky's spectacular score LIVE exclusively at Dolby Theatre during The Nutcracker December 21-26, 2023. Add The Nutcracker at Dolby Theatre to any subscription. SUBSCRIBE LOS ANGELES BALLET 2023/2024 Season This season includes exciting works by master choreographers Justin Peck, Hans van Manen, Yuri Possokhov and George Balanchine, and another world premiere by LAB Artistic Director, Melissa Barak. Plus, LA's holiday favorite, The Nutcracker. Subscriptions and Single Tickets on Sale Now! DOWNLOAD SEASON BROCHURE THE NUTCRACKER

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ABOUT LAB 2023/2024 Season > About LAB As Los Angeles Ballet embarks on a new era, we embrace what has always made the city of Los Angeles so special — the place to dream big. Los Angeles Ballet signifies LA's imaginative spirit of what is possible, what is unique, and what is the future. Ballet is an exceptional craft that flourishes through the talents of a broader creative network. It is a transcendent art form that we believe should be shared with, and enjoyed by, as many people as possible. ​ LAB is committed to the Mission of: ​ Presenting bold new works and staging existing works by many of today’s most innovative dance-makers. Collaborating with a diverse array of movement creation artists across the dance spectrum, and artists of all different genres and design worlds. Expanding people’s knowledge of and appreciation for ballet by providing access to the widest audiences possible through community engagement, education, and outreach programs. Celebrating our dancers’ individuality and cultivating a company culture that prioritizes their well-being both emotionally and physically. About the Company Los Angeles Ballet (LAB) is the leading ballet company in Los Angeles known for staging classical, contemporary, romantic and neoclassical ballets, for pioneering new works and for presenting relevant works by many of today’s most innovative dance-makers. LAB’s original production of The Nutcracker is an annual holiday favorite for Los Angeles residents and delights regional, national and international visitors. ​ Led by Artistic Director Melissa Barak and Interim Executive Director Julia Rivera, LAB performs in multiple theater venues across LA County including The Broad Stage in Santa Monica, Royce Hall at UCLA, Redondo Beach Performing Arts Center, Pasadena Civic Auditorium and Dolby Theatre in Hollywood. ​ As part of its mission to expand people’s knowledge of and nurture a love for ballet, LAB gives access to performances to the widest audiences possible by providing free tickets for thousands of residents in underserved communities in Los Angeles County through its arts education program, Power of Performance (POP!). In 2012, LAB launched a hands-on outreach program called A Chance to Dance (ACTD) that provides free ballet and movement instruction for all ages. Los Angeles Ballet was founded in 2004 by Thordal Christensen and Colleen Neary, Artistic Directors Emeriti and Julie Whittaker, Executive Director, Emerita . LOS ANGELES BALLET Repertoire Learn about the comprehensive and varied seasons of Los Angeles Ballet since its debut in 2006. Repertoire includes stunning classical ballets, exceptional stagings of Balanchine repertory, and relevant works by many of today’s most innovative dance-makers. VIEW REPERTOIRE LOS ANGELES BALLET History Read the history of the Company and learn about LAB’s Leadership, Mission, and Community Outreach initiatives. LAB HISTORY About LAB

L.A. Ballet's Balanchine Festival follows in master's steps March 8, 2013 March 8, 2013 | By Susan Josephs Colleen Neary will never forget the day when George Balanchine articulated the blueprint for her life’s work. She was in her early 20s, then a respected New York City Ballet dancer. “He put me in to teach company class,” she says. “He said to me, ‘This is what you will do in the future.’ I said I wanted to dance, but he said, ‘You won’t dance forever. You will teach dancers my ballets.” Fast forward to 2013, to a rehearsal of Balanchine’s 1941 “Concerto Barocco” at the Westside headquarters of Los Angeles Ballet. Neary, now 60 and the company’s co-founder, surveys her dancers with microscopic scrutiny as they attempt to master the rigorously precise footwork, high-energy unison phrases and tricky group formations of the 18-minute dance. Both critical and encouraging, she invokes the words of her mentor during the section where three female dancers must weave around the sole male dancer in the work, interlocking hands and arms to create sculptural yet quickly dissolving tableaux. “Balanchine always used to say, ‘You should be walking around like Grecian goddesses,’ “ she tells the female dancers. “You’re missing this thing. In all his ballets, there’s this thing that’s more than the steps. It’s about feeling beautiful within yourself, and I can’t teach you that.” Neary, however, can remember how the famous choreographer known as Mr. B made his dancers feel beautiful, and it’s this firsthand experience that serves as the guiding force behind her company’s Balanchine Festival 2013. “Colleen has this great gift for challenging dancers to embody the Balanchine aesthetic,” says Ellen Sorrin, director of the George Balanchine Trust, which authorizes the staging of Balanchine’s ballets worldwide. “It’s an enormous responsibility to do what she’s doing, to disseminate Balanchine’s works as fully and wonderfully as possible.” Los Angeles Times by Susan Josephs DOWNLOAD PDF 2023/2024 Season > News > Previous Item Next Item

