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Tchaikovsky Piano Concerto No. 2 2015 Julia Cinquemani with Kate Highstrete and Laura Chachich LAB Ensemble Allynne Noelle & Christopher Revels LAB Ensemble Julia Cinquemani with Kate Highstrete and Laura Chachich LAB Ensemble Allynne Noelle & Christopher Revels LAB Ensemble Julia Cinquemani with Kate Highstrete and Laura Chachich LAB Ensemble Allynne Noelle & Christopher Revels LAB Ensemble Julia Cinquemani with Kate Highstrete and Laura Chachich LAB Ensemble Allynne Noelle & Christopher Revels LAB Ensemble Julia Cinquemani with Kate Highstrete and Laura Chachich LAB Ensemble Allynne Noelle & Christopher Revels LAB Ensemble Julia Cinquemani with Kate Highstrete and Laura Chachich LAB Ensemble Allynne Noelle & Christopher Revels LAB Ensemble Julia Cinquemani with Kate Highstrete and Laura Chachich LAB Ensemble Allynne Noelle & Christopher Revels LAB Ensemble Julia Cinquemani with Kate Highstrete and Laura Chachich LAB Ensemble Allynne Noelle & Christopher Revels LAB Ensemble Balanchine / Tchaikovsky Previous Gallery Next Gallery All photos by Reed Hutchinson Click on image for a fullscreen presentation.

Akimitsu Yahata Hometown Tokyo, Japan Schools New National Ballet School, School of Tokyo City Ballet, Kiyoko Ishii Ballet Studio Companies National Ballet of Japan Los Angeles Ballet 6th Season

The Nutcracker 2017 Mackenzie Moser LAB Ensemble Petra Conti LAB Ensemble Mackenzie Moser & LAB Ensemble LAB Ensemble Jasmine Perry & Joshua Brown LAB Ensemble LAB Ensemble Bianca Bulle & LAB Ensemble Petra Conti & Tigran Sargsyan Mackenzie Moser & LAB Ensemble Mackenzie Moser LAB Ensemble Petra Conti LAB Ensemble Mackenzie Moser & LAB Ensemble LAB Ensemble Jasmine Perry & Joshua Brown LAB Ensemble LAB Ensemble Bianca Bulle & LAB Ensemble Petra Conti & Tigran Sargsyan Mackenzie Moser & LAB Ensemble Mackenzie Moser LAB Ensemble Petra Conti LAB Ensemble Mackenzie Moser & LAB Ensemble LAB Ensemble Jasmine Perry & Joshua Brown LAB Ensemble LAB Ensemble Bianca Bulle & LAB Ensemble Petra Conti & Tigran Sargsyan Mackenzie Moser & LAB Ensemble Prodigal Son – Balanchine / Prokofiev Previous Gallery Next Gallery All photos by Reed Hutchinson Click on image for a fullscreen presentation.

