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WE ARE  L.A. DANCE PROJECT 
WE ARE  L.A. DANCE PROJECT 

ABOUT US

TEAM

BOARD

FOUNDERS

BENJAMIN MILLEPIED

L.A. Dance Project is a boundary-expanding non-profit dance company under the Artistic Direction of Benjamin Millepied. Founded in 2012, we opened the doors to our studio and performance space in Los Angeles’ downtown arts district in 2017.

Through new commissions, revivals of choreographic masterpieces, and our efforts to support local emerging artists, foster community partnerships, and uplift dance education, L.A. Dance Project serves as a central hub for audiences and artists alike. Our mission is to create, perform, and present exceptional and accessible dance in Los Angeles and around the world.

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TEAM 
TEAM 

Benjamin Millepied (Bordeaux, 1977) is a choreographer, filmmaker, and former principal dancer with New York City Ballet. Millepied studied Classical Ballet with Vladimir Skouratoff at the Grand Theatre de Bordeaux, and later at the School of American Ballet with Stanley Williams and Adam Luders, before joining the New York City Ballet in 1995 were he was later promoted to Principal Dancer. 

His choreographic work began in 2001 and he soon after founded a pick-up troupe, Danses Concertantes, before serving as choreographer-in-residence at The Baryshnikov Arts Center. Since 2005, he has choreographed for some of the preeminent global companies including the New York City Ballet, Paris Opera Ballet, San Francisco Ballet, American Ballet Theatre, Berlin Staatsoper, and Dutch National Ballet, among others. 

In 2012, Benjamin Millepied moved to Los Angeles and co-founded L.A. Dance Project with Charles Fabius with the vision to create a new model for a dance organization in America, from both an artistic and economic perspective. 

For a full bio, please contact Alice@ladanceproject.org

Benjamin Millepied

Artistic Director & Co-Founder

Artistic Director, Benjamin Millepied

Associate Artistic Director, Sebastien Marcovici

Executive Assistant, Max Martin

Legal and Business Affairs
Director of Legal & Business Affairs, Christopher Macdougall

Development
Director of Institutional Advancement, Devon Caranicas
Director of Foundation & Government Grants, Rachelle Rafailedes Mucha

Communications
Director of Communications, Alice Mathis

Operations
Director of Operations & Technology, Chris Tynan

Production
Director of Production, Nathan Shreeve-Moon
Production & Tour Manager, Alisa Wyman

Programs
Director of Artist Residency Program, Rachelle Rafailedes Mucha
Programs & Community Engagement Manager, Monica Holland

Meet the Team

Benjamin Millepied / Meet the Team

BOARD 
BOARD 

BOARD OF DIRECTORS

Benjamin Millepied
L.A. Dance Project, Artist Director

Mark Terbeek
Chairman of the Board
LADP Finance Committee Chair
Greycroft, Partner

Pamela Abdy
LADP Nominations Committee Chair
Warner Bros. Film Group, Chairperson and CEO

Romesh Anketell
Program Officer
The Ralph M. Parsons Foundation

Phoebe Balson
Associate Producer, Hearst

Stacen Berg
Hauser & Wirth, Partner & Executive Director

Etienne Binant
Alganys Ltd., CEO

Luisa Fernanda Espinosa
Investor + Philanthropist

Albina Hunt
LADP Fundraising Committee Chair
Interior Design + Philanthropy

Barry Jenkins
Film Director, Screenwriter, and Producer

Christopher Macdougall
L.A. Dance Project, Director of Legal and Business Affairs

Paul-Emmanuel Reiffers
SAS Mazarine Groupe, President

Ramin Shamshiri

Christopher Tate
LADP Communications and Marketing Committee Chair
Founder, Communitees

FOUNDERS 
FOUNDERS 

LADP is grateful to the following organizations and individuals who first recognized the company’s potential and invested in its future as a revolutionary force in the dance world. Their crucial early support laid the groundwork for LADP’s subsequent growth and development under the artistic direction of Benjamin Millepied. We thank our Founders for believing in LADP from the beginning and for helping it evolve into the innovative and imaginative arts organization it is today.

ORGANIZATIONS

Van Cleef & Arpels
The Annenberg Foundation
Pacific Foundation, Inc.

INDIVIDUALS

Anne Bass*
Susan Baumgarten + David Totheroh
Catherine Cristall
Lenore + Bernard Greenberg
Joan Herman + Richard Rasiej
Jane Jelenko + The Honorable William Norris*
Glorya Kaufman
Carol + Patrick Kinsella
Mattie + Michael Lawson
Liz Levitt Hirsch
Valeria Rice-Nikolov + Nick Nikolov
Andrew + Denise Saul
Catharine + Jeffrey Soros
Christian Stracke
Sutton Stracke
Bradley Tabach-Bank
Lilly Tartikoff Karatz
Sue Tsao
Alyce Williamson

*In Memoriam