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LADP PERFORMS: REFLECTIONS, A TRIPTYCH FROM BENJAMIN MILLEPIED

Perelman Performing Arts Center
251 Fulton Street
New York, NY 10007

Saturday, February 21, 2026
Sunday, February 22, 2026

Discover a ballet triptych by Benjamin Millepied celebrating the unity of dance, music, and visual art.

Commissioned by Van Cleef & Arpels, this trilogy of contemporary ballets—Reflections (2013), Hearts & Arrows (2014), and On the Other Side (2016)—draws inspiration from the symbolic and emotional resonance of precious stones. Each work offers a distinct world where movement, music, and design converge to reveal something luminous and intimate.

Presented together for the first time in New York by PAC NYC and Dance Reflections by Van Cleef & Arpels, the triptych marks the culmination of a creative journey spanning over a decade.

Reflections is a meditation on longing—sensual, sharp-edged, and fleeting. Set to David Lang’s haunting score and framed by Barbara Kruger’s bold visual language, the ballet explores the tension between presence and absence, desire and memory.

Hearts & Arrows pulses with crystalline energy, carried by the precise, layered rhythms of Philip Glass. Liam Gillick’s sculptural design of shifting light and shadow becomes a silent partner to the choreography, where emotion takes on an architectural clarity.

On the Other Side is a deeply human work—intimate, emotional, and communal. Set to a suite of piano études by Glass and enveloped by Mark Bradford’s immersive, painterly set, the ballet becomes a portrait of togetherness, tracing the bonds between individuals and the quiet strength of collective experience.

This organization is supported, in part, by the Los Angeles County Board of Supervisors through the Department of Arts and Culture, and by the Los Angeles County Department of Arts and Culture as part of Creative Recovery LA, an initiative funded by the American Rescue Plan.

LADP PERFORMS: REFLECTIONS, A TRIPTYCH FROM BENJAMIN MILLEPIED

LADP PERFORMS: REFLECTIONS, A TRIPTYCH FROM BENJAMIN MILLEPIED

Wallis Annenberg Center for the Performing Arts
Bram Goldsmith Theater
9390 N Santa Monica Blvd.
Beverly Hills, CA 90210

Thursday, October 23, 2025 | 7:30pm
Friday, October 24, 2025 | 7:30pm
Saturday, October 25, 2025 | 7:30pm

Discover a ballet triptych by Benjamin Millepied celebrating the unity of dance, music, and visual art.

Commissioned by Van Cleef & Arpels, this trilogy of contemporary ballets—Reflections (2013), Hearts & Arrows (2014), and On the Other Side (2016)—draws inspiration from the symbolic and emotional resonance of precious stones. Each work offers a distinct world where movement, music, and design converge to reveal something luminous and intimate.

Presented together for the first time in the United States and presented by the Wallis and L.A. Dance Project, the triptych marks the culmination of a creative journey spanning over a decade.

Reflections is a meditation on longing—sensual, sharp-edged, and fleeting. Set to David Lang’s haunting score and framed by Barbara Kruger’s bold visual language, the ballet explores the tension between presence and absence, desire and memory.

Hearts & Arrows pulses with crystalline energy, carried by the precise, layered rhythms of Philip Glass. Liam Gillick’s sculptural design of shifting light and shadow becomes a silent partner to the choreography, where emotion takes on an architectural clarity.

On the Other Side is a deeply human work—intimate, emotional, and communal. Set to a suite of piano études by Glass and enveloped by Mark Bradford’s immersive, painterly set, the ballet becomes a portrait of togetherness, tracing the bonds between individuals and the quiet strength of collective experience.

This organization is supported, in part, by the Los Angeles County Board of Supervisors through the Department of Arts and Culture, and by the Los Angeles County Department of Arts and Culture as part of Creative Recovery LA, an initiative funded by the American Rescue Plan.

LADP PERFORMS: REFLECTIONS, A TRIPTYCH FROM BENJAMIN MILLEPIED

LADP PERFORMS: GEMS

Brisbane Festival
Queensland Performing Arts Center
Cultural Precinct Cnr Grey, Melbourne St
South Brisbane QLD 4101, Australia

Thursday, September 4, 2025 | 7:00pm
Friday, September 5, 2025 | 8:00pm
Saturday, September 6, 2025 | 1:00pm
Sunday, September 7, 2025 | 1:00pm

Now presented under the unified title Reflections, A Triptych by Benjamin Millepied, the program’s name echoes the evolution of the trilogy and its enduring partnership with Van Cleef & Arpels. Inspired by the symbolic and emotional resonance of precious stones, Reflections will serve as the title for future engagements in the U.S. and internationally.

