SEASON XI 2022 – 2023
MEMBERSHIP • TICKETS
INFERNO & BURLESQUE
OCTOBER 7 — 29, 2022
ACB is serving gothic horror, distilled, in a neon chalice, and you may not be quite sure what you’ve swallowed.
This season, our Halloween double feature is joined by a third…a dessert, if you will. We hope you have an appetite for it.
THE NUTCRACKER SUITE
NOVEMBER 25 — DECEMBER 24, 2022
An immersive experience—for all five senses—of the Tchaikovsky classic that delights children and adults alike.
Once you’ve entered The Nutcracker Suite, you may not want to go home.
ASTAIRE DANCES
FEBRUARY 10 — 26, 2023
Astaire Dances has become a Valentine’s tradition for Los Angeles. This year’s show features classics such as “Dancing In The Dark”, “All Of You”, and “I’m Old Fashioned.” The original dances are brought to life with live renditions of the songs that inspired them.
Astaire Dances is paired with a new ballet by ACB Director Lincoln Jones.
DANCING SCHOOL ONE
MARCH 26, 2023
If you want to learn how ballet works, you’ll be unlikely to find a way that is more entertaining, dynamic, and illuminating than this.
Dancing School uses an approach rarely, if ever, seen – dance in comparative performance. Multiple dancers attempt the same, short, solo dance, and ACB’s Artistic Director compares them, movement by movement, in real time, articulating for the audience their strengths, weaknesses, and differences in expression. There is no faster or more enlightening way to approach ballet technique and artistic expression in dance.
Conversations investigates the art of ballet through different perspectives. ACB invites artists and thinkers from diverse fields to talk with ACB about what they see in the studio. Past Conversations have included LA Times investigative journalist Jeffrey Fleishman on building a ballet, actress Jane Kaczmarek on the audition process, and painter Kenton Nelson on the creative process.
Dancing School is a ticketed event. Conversations is a membership benefit of Ballet Society.
HOMECOMING
APRIL 21 — MAY 6, 2023
This spring, American Contemporary Ballet brings you one of the most American dance forms: the drill team halftime show. Of course, this drill team wears pointe shoes and has been training in the most rigorous form of dance for most of their lives. Go ACB!
CONCERTO BAROCCO
JUNE 15 — 25, 2023
George Balanchine, an artistic genius on the level of Michelangelo, created a masterpiece to Bach’s Concerto for Two Violins in D Minor. The result is sensual, daring, and sublime. This one should be on any great art lover’s must-see list.
Concerto Barocco is paired with a new ballet by ACB Director Lincoln Jones.
DANCING SCHOOL TWO
TO BE ANNOUNCED
If you want to learn how ballet works, you’ll be unlikely to find a way that is more entertaining, dynamic, and illuminating than this.
Dancing School uses an approach rarely, if ever, seen – dance in comparative performance. Multiple dancers attempt the same, short, solo dance, and ACB’s Artistic Director compares them, movement by movement, in real time, articulating for the audience their strengths, weaknesses, and differences in expression. There is no faster or more enlightening way to approach ballet technique and artistic expression in dance.
Conversations investigates the art of ballet through different perspectives. ACB invites artists and thinkers from diverse fields to talk with ACB about what they see in the studio. Past Conversations have included LA Times investigative journalist Jeffrey Fleishman on building a ballet, actress Jane Kaczmarek on the audition process, and painter Kenton Nelson on the creative process.
Dancing School is a ticketed event. Conversations is a membership benefit of Ballet Society.
ACB IN NYC
MAY 10 — 13, 2023
Go 2,500 miles behind-the-scenes
THIS MAY, JOIN ACB IN NEW YORK CITY FOR EXPERIENCES YOU WON’T FIND ANYWHERE ELSE.
ACB’s NYC Trip is an exclusive donor event which allows you to travel with American Contemporary Ballet. You’ll join them as they collaborate with world-renowned artists in the most intimate of settings, all set against a stunning backdrop.
The trip encompasses several experiences: you’ll observe the creation of the ACB’s next season’s photos with fashion photographer Victor Demarchelier and his celebrated team (and get your portrait taken by Victor), watch an intimate masterclass with the ACB dancers and Balanchine protegé Suki Schorer, attend a dinner with the company and a special guest, and go with ACB to watch Balanchine ballets at the company he founded.
Available to current Ballet Society members. To inquire about pricing and attendance, please contact Olivia at olivia@acbdances.com