Five Dancers Promoted March 7, 2013 Los Angeles Ballet annnounces the promotion of five dances featured in the three-month Balanchine Festival beginning March 9, 2013 Los Angeles Ballet artistic directors Thordal Christensen and Colleen Neary announced the promotion of Zheng Hua Li to Principal Dancer and the promotion of Bianca Bulle, Alexander Castillo, Julia Cinquemani, and Chelsea Paige Johnston to Soloists. All five dancers will be featured in Balanchine Festival GOLD, opening Sat., March 9, 2013, and Balanchine Festival RED, opening Sat., May 11, 2013. Each program will be performed at Los Angeles Ballet’s five home theaters: Redondo Beach Performing Arts Center, Royce Hall/UCLA, Valley Performing Arts Center, Alex Theatre, and Carpenter Performing Arts Center. Zheng Hua Li was born and trained in Shen Yang, China. He danced with Guangzhou Ballet before joining Los Angeles Ballet. This is his fourth season with Los Angeles Ballet. During the upcoming Balanchine Festival GOLD, Mr. Li will dance the Poet in La Sonnambula and the lead in Phlegmatic in The Four Temperaments. Since joining LAB, Mr. Li has danced featured roles including the Cavalier in The Nutcracker, the Pas de Trois in Swan Lake and danced in LAB’s world premiere programs NewWaveLA and NextWaveLA in choreography by Sonya Tayeh, Mandy Moore, Travis Wall, and Stacy Tookey. Li joins current principal dancers Allyssa Bross, Allynne Noelle, Christopher Revels and Kenta Shimizu. Bianca Bulle was born in Gold Coast, Queensland, Australia where she trained at Ransley Ballet and Dance Centre before training at New York’s School of American Ballet. This is her second season with Los Angeles Ballet. During Balanchine Festival GOLD Ms. Bulle will dance the second lead (2nd Violin) in Concerto Barocco, and Second Theme in The Four Temperaments. Ms. Bulle has danced featured roles in The Nutcracker including Rose in Waltz of the Flowers and Marie (Sugar Plum Fairy), as well as in LAB’s world premiere program NextWaveLA in choreography by Kitty McNamee and Josie Walsh. Alexander Castillo was born in Bayside, New York and trained at Ballet Academy East, Boston Ballet, and School of American Ballet. This is Mr. Castillo’s third season with Los Angeles Ballet. During Balanchine Festival GOLD Mr. Castillo will dance the male lead in Concerto Barocco and Third Theme in The Four Temperaments. He has been featured in the Arabian dance in The Nutcracker, and the Pas de Trois in Swan Lake, as well in LAB’s world premiere program NextWaveLA in choreography by Sonya Tayeh and Stacey Tookey. Julia Cinquemani was born in Dallas, Texas and trained at the Dallas Ballet Center, Pacific Northwest Ballet and School of American Ballet. This is her third season with Los Angeles Ballet. During Balanchine Festival GOLD, Ms. Cinquemani will dance Third Theme in The Four Temperaments and the lead (1st Violin) in Concerto Barocco. Ms. Cinquemani has been featured in the Pas de Trois and the Russian dance in Swan Lake, as the Arabian and Marie (Sugar Plum) in The Nutcracker, as well as in LAB’s world premieres program NextWaveLA in choreography by Sonya Tayeh and Josie Walsh. Chelsea Paige Johnston was born in Carlsbad, California and trained with San Elijo Dance and Music Academy, Pittsburgh Ballet Theatre School and UC Irvine. She danced with Pittsburgh Ballet Theatre and Milwaukee Ballet II before joining Los Angeles Ballet. This is her fourth season with Los Angeles Ballet. During Balanchine Festival GOLD, Ms. Johnston will dance The Sleepwalker in La Sonnambula. Since joining Los Angeles Ballet she has danced the title role in Giselle, the Russian dance in Swan Lake, Marie (Sugar Plum) in The Nutcracker, and was featured in LAB’s world premiere programs NewWaveLA and NextWaveLA in choreography by Mandy Moore, Travis Wall, Kitty McNamee, and Josie Walsh. ​ LAB Public Relations DOWNLOAD PDF 2023/2024 Season > News > Previous Item Next Item