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Los Angeles Ballet: A spring in its step February 24, 2008 Orange County Register by Laura Bleiberg To state the obvious, Los Angeles Ballet's identity will be forged through its repertory and how its dancers perform. But the fledgling company's true branding will take form from the dances it commissions: the ballets it has that no one else does. Los Angeles Ballet artistic directors Colleen Neary and Thordal Christensen know that. So for this, the second season, they ordered up two new pieces for their 26 dancers. The first one, "Lost in Transition" by soloist Melissa Barak, debuted at the spring season opener this weekend at UCLA's Freud Playhouse. It is a smart, taut and whimsical winner. Ballet is not baseball, but let's just say that signing "free agent" Barak and bringing her back from Manhattan to her Los Angeles hometown was one of Neary's and Christensen's smartest decisions. Frustrated in the corps de ballet at New York City Ballet, and already an accomplished choreographic craftsman, Barak is blossoming further as a dancer with LAB. With "Lost in Transition," this 20-something advanced, too, as a dancemaker. Her four-movement premiere demonstrated clear purpose and great skill in execution, especially with the corps de ballet. The complicated layers and patterns she knitted for the all-female ensemble continuously surprised this viewer, and then delighted with each succeeding revelation. She gave us a trail of treats to follow using repeated motifs, which guided us gently, not obviously, through the piece. Barak's choreographic "voice" is rooted in the modernism of George Balanchine (like other NYCB alumni), but she is quickly finding her own movement colors and pitch. "Lost" is sleek abstraction, but with warm undertones, just like the (recorded) score, selections from two separate concerti by composer and virtuoso bassist Edgar Meyer. Barak began with an upstage line of women holding hands, their arms raised in a V. Like dominoes, they collapsed through a cascading canon. They pulled into a tight circle, and then burst open like flower petals exploding in fast motion. In the third movement, the corps was clumped in four tiered rows and occasionally burst into mechanistic, syncopated arm signals, a kinetic illustration of the chaotic musical outbursts unexpectedly sprinkled through Meyer's "Double Concerto for Cello and Double Bass." For her lead couples, Aubrey Morgan and Damien Johnson – two sensational newcomers – and Erin Rivera-Brennard and Peter Snow, Barak provided brisk, if less interesting, partnering challenges. But Barak was never timid – when Rivera-Brennard exited at one point, the abandoned Snow wandered sadly about until she returned. A trio for Sergey Kheylik, Lauren Toole and Kelly Ann Sloan was a sassy diversion, filled with loose torsos and rolling hips, big leaps for Kheylik and attacking footwork for Toole and Sloan. Patricia Guillem's neon-colored unitards and Tony Kudner's suggestively mysterious lighting were the appropriate finishing touches to this exciting piece. The program's other three ballets highlighted the many moods of Balanchine. Neary and Christensen spread about the solo parts, coaching every with exactitude. Overall, the dancers were more relaxed and greatly improved from a year ago. The cast approached the radical precision of "The Four Temperaments" (1946), to Paul Hindemith's equally revolutionary score, with still too much severity. But there were also sparks of adventurousness. In the "Melancholic" movement, Kheylik pulled his body to extremes, folding nearly in half forward and backward. His cat-like leaps soared ever upward and yet he still hit the floor, his body flat, on the beat. In "Sanguinic," Corina Gill amped up every inside and outside spin, losing a few, but still making the risks worthwhile. Her dependable partner, Peter Snow, also left caution at the wings and flew through his jumps. The dancers in the "Phlegmatic" section were one-note serious, but Andrew Brader's fluid arms and legs seemed to lengthen and ripple with each wave. The bravura "Tarantella" (1964, music by Louis Moreau Gottschalk) followed "Lost in Transition" on the program – a dessert when one was not needed. But Gill and guest artist Rainer Krenstetter made it the dance equivalent of sweet sherbet, a light entertainment intended only to please. Gill impressed with her pointe work and balance, while Krenstetter's sunny disposition and beautifully articulated beats made him an irresistible presence. The final act was devoted to "Who Cares?" (1970) and the dancers took to the Gershwin songs and the choreography's frothy sassiness with carefree and energetic eagerness. We were glad to see this other side of Los Angeles Ballet.. Barak was a sensuous and sophisticated soloist in "I'll Build a Stairway to Paradise." Despite a few bobbles, Nancy Richer brought lyrical playfulness to "My One and Only." Morgan and guest artist Eddy Tovar filled "The Man I Love Duo" with aching love. The male ensemble sprang with palpable joy. Los Angeles Ballet presented itself in the 600-seat Freud Playhouse, taking the box-office risks on its own shoulders. This same weekend at Royce Hall, UCLA Live was presenting the similarly attractive but inferior State Ballet of Georgia, and audience members commented to me how happy they were to see classical dance on the lineup. This is a ridiculous state of affairs. Los Angeles Ballet is coming up fast. Wake up, you folks at UCLA Live (and all you other presenters around town). Take this young talented group under your wing, because everyone will benefit. DOWNLOAD PDF Home / News / New Item

