L.A. Dance Project’s choreographers-in-residence Bobbi Jene Smith and Or Schraiber will present excerpts of work in progress in advance of RESONANCE, a series of new dances to be created as part of The Getty’s PST ART: Art & Science Collide. RESONANCE will bridge the scientific research on empathy with choreographic practice and interdisciplinary dialogue to create dances, guide public talks, and mobilize social action. The performance will be followed by a brief dialogue moderated by project curator Jill Johnson.
LADP PERFORMS: PRIVATE PRELUDE OF ‘RESONANCE’ AND CURATOR-LED DIALOGUE
The Soraya 18111 Nordhoff St Los Angeles, CA 91325
Saturday, April 26, 2025 | 8:00pm
Masterpieces rarely seen come to life when dancers from across Los Angeles join forces for The Soraya’s second contribution to Graham100, the multi-year celebration of America’s longest running dance company. Digging deep into Martha Graham’s vast catalog, more than 180 pieces strong, the centenary celebration engages outstanding dancers from three of Los Angeles’ most revered dance companies.
Program: Panorama Clytemnestra Suite Lamentation Variations Satyric Festival Song Deep Song Acts of Light
Wallis Annenberg Center for the Performing Arts 9390 N Santa Monica Blvd. Beverly Hills, CA 90210
Friday, June 13, 2025 | 7:30pm Saturday, June 14, 2025 | 2:00pm Saturday, June 14, 2025 | 7:30pm
A specially curated program featuring a U.S. premiere by L.A. Dance Project Artistic Director and renowned choreographer, Benjamin Millepied, alongside his 2024 work Me.You.We.They, and a signature repertory piece from L.A. Dance Project Artists-in-Residence Bobbi Jene Smith and Or Schraiber.
Each performance will open with a site-specific pre-show performance by choreographer and former New York City Ballet Principal Dancer, Janie Taylor.
PROGRAM Anthem by Janie Taylor New Millepied by Benjamin Millepied Me.You.We.They by Benjamin Millepied Quartet for Five by Bobbi Jene Smith & Or Schraiber
Wallis Annenberg Center for the Performing Arts 9390 N Santa Monica Blvd. Beverly Hills, CA 90210
Friday, October 11, 2024 | 7:30pm Saturday, October 12, 2024 | 2:00pm Saturday, October 12, 2024 | 7:30pm
Choreographer Benjamin Millepied navigates cinema, dance, and theatre to reinterpret Shakespeare’s star-crossed lovers as young adults in an urban environment, where social norms prevent them from living out their love story in this contemporary vision of Prokofiev’s masterpiece, Romeo & Juliet.
On stage and off, the plot unfolds using a unique projection system. Tableaux are broadcast in real-time from unexpected places inside the theatre and backstage. The dancers, filmed live, transition seamlessly from stage to screen.
Each performance features a different cast, showcasing diverse couples – male/female, male/male, female/female – making this version of Romeo & Juliet a universal celebration of love. Benjamin Millepied presents the mythical tale through a modern and original prism, further enhanced by Prokofiev’s music.
Dubai Opera Sheikh Mohammed bin Rashid Blvd Downtown Dubai Dubai, United Arab Emirates
Thursday, October 17 2024 | 8:00pm Friday, October 18 2024 | 8:00pm
Choreographer Benjamin Millepied navigates cinema, dance, and theatre to reinterpret Shakespeare’s star-crossed lovers as young adults in an urban environment, where social norms prevent them from living out their love story in this contemporary vision of Prokofiev’s masterpiece, Romeo & Juliet.
On stage and off, the plot unfolds using a unique projection system. Tableaux are broadcast in real-time from unexpected places inside the theatre and backstage. The dancers, filmed live, transition seamlessly from stage to screen.
Each performance features a different cast, showcasing diverse couples – male/female, male/male, female/female – making this version of Romeo & Juliet a universal celebration of love. Benjamin Millepied presents the mythical tale through a modern and original prism, further enhanced by Prokofiev’s music.
LADP Founder and Artistic Director Benjamin Millepied will premiere a new dance, Me.You.We.They, set to original music from long-time collaborator and neo-classical composer, Nico Muhly. Choreographer and former New York City Ballet Principal Dancer Janie Taylor will premiere her new dance, Sleepwalker’s Encyclopedia, with set design by American painter Ben Styer.
