Choreographer

### Event Description: The Wallis ROMEO & JULIET SUITE

**Event Title:** The Wallis & L.A. Dance Project Present ROMEO & JULIET SUITE

**Dates and Times:**
- **October 11, 2024:** 7:30 PM
- **October 12, 2024:** 2:00 PM and 7:30 PM

**Venue:** Bram Goldsmith Theater, The Wallis Center for Performing Arts, Los Angeles

**Ticket Prices:** $49 - $109

**Event Overview:**
In a stunning Los Angeles debut, renowned choreographer Benjamin Millepied presents an innovative and contemporary vision of Sergei Prokofiev’s masterpiece, "Romeo & Juliet." This unique production reinterprets Shakespeare’s star-crossed lovers as young adults navigating an urban environment where societal norms challenge their love story. 

**Performance Highlights:**
- **Choreography:** Benjamin Millepied
- **Lighting & Set Design:** François-Pierre Couture
- **Costume Design:** Camille Assaf
- **Music:** Sergei Prokofiev, performed by Valery Gergiev & the London Symphony Orchestra
- **Creative Collaborator:** Olivier Simola

Each performance features a different cast of dancers, mixing genders and roles in a never-before-seen celebration of love. The plot unfolds both on stage and off, interweaving unexpected places inside the theater and backstage, allowing audiences to experience parts of The Wallis they have never seen. Tableaux are broadcast in real-time from these unexpected locations, with dancers filmed live as they transition from stage to screen.

**Special Notes:**
- This production is made possible by the generous support of Van Cleef & Arpels and presented in association with Glorya Kaufman Presents Dance at The Music Center.
- Additional support provided by Koni and Geoff Rich.

**Tickets:**
- Available for purchase now. Options include single tickets and multi-buy packages.

**Safety Information:**
- For details on safety protocols, please visit the provided link on The Wallis website.

**Additional Information:**
- For more details, to buy tickets, or to explore other events, visit The Wallis Center for Performing Arts website.

Join us for an unforgettable experience as Benjamin Millepied’s "Romeo & Juliet Suite" brings a fresh and dynamic interpretation of this timeless love story to life.

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Romeo & Juliet Suite

Wallis Annenberg Center for the Performing Arts

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 Suite offers a riveting treatise on the recklessness of young love.

L.A. Dance Project: Romeo and Juliet Suite

Gaillard Center

Choreographer Benjamin Millepied returns to the stage as a dancer, accompanied by Alexandre Tharaud performing Bach, Beethoven, Rameau, and more. 

Unstill Life

Walt Disney Concert Hall

Still in his mid-20s, Ferrández will ignite the evening with his performance of the dynamic Dvořák Cello Concerto. And L.A. Dance Project will perform Benjamin Millepied's original choreography for a suite from Romeo and Juliet.

Gustavo Dudamel Conducts Romeo and Juliet

Hollywood Bowl

### Event Description: The Wallis GATHERINGS

**Event Name:** The Wallis GATHERINGS

**Venue:** The Wallis Center for Performing Arts, Bram Goldsmith Theater, Los Angeles

**Dates and Times:**
- **June 13, 2025:** 7:30 PM
- **June 14, 2025:** 2:00 PM and 7:30 PM

**Ticket Prices:** $49 - $79

**Event Overview:**
The Wallis Center for Performing Arts, in collaboration with L.A. Dance Project, proudly presents "GATHERINGS," a specially curated dance program. This event features the U.S. premiere of a new work by the acclaimed Artistic Director and choreographer Benjamin Millepied, alongside his 2024 creation "Me.You.We.They." Additionally, the program includes a signature repertory piece by L.A. Dance Project Artists-in-Residence Bobbi Jene Smith and Or Schraiber.

**Program Highlights:**
- **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

Each performance will commence with a site-specific pre-show by choreographer and former New York City Ballet Principal Dancer, Janie Taylor.

**Support and Sponsorship:**
This production is made possible by the generous support of Van Cleef & Arpels and is presented in association with Glorya Kaufman Presents Dance at The Music Center.

**Ticket Information:**
- **Single Tickets:** Available for purchase for each performance date and time.
- **Multi-Buy Package:** Special packages available for multiple performances.

**Safety Information:**
For details on safety protocols, please visit the provided link on the event's official page.

**Additional Information:**
For more details, to buy tickets, or to explore other events, please visit The Wallis Center for Performing Arts' official website.

Don't miss this extraordinary dance event that brings together some of the most innovative and celebrated choreographers and performers in the dance world today. Secure your tickets now and be part of an unforgettable experience!

Benjamin Millepied

Choreographer

Events

Upcoming events

13 - 14 Jun, 2025

Gatherings · The Wallis

Past events

11 - 12 Oct, 2024

Romeo & Juliet Suite · The Wallis

25 - 26 May, 2024

L.A. Dance Project: Romeo and Juliet Suite · Spoleto Festival USA

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