LADP Classes – LA Dance Project

LADP CLASSES: CITY OF DANCE REPERTORY CLASS | AUDREY SIDES

L.A. Dance Project
2245 E. Washington Blvd.
Los Angeles, CA, 90021

Sunday, May 17, 2026 | 2:30pm

Level | Open
Class Length | 90 minutes

Price:
$0 | General Admission
$10 | Suggested Donation
$20 | Pay-It-Forward

Join LADP company member Audrey Sides for an open level class built around movement from City of Dance. This session offers participants an opportunity to engage with material from the citywide project and experience how the choreography lives in the studio.

In June 2026, L.A. Dance Project and Paris Dance Project present the U.S. premiere of Benjamin Millepied’s public dance initiative, La Ville Dansée / City of Dance.

Premiering in 2025, La Ville Dansée drew more than 10,000 spectators across Paris and four neighboring cities through seven free performances in iconic public spaces. In 2026, City of Dance activates sites across Los Angeles, with select performances followed by conversations on urbanism, ecology, technology, and social change curated by Françoise Vergès.

Set to Philip Glass’s score for Koyaanisqatsi (1982), five choreographers — Dimitri Chamblas, Madeline Hollander, Benjamin Millepied, Jamar Roberts, and Pam Tanowitz — each respond to a section of the music, creating a unified work that reflects on technology, modern life, and a world out of balance.

LADP CLASSES: CITY OF DANCE REPERTORY CLASS | AUDREY SIDES

LADP CLASSES: CITY OF DANCE REPERTORY CLASS | HOPE SPEARS

L.A. Dance Project
2245 E. Washington Blvd.
Los Angeles, CA, 90021

Sunday, May 31, 2026 | 2:30pm

Level | Open
Class Length | 90 minutes

Price:
$0 | General Admission
$10 | Suggested Donation
$20 | Pay-It-Forward

Join LADP company member Hope Spears for an open level class that introduces dancers to movement from City of Dance. The class offers an opportunity to explore phrases from the project and connect with the physicality of the work in a studio setting.

In June 2026, L.A. Dance Project and Paris Dance Project present the U.S. premiere of Benjamin Millepied’s public dance initiative, La Ville Dansée / City of Dance.

Premiering in 2025, La Ville Dansée drew more than 10,000 spectators across Paris and four neighboring cities through seven free performances in iconic public spaces.

In 2026, City of Dance activates sites across Los Angeles, with select performances followed by conversations on urbanism, ecology, technology, and social change, curated by Françoise Vergès.

Set to Philip Glass’s score for Koyaanisqatsi (1982), five choreographers — Dimitri Chamblas, Madeline Hollander, Benjamin Millepied, Jamar Roberts, and Pam Tanowitz — each respond to a section of the music, creating a unified work reflecting on technology, modern life, and a world out of balance.

LADP CLASSES: CITY OF DANCE REPERTORY CLASS | HOPE SPEARS

COMMUNITY CLASSES

L.A. Dance Project
2245 E Washington Blvd
Los Angeles, CA 90021

$10 | Pay what you can
$20 | Standard class rate
$30 | Pay it forward
$15 | LADP member price (with code)

Tuesday, March 31
10:30am | *Ballet with Masha Cherezova (Pre-pro/Professional)

Tuesday, April 7
10:30am | *Ballet with Masha Cherezova (Pre-pro/Professional)

Sunday, April 12
10:00am | *Ballet with Masha Cherezova (Open Level)
12:30pm | Improvisation with Jobel Medina (Open Level)

Sunday, April 19
10:00am | Contemporary with Megan Paradowski (Pre-pro/Professional)
12:30pm | States of Tension with Paul Zivkovich (Open Level)

Monday, April 20
10:30am | *Ballet with Masha Cherezova (Pre-pro/Professional)

Sunday, April 26
10:00am | *Ballet with Masha Cherezova (Open Level)
12:30pm | Improvisation with Jobel Medina (Open Level)

Sunday, May 3
10:00am | Rolling Practice with Stephanie Zaletel (Open Level)
12:30pm | Ballet with Shu Kinouchi (Open Level)

Sunday, May 17
10:00am | *Ballet with Corina Kinnear (Open Level)
12:30pm | Contemporary with Megan Paradowski (Pre-pro/Professional)
2:30pm | City of Dance Repertory Class with Audrey Sides (Open Level)

Sunday, May 31
10:00am | *Ballet with Masha Cherezova (Open Level)
12:30pm | Ballet with Spenser Theberge (Pre-pro/Professional)
2:30pm | City of Dance Repertory Class with Hope Spears (Open Level)

*These classes support Masha’s campaign “Raise the Barre.” All profits will be donated to Blood Cancer United and their fight towards saving more lives. Class donation rate is a minimum $15. Please put name and class date in your notes when you pay.