Commissioned by Van Cleef & Arpels, this trilogy of contemporary ballets—Reflections (2013), Hearts & Arrows (2014), and On the Other Side (2016)—draws inspiration from the symbolic and emotional resonance of precious stones. Each work offers a distinct world where movement, music, and design converge to reveal something luminous and intimate.

Presented together for the first time in a world premiere event presented by the Brisbane Fair, the triptych marks the culmination of a creative journey spanning over a decade.

Reflections is a meditation on longing—sensual, sharp-edged, and fleeting. Set to David Lang’s haunting score and framed by Barbara Kruger’s bold visual language, the ballet explores the tension between presence and absence, desire and memory.

Hearts & Arrows pulses with crystalline energy, carried by the precise, layered rhythms of Philip Glass. Liam Gillick’s sculptural design of shifting light and shadow becomes a silent partner to the choreography, where emotion takes on an architectural clarity.

On the Other Side is a deeply human work—intimate, emotional, and communal. Set to a suite of piano études by Glass and enveloped by Mark Bradford’s immersive, painterly set, the ballet becomes a portrait of togetherness, tracing the bonds between individuals and the quiet strength of collective experience.

This organization is supported, in part, by the Los Angeles County Board of Supervisors through the Department of Arts and Culture, and by the Los Angeles County Department of Arts and Culture as part of Creative Recovery LA, an initiative funded by the American Rescue Plan.

LADP PERFORMS: GEMS

LADP PERFORMS: RITUEL

Lincoln Center
10 Lincoln Center Plaza
New York, NY 10023

Thursday October 9, 2025 | 7:30pm
Friday October 10, 2025 | 7:30pm
Saturday October 11, 2025 | 7:30pm

L.A. Dance Project, in collaboration with three of the world’s most prestigious philharmonic orchestras, brings Rituel to the New York Philharmonic this October as part of a performance series honoring the centenary of Pierre Boulez’s birth. Originally co-commissioned by the Orchestre de Paris – Philharmonie, Los Angeles Philharmonic, New York Philharmonic, and L.A. Dance Project, the work premiered in Paris and most recently captivated audiences at Walt Disney Concert Hall. Boulez’s Rituel in memoriam Bruno Maderna—a tribute to his late friend and fellow composer—unfolds with intricate musical structures, woven seamlessly with Millepied’s striking choreography.

Critics have praised Rituel for its mesmerizing fusion of movement and music: “Six dancers from L.A. Dance Project, choreographed by Benjamin Millepied, whirled, dashed, froze, and then gathered together as if they were one organism, basically following the sustained and abrupt bursts of sound. The total effect was mesmerizing” (SF Classical Voice). Millepied’s dancers, described as “shredding the stage—in the best possible way” (Fjord Review), embody the complexity of Boulez’s sonically rich compositions, responding dynamically to the conductor’s cues.

Led by world-renowned conductor Esa-Pekka Salonen, the program pairs Rituel with additional works by Bartók, further illuminating the interplay between Boulez’s serialist voice and the rhythmic, expressive intensity of Bartók’s compositions. Millepied’s choreography, performed by L.A. Dance Project, transforms the space, offering audiences a rare synthesis of musical invention and physical storytelling.

L.A. Dance Project’s participation in Rituel is made possible through the generous support of Van Cleef & Arpels.

LADP PERFORMS: RITUEL

PREVIEW SESSIONS | GATHERINGS

2245.
2245 E Washington Blvd.
DTLA 90021

Saturday, May 31, 2025 | 3:00 + 4:00 PM
Saturday, June 7, 2025 | 3:00 + 4:00 PM

Price: Free with RSVP

Our free and low-cost arts events are made possible by the generosity of supporters like you. Please consider adding a donation with your RSVP, any amount helps!

Join us at 2245, our DTLA studio and performance space, for two exclusive afternoons of informal performance showings and discussions. These events offer audiences a behind-the-scenes preview of Gatherings, a triple-bill program set to be presented at The Wallis Annenberg Center for the Performing Arts on June 13–14, 2025.

Guests are welcome to attend either one or both presentations on each date, gaining a rare preview of these works through select excerpts before they are presented at The Wallis.
Tickets are pay-what-you-can.

