The Ballet Collective dancers collaborate
closely with choreographers to create memorable performances in a fusion of contemporary movement and ballet. The Ballet Collective 2008/2009 season* will be
performed in Los Angeles. Check back with the website for details of each engagement. Thanks to the ongoing enthusiasm of audience, the press and the 
Praised by the Los Angeles Times and Dance Magazine
as entertaining, distinctive and original, THE BALLET COLLECTIVE was founded by John Castagna to create and perform new choreography for the diverse audiences of Los Angeles .
The first critical success of
the company was Castagna's A Midsummer Night's Dream, an unusually whimsical traipse through the Shakespearean caper. One enjoyable aspect of the Collective is that many works in the repertoire tell stories. Some dances are
based on new interpretations of the classics and others on ideas and tales never or rarely danced before.
* Supported, in part, by the Los Angeles County Board of Supervisors though
the Los Angeles County Arts Commission. Photos by Barry Weiss. |
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