COMMUNITY CLASSES

COMMUNITY CLASSES WEEK

L.A. Dance Project
2245 E Washington Blvd
Los Angeles, CA 90021

December 15th – 20th
Morning classes at 10:00 AM
Afternoon classes at 12:30 PM

$10 | Pay what you can
$20 | Standard class rate
$30 | Pay it forward
$15 | LADP member price (with code)

Community Classes Week at L.A. Dance Project

This December, L.A. Dance Project opens its doors for a special week of community classes led by company artists and guest instructors. From ballet and contemporary to improvisation and somatic practices, these classes invite dancers at both open and professional levels to explore, connect, and grow.

SCHEDULE

Monday, Dec 15
10am | Countertechnique with Rosanna Tavarez (Pre-pro/Professional)
12:30pm | Improvisation with Audrey Sides (Open Level)

Tuesday, Dec 16
10am | Contemporary with Megan Paradowski (Pre-pro/Professional)
12:30pm | Ballet Warm Up + Millepied Repertoire with Shu Kinouchi (Pre-pro/Professional)

Wednesday, Dec 17

10am | Mike Tyus & Co. Workshop (Pre-pro/Professional)
12:30pm | Groovy Improvisation with DaEun Jung (Open Level)

Thursday, Dec 18
10am | BalletCore Essentials with Masha Cherezova (Open Level)
12:30pm | Jazz with Hope Spears (Pre-pro/Professional)

Friday, Dec 19
10am | Ballet with Shu Kinouchi (Open Level)
12:30pm | Modern/Contemporary with Roz LeBlanc (Pre-pro/Professional)

Saturday, Dec 20
10am | Rolling Practice with Stephanie Zaletel (Open Level)
12:30pm | Improvisation with Jobel Medina (Open Level)

COMMUNITY CLASSES WEEK

LADP CLASSES: Community Classes | D,A,N,C,E! with Julia Eichten

L.A. Dance Project
2245 E Washington Blvd
Los Angeles, CA 90021

Saturday, March 16, 2024 | 11:00 am – 12:15 pm
Saturday, March 23, 2024 | 11:00 am – 12:15 pm

$20 General Admission
$15 LADP Friend Membership Level

D,A,N,C,E! (Dance, as, Noise, Come, Everyone!)
A class using anatomical systems to assist in the warming up of our bodies, voices and the space around us. It will be followed by improvisational movement based research and live composing in real time!

Eichten is a graduate of the Juilliard School, where she received the Hector Zaraspe Award in recognition of her choreography in 2011. Eichten was a founding member of L.A. Dance Project and is a current member of AMOC* (American Modern Opera Company). Last summer, Eichterling, an ongoing project with creative partner Bret Easterling had a premiere of their latest work, “Dance in The Park,” at the Ojai Music Festival. ‘What followed was a joyous, frockling pas de deux of love, extinction and human evolution — Charles Darwin meets Fantasia.’- SF Chronicle. At the start of 2023, Eichten was choreographer and the co-director of “Expostulations of Mary,” a new chamber opera for voices, strings, dance, and electronics with composer Eliza Bagg and director, George R. Miller. Eichten performed and was movement director in Carolyn Chen’s, “How to Fall Apart,” at Baryshnikov Art Center, NYC. Last year, at Frieze Art Festival, Eichten performed an excerpt of, “Julie with a Beet,” as a part of Open Studios at L.A. Dance Project, Los Angeles, CA.’This smart choreographic rhythm by Eichten is the kind of dance that you always want to stumble upon and be taken by surprise with.’ – LA Chronicle. Eichten performed in Bobbi Jean Smith’s “Broken Theater” at Carolina Performing Arts, Chapel Hill, NC & Oz Arts, Nashville and most recently to a sold out run at La Mama, NYC. ‘Julia Eichten, in the role of stage manager, provides some much-needed comic relief.’ – NY Times. At the start of 2024, Julia performed and choreographed in “ISOLA” composed by Alyssa Weinberg and Directed by George R. Miller, ‘The linchpin of this production was the physical theater of Eichten,’ SF Classical Voice.

