Founding Director Benjamin Millepied and Dancer Janie Taylor to Perform at L.A. Dance Project 2015 Benefit

L.A. Dance Project (LADP) announced that its annual benefit, will be held on Saturday, December 12, 2015 at The Los Angeles Theatre Center, and will feature a one-night-only performance by Founding Director, Benjamin Millepied with former New York City Ballet (NYCB) Principal Dancer Janie Taylor. The artists will perform alongside LADP dancers at the intimate event that will raise funds to support the organization's artistic programming. Millepied, current Director of the esteemed Paris Opera Ballet, will serve as the evening's host.

"I am very excited to perform alongside members of my company, and thrilled that the incomparable Janie Taylor is joining us for this occasion," said Millepied. "Since LADP started as an artistic collective in 2012, the fundamental vision has been to support collaborations and create work that breaks new ground for dance across artistic disciplines. I'm so proud of the work that our dancers are undertaking and look forward to joining them to help raise the funds that will continue this work."

The evening's program will feature three works, including Jerome Robbins' "Interplay" performed by students of the Colburn Dance Academy, which Millepied helped to create as part of his vision for sustainable dance in Los Angeles. The evening will also include a performance of Millepied's "Hearts and Arrows" (music by composer Philip Glass), and the debut of Millepied's new work - a collaboration with songwriter Rufus Wainwright, and fashion designer Alessandro Sartori of Berluti, who will design Millepied's costume. Janie Taylor, who has designed costumes for LADP and NYCB since her retirement, will design her own costume for the evening.

The LADP benefit will begin with red carpet arrivals and a cocktail reception at 7:00 PM, followed by an exclusive performance and intimate dinner beginning at 8:00 PM. For ticket information and pricing, or for information about sponsorship opportunities, please contact events@ladanceproject.com.

L.A. Dance Project's forthcoming Los Angeles performances include:

- January 9-10 Mak Center's Schindler House in West Hollywood, CA

- January 29-30 Wallis Annenberg Center for Performing Arts in Beverly Hills, CA

- February Hammer Museum in Los Angeles, CA

L.A. Dance Project (LADP) is an artist collective founded in 2012 by renowned choreographer and dancer Benjamin Millepied, art consultant Matthieu Humery, founding producer Charles Fabius and composers Nico Muhly and composer Nicholas Britell. The organization's mission is to create new work and to revive seminal collaborations from influential dance makers, and programs include full-length evenings in traditional theater venues as well as various modular performances in non-traditional environments. New works by the company are multidisciplinary collaborations with various artists: visual artists, musicians, designers, directors and composers. L.A. Dance Project promotes the work of emerging and established creators, contributing to new platforms for contemporary dance. Since its founding, the collective has toured international venues and festivals including: the Holland Festival in Amsterdam, Istanbul, the Spoleto Festival in Italy, the Edinburgh International Festival, La Maison de la Danse in Lyon, France and Sadler's Wells Theatre in London. In the US, the company has performed at Jacob's Pillow, Brooklyn Academy of Music and City Center in NY as well as Music Center Walt Disney Music Hall, MOCA, The Theatre at Ace Hotel and soon at Wallis Annenberg Center for Performing Arts in Beverly Hills.

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