UPCOMING PERFORMANCES

American Ballet Theatre - Dorothy Chandler Pavilion
A Music Center favorite, American Ballet Theatre (ABT) returns to the Center with its acclaimed full-length presentation of Tchaikovsky's Swan Lake.
ABT's graceful and versatile dancers perform the world's most beloved ballet Swan Lake, a romantic tale of love, betrayal and forgiveness. This stunning production offers breathtaking choreography, lavish costumes and visually spectacular sets evoking a lakeside Renaissance court - a grand presentation Los Angeles audiences are sure to enjoy!

PERFORMANCE DATES/ TIMES
All with live orchestra
Thursday, March 27, 2008 7:30 p.m.
Friday, March 28, 2008 7:30 p.m.
Saturday, March 29, 2008 2:00 p.m.
Saturday, March 29, 2008 7:30 p.m.
Sunday, March 30, 2008 2:00 p.m.

Tickets: http://www.musiccenter.org/dance.html

POST-PERFORMANCE LECTURES
Thirty Minute Lectures begin one hour prior to curtain and take place in the Dorothy Chandler Pavilion Grand Hall.
Light food available for purchase

La La La Human Steps - Amjad
Édouard Lock, artistic director and choreographer
U.S. Premiere

Fri-Sat, Apr 4-5 at 8pm
Royce Hall -UCLA
Price: $48, 36, 24 ($15 UCLA students)
http://www.uclalive.org/tickets.htm

“(Lock’s choreography is) a Jackson Pollock painting in dance.”
– The Gazette (Montreal)
“[Édouard] Lock surpasses all limits. His revolutionary physical language has influenced an entire generation of dancers…” –Die Welt (Berlin)
Known for its high-energy, acrobatic dance and punkish cool, Montreal’s most daring dance company returns with another thrilling production. Inspired by Swan Lake and Sleeping Beauty, Amjad audaciously deconstructs the romantic ballet and probes the schism between classical and modern dance. Expanding the limits of physical, vertiginous, and sensual movement, choreographer Édouard Lock adapts and reinvents classical sources deeply rooted in our collective memory, infusing them with rawness and fresh energy. Amjad includes nine dancers in a radiant display of demanding technique, intricate structure, and breakneck speed—often on pointe—featuring film and original live music performed by four musicians and composed by Bang on a Can's David Lang.

Complexions Contemporary Ballet - Dorothy Chandler Pavilion

Conceived by Dwight Rhoden and Desmond Richardson, two former stars of the Alvin Ailey American Dance Theater, Complexions Contemporary Ballet has received numerous accolades for its powerful and thought-provoking performances.
The company will present a Southern California premiere of Loose Change, a solo created for Desmond Richardson by actor Taye Diggs. Described by the New York Times as "a charmer", the solo dance is an emotional journey that travels from quiet and reflective to longing and energetic.
The West Coast premiere of Dwight Rhoden's Chapters, set to the timeless music of Marvin Gaye, intertwines the soulfulness of songs like "What's Going On" and "Mercy, Mercy, Me" with the passion and power of the company's beautiful, masterful dancers. Chapters is the story of a group of lifelong friends in New York City, and the challenges they encounter.

PERFORMANCE DATES/ TIMES
Friday, April 11, 2008 7:30 p.m.
Saturday, April 12, 2008 7:30 p.m.
Sunday, April 13, 2008 2:00 p.m.
Tickets: http://www.musiccenter.org/dance.html

POST-PERFORMANCE LECTURES
Thirty Minute Lectures begin one hour prior to curtain and take place in the Dorothy Chandler Pavilion Grand Hall.
Light food available for purchase

Los Angeles Ballet

A World Premiere by Lester Horton Award winner Jennifer Backhaus of Backhaus Dance,
plus the Los Angeles Ballet Premiere of the The Evangelist, choreography by Lar Lubovitch.
They also present Balanchine's Allegro Brillante, a classical bravura work for five couples danced to an exciting score by Tchaikovsky. Back by popular demand is Bournonville's Napoli Pas de Six and Tarantella.

Freud Playhouse, UCLA
April 25 & 26, 7:30 pm

Alex Theatre, Glendale
May 3, 7:30 pm

Irvine Barclay Theatre*
May 17, 8:00 pm

Redondo Beach Performing Arts Center
May 24, 7:30 pm

* Note: For its Irvine Barclay Theatre debut, Los Angeles Ballet offers a specially selected repertoire. Please click here for more information. This Irvine Barclay Theatre performance is not part of the Los Angeles Ballet 2007/08 Subscription Series. http://losangelesballet.org/html/performances.htm

Fri-Sat, May 2-3 at 8pm
Royce Hall -UCLA
Price: $42, 30, 22 ($15 UCLA students)
http://www.uclalive.org/tickets.htm

"For all those who discover the universe of Wim Vandekeybus for the first time, Spiegel will be like a body blow. The rolls, the jumps, the fights, the throwing of bricks, the bodies suspended in mid air have lost nothing of their vital energy, their force at the edge of rupture." -Le Soir
For 20 years, Belgian choreographer Wim Vandekeybus and his company Ultima Vez have created daring, confrontational and intensely physical works that push dancers and technology beyond their limits. The French newspaper Le Soir described this master of movement, film and sound as “a cross between Trisha Brown and John Woo.” Vandekeybus’ latest endeavor, Spiegel (Mirror), is a retrospective exploring the explosive energy and emotions of his world-renowned creations. Featuring remarkable scenes from his extraordinary body of work, Spiegel is a journey in search of the essence of Vandekeybus’ movement idiom. Nine dancers – company veterans, as well as newcomers – collaborate with Vandekeybus to reimagine the material in inspiring new ways.

Teatro alla Scala Ballet Company - Dorothy Chandler Pavilion
Tuesday, July 1, 2008 7:30 p.m.
Wednesday, July 2, 2008 7:30 p.m.
Tickets: http://www.musiccenter.org/dance.html

Considered Italy's premier ballet company, Teatro alla Scala Ballet Company's history is interwoven with the birth of ballet itself, from the renaissance courts of Italy to the celebrated opera house from which it derives its name. Throughout its existence, the company has had longtime, successful associations with ballet's most notable choreographers and dancers.
Performing Sergei Prokofiev's beloved Romeo and Juliet, opening night features prima ballerina Diana Vishneva. Filled with romance and excitement, drama and passion, Teatro alla Scala Ballet Company's spectacular presentation of Romeo and Juliet cannot be missed!



POST-PERFORMANCE LECTURES
Thirty Minute Lectures begin one hour prior to curtain and take place in the Dorothy Chandler Pavilion Grand Hall.
Light food available for purchase