The company will alternate performing Moving Parts and Triade, signature works from choreographer Benjamin Millepied created in collaboration with composer Nico Muhly, as part of each performance.
Me.You.We.They Premieres March 29, 2024 at Philharmonie de Paris. Commissioned by L.A. Dance Project with thanks to the Van Cleef & Arpels Fund for L.A. Dance Project. Choreography: Benjamin Millepied Composer: Nico Muhly Costume Design: Camille Assaf Lighting Design: Masha Tsimring (adapted for 2245)
Sleepwalker’s Encyclopedia Premieres May 2, 2024 at L.A. Dance Project. Commissioned by L.A. Dance Project. Choreography: Janie Taylor Costume Design: Janie Taylor with construction by Annie Ulrich Set Design: Benjamin Styer Lighting Design: Brandon Stirling Baker
Moving Parts Premiered on September 22, 2012 at The Walt Disney Concert Hall, Los Angeles, CA. Commissioned by Glorya Kaufman Presents Dance at the Music Center, Los Angeles, CA. Choreography: Benjamin Millepied Composer: Nico Muhly Visual Installation: Christopher Wool Costume Design: Camille Assaf Lighting Design: Masha Tsimring (adapted for 2245)
Triade Premiered on September 19, 2008 at Opéra Garnier, Paris. Commissioned by Opera National de Paris. Choreography: Benjamin Millepied Composer: Nico Muhly Costume Design: Camille Assaf Lighting Design: Masha Tsimring (adapted for 2245)
This organization is supported, in part, by the Los Angeles County Board of Supervisors through the Department of Arts and Culture.
Sydney Opera House Bennelong Point Sydney NSW 2000, Australia
Wednesday, June 5 2024 | 7.30pm (male-male pairing) Thursday, June 6 2024 | 7.30pm (female-female pairing) Friday, June 7 2024 | 7.30pm (female-male pairing) Saturday, June 8 2024 | 2:00pm (male-male pairing) Saturday, June 8 2024 | 7:30pm (female-female pairing) Sunday, June 9 2024 3:30pm (female-male pairing)
In a dazzling new production, the L.A Dance Project is set to make their Australian Debut in Benjamin Millepied’s bold and contemporary reimagining of Shakespeare’s masterpiece Romeo & Juliet. This multilayered show fuses together cinema, dance and theatre to tell the classic story through a daring new lens. In this modern take on the timeless star-crossed lovers, social norms prevent them from living out their love story.
Spoleto Festival Charleston Gaillard Center 95 Calhoun St. Charleston, SC 29401
Saturday, May 25, 2024 | 2:00 pm + 7:00pm Sunday, May 26, 2024 | 2:00 pm + 7:00pm
From acclaimed choreographer Benjamin Millepied comes a bold, multidisciplinary reenvisioning of Shakespeare’s tragedy with Prokofiev’s lush score. Set in a modern metropolis, the titular duo are recast as diverse young adults: rotating between male/female, male/male, and female/female pairings. The fast-paced drama unfolds both on and beyond the Gaillard stage through live video, a state-of-the-art projection system, and accompaniment by the Spoleto Festival USA Orchestra under the baton of Orchestra Music Director Timothy Myers. Hailed by The New Yorker as “startling, dazzling, and wrenching in equal measure,” Romeo and Juliet offers a riveting treatise on the recklessness of young love.
Philharmonie de Paris 221 Av. Jean Jaurès 75019 Paris, France
Friday, March 29, 2024 | 8:00 pm Saturday, March 30, 2024 | 8:00 pm Sunday, March 31, 2024 | 4:00 pm + 7:00 pm
Celebrated choreographer, dancer, and L.A. Dance Project Artistic Director Benjamin Millepied, along with his long-time collaborator, neo-classical composer Nico Muhly, will perform three newly staged works in France’s famed Philharmonie de Paris.
Having first met in 2006, Millepied and Muhly have worked on numerous projects together, including From Here On Out for American Ballet Theater in 2007, Triade for Opera National de Paris in 2008, One Thing Leads to Another for the Dutch National Ballet in 2010, and Moving Parts for L.A. Dance Project in 2012. In 2022 Millepied and Muhly co-curated Festival in Motion, an international dance festival hosted by Qatar Creates and Qatar Museums, during the 2022 World Cup.
LADP PERFORMS: THREE WORKS BY BENJAMIN MILLEPIED + NICO MUHLY