Saturday, May 31, 2025 | 3:00 + 4:00 PM
– 3:00 PM – Presentation of Triade, followed by a 15-20 minute Q&A.
– 4:00 PM – Excerpts from Quartet for Five, along with selections from Triade, followed by a 15-20 minute Q&A.

Saturday, June 7, 2025 | 3:00 + 4:00 PM
– 3:00 PM – Presentation of Sleepwalker’s Encyclopedia, followed by a 15-20 minute Q&A.
– 4:00 PM – Excerpts from Triade and Quartet for Five, followed by a 15-20 minute Q&A.

More about Gatherings:

Triade (Benjamin Millepied) – A signature repertory work choreographed by Benjamin Millepied, Triade premiered at the Opéra Garnier in Paris in 2008. Created as a tribute to Millepied’s mentor, Jerome Robbins, the piece features dynamic movement set to music by Nico Muhly.

Quartet for Five (Bobbi Jene Smith & Or Schraiber) – A critically acclaimed work by choreographers Bobbi Jene Smith and Or Schraiber, Quartet for Five explores themes of connection and tension through intricate partnering and expressive movement. The piece has been performed at venues including Élysée Palace and Théâtre du Châtelet in Paris, showcasing the duo’s blend of physicality and emotional depth.

Sleepwalker’s Encyclopedia (Janie Taylor) –Visually striking, Sleepwalker’s Encyclopedia is structured in six sections, each inspired by a large-scale mural by Benjamin Styer. The work evokes dreamlike imagery, with shifting lighting and movement that drifts between surreal and grounded moments, creating an immersive experience.

Anthem (Janie Taylor) – A site-specific piece by Janie Taylor, Anthem will feature dancers from L.A. Dance Project alongside performers from the Trudl Zipper Dance Institute at the Colburn School, and be performed in the grounds surrounding The Wallis before each performance.

This program is made possible in part by a grant from the City of Los Angeles Department of Cultural Affairs.

PREVIEW SESSIONS | GATHERINGS

LADP PERFORMS: LIGHTSCAPE

Marciano Art Foundation
4357 Wilshire Blvd.
Los Angeles, CA 90010

Saturday April 12, 2025 | 12pm & 2pm | SOLD OUT

Doug Aitken Workshop & KCRW present L.A. Dance Project at Marciano Art Foundation in a site-specific dance performance within Lightscape

L.A. Dance Project brings a kinetic, site-specific performance to Lightscape, featuring dancers Lorrin Brubaker, Jeremy Coachman, Courtney Conovan, Daphne Fernberger, Audrey Sides, and Hope Spears, with movement direction by Daphne Fernberger. Moving through Lightscape’s dynamic visual and sonic environment, the dancers respond in real time to shifting light and immersive sound, creating a performance that is as unpredictable and electrifying as the space itself.

Photograph: Courtesy Michael Anthony Hernandez and Marciano Art Foundation

LADP PERFORMS: LIGHTSCAPE

LADP PERFORMS: OPEN REHEARSAL | LIGHTSCAPE

2245.
2245 E Washington Blvd.
DTLA 90021

Wednesday April 9, 2025 | 12-1pm

Join us on in our studio at 2245 for an open rehearsal with LADP dancers as they rehearse for a site-specific activation of Doug Aitken’s critically acclaimed Lightscape at The Marciano Art Foundation.

Following the rehearsal, stay for a brief Q&A session with movement director Daphne Fernberger and company dancers Lorrin Brubaker, Jeremy Coachman, Courtney Conovan, Audrey Sides, and Hope Spears.

Then, on Saturday, April 12, at 12:00 PM & 2:00 PM, experience the Lightscape performance activation at The Marciano Art Foundation, presented by Doug Aitken Workshop and KCRW, featuring a collaboration with L.A. Dance Project.

L.A. Dance Project brings a kinetic, site-specific performance to Lightscape, featuring dancers Lorrin Brubaker, Jeremy Coachman, Courtney Conovan, Daphne Fernberger, Audrey Sides, and Hope Spears, with movement direction by Daphne Fernberger. Moving through Lightscape’s dynamic visual and sonic environment, the dancers respond in real time to shifting light and immersive sound, creating a performance that is as unpredictable and electrifying as the space itself. This event is free with your RSVP on the Marciano Art Foundation website, starting April 1.