Los Angeles Ballet opening weekend of ‘Swan Lake’ March 5, 2012 Los Angeles Times by Victoria Looseleaf Bird-watchers flocked to UCLA’s Royce Hall over the weekend as Los Angeles Ballet, now in its sixth season, continued to prove its pointe shoe prowess with the premiere of “Swan Lake.” And while everything was not always picture-perfect Saturday, husband-and-wife directors Thordal Christensen and Colleen Neary, who choreographed the four-act work after Petipa and Ivanov, continue to confound balletic naysayers with their little company that could. A classic bipolar drama of joy and tragedy set to Tchaikovsky’s sweeping score (heard here, alas, on tape), “Swan Lake” lives and dies -– literally –- by its Odette/Odile, the sweetly vulnerable white swan/cunningly malevolent black swan. (Additional performances with cast changes are on tap in four other venues). A sturdy, stylish corps is also a must. And though Allynne Noelle’s Odette captivated with fragile, fluttering arms and superb footwork (Allyssa Bross alternates in the role), the dancer’s Odile was more smiles than seduction, her Act III fouettés less a study in surety than traveling –- or was it fatigue? One hopes, over time, that Noelle will come to fully embody both avians. The well-drilled corps, though lovely in held poses, is short on emotionally expressive steps, a cygnet requirement for representing unadulterated femininity. In the challenging pas de quatre (Bianca Bulle, Julia Cinquemani, Ariel Derby and Sophie Silna), technique again trumped finesse, another sign of LAB’s youthful makeup. As every Swan Queen needs a noble Siegfried, Kenta Shimizu was not only a gallant partner but also a thrilling soloist. His Act III variations shimmered with airy-as-meringue leaps, his landings rock solid. Also notable: Guest artist Akimitsu Yahata’s Jester generated heat with splashy split kicks, Christopher Revels’ Benno made easy work of his jetés and Christopher McDaniel’s Neapolitan dance (with Isabel Vondermuhll) was sassy and precise. A requisitely nasty Von Rothbart, Nicolas de la Vega as the bare-chested, cape-swooshing sorcerer, boosted the drama, especially in his final death throes. Kudos, also, to Oregon Ballet Theatre’s scenery and costumes: Neo-opulent castle and moonlit forest backdrops accentuated plush royal garb and crisp, sparkly tutus. While this “Swan Lake” may feature a bit of fowl play, its heart is in the right place. Long may Los Angeles Ballet spread its wings. -- Victoria Looseleaf Los Angeles Ballet’s “Swan Lake,” Redondo Beach Performing Arts Center, 1935 Manhattan Beach Blvd., Redondo Beach. 7:30 p.m. March 10; Also: Alex Theatre, 216 N. Brand Blvd., Glendale. 7:30 p.m. March 17; Carpenter Performing Arts Center, 6200 E. Atherton St., Long Beach. 7:30 p.m., March 24; Valley Performing Arts Center, 18111 Nordhoff St., Northridge. 7:30 p.m., March 31. $24-$95. (310) 998-7782. www.losangelesballet.org DOWNLOAD PDF Home / News / New Item

