We Are.

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

ABOUT + MISSION

VISION + VALUES

TEAM

BOARD

FOUNDERS

BENJAMIN MILLEPIED

L.A. Dance Project is a 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.

L.A Dance Project is dedicated to the pursuit of artistic innovation and excellence in the realm of contemporary dance. Our mission is to explore the boundaries of movement, creativity, and expression. Through experimentation and collaboration, we strive to create captivating performances that challenge, provoke, and inspire audiences worldwide. Grounded in a commitment to artistic integrity and authenticity, we aim to cultivate a culture of curiosity, openness, and growth within our company and beyond. With humility and passion, we seek to contribute to the evolution of dance as a dynamic and transformative art form, enriching lives and fostering connections across cultures and communities.

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VISION + VALUES 
VISION + VALUES 

DEIJ STATEMENT
At L.A. Dance Project we believe the arts can be a significant force to disrupt racism and bias; and that as an arts organization we have a responsibility to inspire the conversations and connections that foster diversity, equity, inclusion, and justice.  The voices, experiences, and stories we choose to explore through art have the power to reflect real attitudes, change perspectives, and impact how we view the world outside the theater. 

We believe diversity and equality are among our greatest strengths, and remain steadfastly committed to nurturing differing voices and experiences through our commissions, artistic residencies, community programming, audiences, dancers, staff, and board of directors. We stand committed to lasting change and social justice within dance, the arts, and our LA community. 

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

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

Development
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

Meet the Team

Benjamin Millepied / Meet the Team

BOARD 
BOARD 

BOARD OF DIRECTORS

Benjamin Millepied
L.A. Dance Project, Artistic Director

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

Romesh Anketell
Program Officer
The Ralph M. Parsons Foundation

Phoebe Balson
Associate Producer, Hearst

Etienne Binant
Alganys Ltd., CEO

Julia Cherlow
Principal, Bird Marella

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
Charles Fabius
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