LADP CLASSES: Community Classes | D,A,N,C,E! with Julia Eichten

LADP CLASSES: INTERMEDIATE BALLET WITH JOE DAVIS

L.A. Dance Project
2245 E Washington Blvd
Los Angeles, CA 90021

Sunday, March 10, 2024 | 11:00 am – 12:15 pm

$20 General Admission
$15 LADP Friend Membership Level

Joe was born and raised in the beautiful hills of upstate New York, and can easily be identified by his cacophonous laughter. He began his training in Rochester, New York, and continued his studies at The Juilliard School on scholarships from The NYCDAFoundation and Cornell University. During his training he performed principal roles in the works of Symphony of Psalms by Jirí Kylián, and Baker’s Dozen by Twyla Tharp. He also performed works by notable choreographers such as Nacho Duato, Kyle Abraham, Martha Graham, Camille A. Brown and Brian Brooks. From 2016- 2022 he was a dancer with LA based contemporary company BODYTRAFFIC, where he traveled twice to Algeria as a cultural ambassador for the arts representing The U.S. in the International Modern Dance Festival. As a company member he toured internationally to Russia, Holland, Poland, Indonesia, Serbia and Mexico, and choreographed internationally in the cities of Jakarta and Hong Kong. Professionally, he has performed pieces by renowned choreographers such as Hofesh Shechter, Alejandro Cerudo, Gustavo Ramirez Sansano, Micaela Taylor, Barak Marshall, Arthur Pita, Victor Quijada, Matthew Neenan, Sidra Bell and Richard Seigal. He has been a guest artist with Long Beach Opera, LA Chamber Orchestra, Heidi Duckler Dance Company and Clairobscur Dance. In 2019 he co-founded HD Theatre with partner Haley Heckethorn, a contemporary dance company that performs and commissions work by upcoming and established choreographers, while also providing educational spaces for youth dance programs. On film, Joe can be seen in Calvin Klein’s Spring ’22 campaign, music video Man’s World, written by MARINA and directed by Alexandra Gavillet, as well as Requim for Air and Normalcy by Laurie Sefton. In addition to
performing and choreographing he has taught master classes at institutions such as Steps on Broadway, Loyola Marymount University, Chapman University, Santa Monica College, UCLA and numerous dance studios across the country, and is currently on faculty at CalArts in Valencia, CA. Joe is a lead Dance Church® teacher, an all-inclusive and community driven outlet to dancing.

LADP CLASSES: INTERMEDIATE BALLET WITH JOE DAVIS

LADP CLASSES: KRUMP STORYTELLING WITH DARREL FRIIDOM DUNN

L.A. Dance Project
2245 E Washington Blvd.
Los Angeles, CA 90021

Sunday, March 17, 2024 | 12:30 pm – 1:45 pm
$20 General Admission
$15 LADP Friend Membership Level

Darrel ‘Friidom’ Dunn, a Dallas, TX native now residing in LA, is a versatile artist with a degree in Arts & Technology from the University of Texas at Dallas. With expertise as a director, choreographer, actor, and composer, he has made a mark in the industry. He has collaborated with a wide range of contemporary art and commercial projects, including Samsung, Universal Music Enterprises, Freeform Tv, Trishes, Tyler the Creator, W.A.C.O. Theater Center, Lin Manuel Miranda, Ashwin Vasvada of JPL, Will Smith, and more. Friidom’s work has also been featured in various exhibitions and publications such as Intersect Palm Springs, LA Weekly, & LA Times. Friidom is renowned for his groundbreaking cinematic movement style, “Epiic,” and is dedicated to spreading this philosophy by creating immersive worlds that foster unity through his raw expressive movement.