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PARTICIPATE Become a Member Today! Download the 2024 membership brochure to view all levels and benefits. LEARN MORE EVENT GALA 2024 Save the Date! Thursday, April 18, 2024 at the Beverly Wilshire Hotel. Table packages are available now for pre-purchase. LEARN MORE MEMBERSHIP 2023/2024 Season > Membership Membership Circles Fall in love with dance. 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 artform through unique experiences and exclusive content. With backstage tours, visits to company classes, and access to digital newsletters, there is something for everyone. We hope you join today by making a tax-deductible membership gift. Your support inspires us; in return, we strive to inspire you! Why Give As a member, you also ensure the transformative power of ballet remains accessible to underserved communities across LA County. LAB donates 10% of tickets each season, free of charge, to over 50 local social service organizations and offers monthly free dance classes to all age groups and levels taught by LAB company dancers. With your membership support, we can expand our efforts to bring the magic of dance to this city of angels! We hope you join today and enjoy our exclusive membership offerings curated just for you! VIEW LEVELS & BENEFITS BECOME A MEMBER TODAY! 2024 Membership Event Calendar Saturday,November 18 – 5 p.m. March Ballet Salon Barak & Bowers Member Newsletter - Winter April Members Only Pricing to Annual Gala May Firebird/Serenade Studio Rehearsal June Member Newsletter - Summer September Season 19 Welcome Dinner October View Company Class Member Newsletter - Fall November Members Only Pricing to Nutcracker Tea! December The Nutcracker Final Rehearsal & Champagne Reception @ Dolby Theater The Nutcracker Backstage Experience @ Dolby Theater Questions? Contact Danielle Bearden-Mead Director of Development at 310.477.7411 x 1006 or Dbeardenmead@losangelesballet.org LAB’s Membership Circles are a tax-deductible donation, we do not offer refunds. VIEW LEVELS & BENEFITS BECOME A MEMBER TODAY!

2023/2024 Season > Ticket Information > Venues Venues Los Angeles Ballet is pleased to offer a choice of theaters throughout Los Angeles County. It is our mission and commitment to reach out to all communities. Los Angeles Ballet is deeply committed to the well-being and safety of our patrons. In-person Ticket Sales Group Sales Venues Accessibility Gift Certificates Tax-Deductibe Donations Terms & Conditions of Sales In-house Policies Privacy Policy 6801 Hollywood Blvd. Hollywood, CA 90028 Website COVID-19 Information Dolby Theatre Map It View Seating Map 300 E Green St, Pasadena, CA 91101, USA Website COVID-19 Information Pasadena Civic Auditorium Map It View Seating Map 1935 Manhattan Beach Blvd. Redondo Beach, CA 90278 Website COVID-19 Information Redondo Beach Performing Arts Center Map It View Seating Map 340 Royce Drive Los Angeles, CA 90095, USA Website COVID-19 Information Royce Hall, UCLA Map It View Seating Map 1310 11th St. Santa Monica, CA 90401 Website COVID-19 Information The Broad Stage Map It View Seating Map

HISTORY 2023/2024 Season > LAB History Los Angeles Ballet debuted in December 2006 with its original production of The Nutcracker . Choreographed by Founding Co-Artistic Directors Thordal Christensen and Colleen Neary, it featured a fresh take on the classic, complemented by a Southern California-themed set designed by Catherine Kanner. ​ LAB’s repertoire was then focused on Balanchine masterpieces and Bournonville ballets as imparted by Christensen and Neary, Artistic Directors Emeriti. As a répétiteur for The George Balanchine Trust, Ms. Neary, staged and directed LAB’s interpretations of his masterworks. In 2009 LAB presented Bournonville’s La Sylphide , its first full-length classical story ballet after The Nutcracker . Under the artistic direction of Christensen and Neary, LAB also performed classical ballet standards such as Giselle , Swan Lake , Don Quixote , Romeo and Juliet , and The Sleeping Beauty , and commissioned 15 new works, two developed out of LAB’s Choreographic Workshop. In 2022, LAB welcomed Melissa Barak as its first ever solo Artistic Director. Barak’s first full-length ballet for LAB was 2023’s highly acclaimed Memoryhouse , a dramatic and emotional abstract ballet composed of vignettes commemorating the Holocaust and performed at The Broad Stage in Santa Monica. The 2023/2024 Season is Barak’s inaugural programmed season and will include another original work and world premiere by her. ​ The Los Angeles Ballet Center is located on L.A.’s Westside. The Center’s 12,000 square feet encompass three dance studios, LAB’s administrative offices, a home box office, physical therapy services, a wardrobe department and costume storage. In September 2009, the Los Angeles Ballet Guild was established to support the mission of Los Angeles Ballet and provide the assistance to organize a volunteer workforce for performances and special events. The Guild has become an indispensable arm of the LAB support structure. Patrons of the Guild was formed in 2013; its mission is to provide vital support and advocacy for Los Angeles Ballet. LAB’s Power of Performance! (POP!) outreach program has provided 50,000+ free tickets to underserved and disadvantaged children, seniors, veterans and their families, through collaboration with community partners. ​ An additional LAB outreach program, A Chance to Dance , offers a monthly Community Day at the Los Angeles Ballet Center, where all ages are invited to take free ballet, jazz, and other dance classes and workshops, and to learn about fitness and nutrition from company dancers, staff, and physical therapists. A Chance to Dance Community Day attracts over 100 participants to each event, and fosters the development of a personal relationship between the artists of Los Angeles Ballet and the greater LA County community. LAB History LOS ANGELES BALLET Repertoire Learn about the comprehensive and varied seasons of Los Angeles Ballet since its debut in 2006. Repertoire includes stunning classical ballets, exceptional stagings of Balanchine repertory, and relevant works by many of today’s most innovative dance-makers. VIEW REPERTOIRE ABOUT Los Angeles Ballet 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. LEARN MORE