A Chance To Dance Home / A Chance to Dance / Los Angeles Ballet’s A Chance to Dance Laura Chachich, Director of Education Programs Founded by Allynne Noelle, A Chance to Dance (ACTD) Community Day is a monthly community outreach initiative for all ages incorporating a theme around which the day’s events are centered. Each month during LAB’s season, the dancers of Los Angeles Ballet offer FREE ballet classes, alternative dance/fitness classes, and lectures/demonstrations for a range of experience level and age groups. Join us on A Chance to Dance’s Instagram page: @chancetodancela Upcoming Events Sun, Jan 12 ACTD Sunday, January 12 / Los Angeles Ballet Center RSVP Jan 12, 2025, 9:00 AM – 1:00 PM Los Angeles Ballet Center, 11755 Exposition Blvd, Los Angeles, CA 90064, USA A Chance to Dance offers free ballet, dance and fitness classes to dancers of all ages and skill levels. Join the dancers of Los Angeles Ballet for a day of dance! Share Sun, Feb 09 ACTD Sunday, February 9 / Los Angeles Ballet Center RSVP Feb 09, 2025, 9:00 AM – 1:00 PM Los Angeles Ballet Center, 11755 Exposition Blvd, Los Angeles, CA 90064, USA A Chance to Dance offers free ballet, dance and fitness classes to dancers of all ages and skill levels. Join the dancers of Los Angeles Ballet for a day of dance! Share Sun, Mar 16 ACTD Sunday, March 16 / Los Angeles Ballet Center RSVP Mar 16, 2025, 9:00 AM – 1:00 PM Los Angeles Ballet Center, 11755 Exposition Blvd, Los Angeles, CA 90064, USA A Chance to Dance offers free ballet, dance and fitness classes to dancers of all ages and skill levels. Join the dancers of Los Angeles Ballet for a day of dance! Share Sun, Apr 06 ACTD Sunday, April 6 / Los Angeles Ballet Center RSVP Apr 06, 2025, 9:00 AM – 1:00 PM Los Angeles Ballet Center, 11755 Exposition Blvd, Los Angeles, CA 90064, USA A Chance to Dance offers free ballet, dance and fitness classes to dancers of all ages and skill levels. Join the dancers of Los Angeles Ballet for a day of dance! Share Sun, May 04 ACTD Sunday, May 4 / Los Angeles Ballet Center RSVP May 04, 2025, 9:00 AM – 1:00 PM Los Angeles Ballet Center, 11755 Exposition Blvd, Los Angeles, CA 90064, USA A Chance to Dance offers free ballet, dance and fitness classes to dancers of all ages and skill levels. Join the dancers of Los Angeles Ballet for a day of dance! Share Sun, Jun 22 ACTD Sunday, June 22 / Los Angeles Ballet Center RSVP Jun 22, 2025, 9:00 AM – 1:00 PM Los Angeles Ballet Center, 11755 Exposition Blvd, Los Angeles, CA 90064, USA A Chance to Dance offers free ballet, dance and fitness classes to dancers of all ages and skill levels. Join the dancers of Los Angeles Ballet for a day of dance! Share Adult Beginner Ballet, Photo by Mary Katherine Leslie Intermediate/Advanced Ballet, Photo by Mary Katherine Leslie Youth Ballet, Photo by Mary Katherine Leslie Children’s Creative Movement, Photo by Mary Katherine Leslie Pilates Mat, Photo by Mary Katherine Leslie Adult Beginner Ballet, Photo by Mary Katherine Leslie Intermediate/Advanced Ballet, Photo by Mary Katherine Leslie Youth Ballet, Photo by Mary Katherine Leslie Children’s Creative Movement, Photo by Mary Katherine Leslie Pilates Mat, Photo by Mary Katherine Leslie Adult Beginner Ballet, Photo by Mary Katherine Leslie Intermediate/Advanced Ballet, Photo by Mary Katherine Leslie Youth Ballet, Photo by Mary Katherine Leslie Children’s Creative Movement, Photo by Mary Katherine Leslie Pilates Mat, Photo by Mary Katherine Leslie Adult Beginner Ballet, Photo by Mary Katherine Leslie Intermediate/Advanced Ballet, Photo by Mary Katherine Leslie Youth Ballet, Photo by Mary Katherine Leslie Children’s Creative Movement, Photo by Mary Katherine Leslie Pilates Mat, Photo by Mary Katherine Leslie Adult Beginner Ballet, Photo by Mary Katherine Leslie Intermediate/Advanced Ballet, Photo by Mary Katherine Leslie Youth Ballet, Photo by Mary Katherine Leslie Children’s Creative Movement, Photo by Mary Katherine Leslie Pilates Mat, Photo by Mary Katherine Leslie Adult Beginner Ballet, Photo by Mary Katherine Leslie Intermediate/Advanced Ballet, Photo by Mary Katherine Leslie Youth Ballet, Photo by Mary Katherine Leslie Children’s Creative Movement, Photo by Mary Katherine Leslie Pilates Mat, Photo by Mary Katherine Leslie Please bring completed Registration Form on arrival (Form may be filled out in person before class) Class size is not limited Classes take place at Los Angeles Ballet Center 11755 Exposition Blvd Los Angeles, CA 90064 Additional Questions Laura Chachich , Director of Education Programs REGISTER TODAY Information LOS ANGELES BALLET Repertoire Learn about the comprehensive and varied seasons of Los Angeles Ballet since its debut in 2006. Repertoire includes Balanchine masterworks, stylistically meticulous classical ballets, commissioned and contemporary works by renowned local and international choreographers. VIEW REPERTOIRE LAB OUTREACH PROGRAM Power of Performance (POP!) Since its debut in 2006, Los Angeles Ballet’s Power of Performance! (POP!) program has provided a minimum of 10% of tickets to all performances—free of charge—to organizations that support underserved communities all across Los Angeles County. MORE ABOUT POP!

Supporting Los Angeles Ballet October 1, 2009 Company News from the Staff at LAB Guests came from the worlds of entertainment, finance, healthcare and other industries to a gala at the Bel-Air home of Stephanie Murray in support of Los Angeles Ballet. Guests enjoyed dinner in the garden and a performance of "The Evangelist," originally created for Neary and Christensen, and selections from the great choreographer George Balanchine. Home / News / New Item

For the first time, Los Angeles Ballet will have one artistic director: Melissa Barak August 24, 2022 Los Angeles Times Jessica Gelt READ ARTICLE AT SOURCE Home / News / New Item

Julianna Hatton Hometown Seasons with LAB 2024/2025 Bio Available Shortly

Swan Lake 2015 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 Christensen and Neary after Petipa and Ivanov / Tchaikovsky Previous Gallery Next Gallery All photos by Reed Hutchinson Click on image for a fullscreen presentation.

John Dekle Hometown Jacksonville, FL Seasons with LAB 2024/2025 John Dekle commenced his ballet training at the Douglas Anderson School of the Arts in Jacksonville, Florida. At the age of 16, he pursued additional training with the Florida Ballet. Subsequently, he received a full scholarship to the Miami City Ballet School, where he trained for two years. Upon completing his second year, he secured an apprenticeship for the 2023/2024 season. During this time, he performed in renowned productions, including Balanchine's The Nutcracker , Alexei Ratmansky’s Swan Lake , Romeo and Juliet , Concerto DSCH , and Firebird , among others.