LADP CLASSES: KRUMP STORYTELLING WITH DARREL FRIIDOM DUNN

LADP CLASSES: BALLET WITH SHU KINOUCHI

L.A. Dance Project
2245 E Washington Blvd
Los Angeles, CA 90021

Sunday, February 25, 2024 | 11:00 am – 12:15 pm

$20 General Admission
$15 LADP Friend Membership Level

Shu Kinouchi. A Native from Yokohama, Japan. I joined LA Dance Project in 2020 as a dancer. Prior to LADP, I was a dancer at Houston Ballet and a dancer at Tulsa Ballet. My ballet training happened at Mayumi Kinouchi Ballet Studio, Hamburg Ballet School von John Neumeier, and Jacqueline Kennedy Onassis School at American Ballet Theatre. During my dance journey, I danced many solos and works and worked with world class choreographers like: Benjamin Millepied, Bobbi Smith and Or Schreiber, Janie Taylor, Jessica Lang, Marcello Angelini, Stanton Welch, William Forsythe, Aszure Barton, Ma Cong, Nicolo Fonte, Matthew Neenan, Jodie Gates, Ronald Hynd, Christopher Wheeldon, Ben Stevenson, Connor Walsh, Oliver Halkowich, Kazuyuki Futami, Melody Walsh and many others. In addition to my primary job functions, I enjoy using time for my commitment to multimedia dance work. Some of my works were displayed at gallery in NYC curated by NFT ASIA, and at MoveMint Experience in NFT NYC.

LADP CLASSES: BALLET WITH SHU KINOUCHI

LADP CLASSES: MODERN WITH DAVID ARDIAN FREELAND, JR.

L.A. Dance Project
2245 E Washington Blvd
Los Angeles, CA 90021

Saturday, February 24, 2024 | 11:00 am – 12:15 pm

$20 General Admission
$15 LADP Friend Membership Level

David Adrian Freeland, Jr. received his early dance training at LaVilla School of the Arts in Jacksonville, FL and at the Jacksonville Centre of the Arts. He furthered his dance studies at several prestigious intensive programs affiliated with The Juilliard School, Nashville Ballet, Atlanta Festival Ballet, and the Bates Dance Festival. David attended the Conservatory of Dance at SUNY Purchase College and began working toward his BFA in Dance before being invited to join Ailey II, the second company of Alvin Ailey American Dance Theater, where he danced for three years. During this time, he performed seminal works by Alvin Ailey, Judith Jamison, Robert Battle, as well as new works by Troy Powell, Dwight Rhoden, Jennifer Archibald, Amy Hall-Garner, Malcolm Low, and Donald Byrd, among others. David’s professional experience also includes seasons performing with The Metropolitan Opera and Missouri Ballet Theatre. In 2016, David joined L.A. Dance Project where he has both created roles and danced in important stage and film works by Benjamin Millepied, Kyle Abraham, Justin Peck, Ohad Naharin, Martha Graham, Merce Cunningham, Roy Assaf, Noé Soulier, and Shannon Gillen. David is the proud recipient of a 2018 Princess Grace Award in Dance.

LADP CLASSES: MODERN WITH DAVID ARDIAN FREELAND, JR.

LADP CLASSES: CONTEMPORARY CHOREOGRAPHY WITH DAPHNE FERNBERGER

L.A. Dance Project
2245 E Washington Blvd
Los Angeles, CA 90021

Sunday, February 18, 2024 | 11:00 am – 12:15 pm

$20 General Admission
$15 LADP Friend Membership Level

Daphne Fernberger, born and raised in NYC, began her professional career with Cedar Lake Contemporary Ballet before moving to Europe to join Dresden Frankfurt Dance Company. As a freelance artist, she danced for the Merce Cunningham Trust in “Night Of 100 Solos: A Centennial Event,” Ersan Mondtag, Margie Gillis Legacy Project, among others, in both Europe and the United States. Daphne graduated from American Ballet Theatre’s Jacqueline Kennedy Onassis School and received her BFA from The Juilliard School. During her time at Juilliard, Daphne had the honor of performing a lead role in Pina Bausch’s rarely seen work, “Wind von West,” also traveling to Germany to perform in celebration of Tanztheater Wuppertal’s 40th anniversary. Her own choreographies include “Hellerau is Female,” “WHOLE,” a short film for the fashion brand Rentrayage, the dance film “Environment as Self,” and “The River Within.” On her path she discovered the potent power of transformation through dance. Believing it needs to be shared now more than ever, she hosts livestream movement meditations weekly.

LADP CLASSES: CONTEMPORARY CHOREOGRAPHY WITH DAPHNE FERNBERGER