Photograph: Courtesy Michael Anthony Hernandez and Marciano Art Foundation

LADP PERFORMS: OPEN REHEARSAL | LIGHTSCAPE

LADP PERFORMS: PLENUM / ANIMA

Müpa Budapest
1095 Budapest
Komor Marcell u. 1

Friday, February 14, 2025 | 7:30pm

Benjamin Millepied, Idio Chichava, and Jobel Medina 
Müpa Budapest, with Olivier Latry and Shin-Young Lee on organ

A joint concert celebrating connection, featuring the world-famous French organist Olivier Latry and his Korean-born wife and fellow organist Shin-Young Lee. The pair will perform both solo and duet pieces on the famed Philharmonie de Paris organ. The program includes Bach’s Passacaglia and Fugue in C minor, Borodin’s Polovtsian Dances, and Stravinsky’s The Rite of Spring. The live organ music will be paired with a new dance work created in collaboration by Mozambican choreographer Idio Chichava, French choreographer Benjamin Millepied, and American choreographer Jobel Medina.

This performance is a collaboration between the Philharmonie de Paris and Müpa Budapest, premiering at The Philharmonie de Paris in February 2025.

This organization is supported, in part, by the Los Angeles County Board of Supervisors through the Department of Arts and Culture, and by the Los Angeles County Department of Arts and Culture as part of Creative Recovery LA, an initiative funded by the American Rescue Plan.

LADP PERFORMS: PLENUM / ANIMA

LADP PERFORMS: PLENUM / ANIMA

Philharmonie de Paris
221 Av. Jean Jaurès
75019 Paris, France

Saturday, February 8, 2025 | 8:00pm
Sunday, February 9, 2025 | 3:00pm
Sunday, February 9, 2025 | 7:00pm

Benjamin Millepied, Idio Chichava, and Jobel Medina 
Philharmonie de Paris, with Olivier Latry and Shin-Young Lee on organ

A joint concert celebrating connection, featuring the world-famous French organist Olivier Latry and his Korean-born wife and fellow organist Shin-Young Lee. The pair will perform both solo and duet pieces on the famed Philharmonie de Paris organ. The program includes Bach’s Passacaglia and Fugue in C minor, Borodin’s Polovtsian Dances, and Stravinsky’s The Rite of Spring. The live organ music will be paired with a new dance work created in collaboration by Mozambican choreographer Idio Chichava, French choreographer Benjamin Millepied, and American choreographer Jobel Medina.

This performance is a collaboration between the Philharmonie de Paris and Müpa Budapest, premiering at The Philharmonie de Paris in February 2025.

This organization is supported, in part, by the Los Angeles County Board of Supervisors through the Department of Arts and Culture, and by the Los Angeles County Department of Arts and Culture as part of Creative Recovery LA, an initiative funded by the American Rescue Plan.

LADP PERFORMS: PLENUM / ANIMA

LADP PERFORMS: RITUEL

Walt Disney Concert Hall
111 S Grand Ave.
Los Angeles, CA 90012

Thursday May 8, 2025 | 8pm
Saturday May 10, 2025 | 8pm
Sunday May 11, 2025 | 2pm

As a teenage aspiring composer with a modernist ear, Esa-Pekka Salonen idolized composer and conductor Pierre Boulez and has become one of the biggest champions of his music. Salonen writes, “It can be complex without ever losing its clarity, it can be aggressive or delicate, hypnotic or kaleidoscopically flickering, ritualistic or virtuosic. But most importantly, it is often hauntingly beautiful.” Salonen contrasts Boulez’ serialist voice with fellow French composer Debussy’s impressionism—a pairing critic Mark Pullinger compared to “glaring sunburst [and] smudgy haze” or “Monet and Jackson Pollock.” Boulez’ solo piano Notations (each only 12 bars) flow into a version for orchestra that explodes the original musical idea with orchestral colors.

For this event at Walt Disney Concert Hall, Salonen, teaming up with pianist Pierre-Laurent Aimard, leads one of Bartók’s most lucid and lyrical creations and Debussy’s conversation between wind and wave. In the finale, L.A. Dance Project and Benjamin Millepied combine the classicism of ballet with contemporary dance to celebrate a ritual with the orchestra based on three seminal scores of musical modernity. They take the stage for Boulez’s Rituel—“the most sensuously appealing score of Boulez’s career” (The New Yorker)—in a new dance choreographed by Millepied.

This organization is supported, in part, by the Los Angeles County Board of Supervisors through the Department of Arts and Culture, and by the Los Angeles County Department of Arts and Culture as part of Creative Recovery LA, an initiative funded by the American Rescue Plan.

LADP PERFORMS: RITUEL