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A Dazzling Spectacle: The Los Angeles Ballet

The Los Angeles Ballet (LAB) is a classical ballet company that aspires to marry one of the oldest art forms in the world with the pace and energy of the City of Angels. Founded in 2006 by Thordal Christensen, Colleen Neary, and Julie Whittaker, the artistic director, LAB stages performances that appeal to the classicists and the avant-garde.

• Mainly, it boils down to presenting a standard repertory worthy of the art form – the delicacies and delightfulness of Tchaikovsky’s The Nutcracker, the pathos and poetry of storybook ballets, and the technical and stylistic variety of mixed repertoire shows. We like to say that we reflect the artistry and eclecticism of contemporary ballet: we’ve presented ballets from iconic mainstream classics, immersive installation performances, and Brechtian mashups. Since Melissa Barak became Artistic Director in January 2022, she has kept the company’s repertory grand and classical but has also pushed its aesthetic boundaries, and its dancers.
• An Artistic Odyssey: His energy is populist And completist. LAB takes the city to the dance: committing to a touring schedule that visits the highest-profile venues in Los Angeles County – from the Dolby Theatre to the pristine Royce Hall – the company ensures that all of the city experiences this magic. The itinerant approach not only expands the possible audience base but makes each performance at each location not just a show, but a bit of discovery.

Every Time You Enter the LAB, It’s a Ticket to Enchantment. When you buy a ticket to an LAB performance, you assure yourself of an evening of the highest artistic quality, with its stunning choreography (modelled on Balanchine and Bournonville), its classic tales (“Don Quixote“, “Les Lutins”, “Romeo & Juliet“, “Giselle“), yet played out and projected on to the stage by restrained, yet emotional, bodies. You also assure yourself an evening of so reasonably priced tickets (starting from $30 admission) to this feast for the eyes and ears.

An Old Tradition Rejigs itself: Ongoing is LAB’s favourite, “The Nutcracker“, a family-oriented perennial. With the holidays to celebrate, the Nutcracker Suite of Tchaikovsky danced live to the beautiful sounds of the Los Angeles Ballet Orchestra, which is a holiday favourite that brings out the magic. It is no wonder that “The Nutcracker” fills the Los Angeles Theatre before soldout audience time after time, year after year. Demand for ‘The Nutcracker’ tickets makes it LAB’s fastest-selling ticket of the season.

Choice Of Seats: LAB offers its performances at a combination of venues, each with its own personality and seating options. Their theatrical performances in the Alex Theatre offer an extremely intimate theatrical feel with seating ranging from traditional ‘orchestra’ seats to centre-back theatre, while Maximus: The Experience in the Dolby Theatre offers a grand orchestral experience with seating ranging from the jazz-club intimacy of the orchestra section to the panoramic splendour of the Alexander Terrace.

Conclusion: There’s an energy around The Los Angeles Ballet that transcends the movements on stage; this physically daring and imaginative company is, itself, a cultural institution for Los Angeles: diverse, dynamic, and dazzling. Every rising totem and pirouette expresses technical finesse and mastery of an art form that defies the need to utter a single word, yet so intimately communicates the poignancy, pain, and passion of the human story. As LAB continues to leap around LA, I hope it invites us all to share in the thousands of years that ballet has told stories through every leap and turn across the stage.