Organizations Filed Purposes:
TO PERFORM OUTSTANDING CLASSICAL AND MODERN BALLETS THAT SET THE STANDARD FOR DANCE IN LOS ANGELES, NATIONALLY AND INTERNATIONALLY.TO PASSIONATELY PURSUE INNOVATION AND CREATIVITY IN PERFORMANCES. TO PRESERVE THE BEST CHOREOGRAPHIC WORK OF THE PAST AND BECOME THE IMPETUS FOR THE BEST CHOREOGRAPHY YET TO COME.TO BE AN EXCITING ARTS ORGANIZATION AND THE "PLACE TO BE" FOR THE MOST TALENTED DANCERS, CHOREOGRAPHERS, MUSICIANS, COMPOSERS, ARTISTS, DESIGNERS, STAFF AND VOLUNTEERS.TO BE AN INSTRUMENT OF HOPE, HEALING AND JOY, SHARING THE GIFT OF DANCE WITH THE BROADEST POSSIBLE AUDIENCE AND IN PARTICULAR, DISTRESSED COMMUNITIES.TO DEVELOP AND STRENGTHEN LOS ANGELES BALLET'S FINANCIAL AND ORGANIZATIONAL FOUNDATION.TO CAPTIVATE LOS ANGELES' LARGE AND DIVERSE AUDIENCE WHO WILL BECOME DEVOTED, SUPPORTIVE PATRONS.
TO PERFORM OUTSTANDING CLASSICAL AND MODERN BALLETS THAT SET THE STANDARD FOR DANCE IN LOS ANGELES.
AT THE CLOSE OF LOS ANGELES BALLET'S 14TH SEASON, 2019/2020, LAB WILL HAVE OFFERED PRODUCTIONS OF THE NUTCRACKER, BLACK AND WHITE BALANCHINE AND THE SLEEPING BEAUTY (CANCELLED DUE TO COVID-19 AND RESCHEDULED FOR SEASON 16). LAB HAS STAGED 16 COMMISSIONED WORKS BY SOUTHERN CALIFORNIA AND INTERNATIONAL CHOREOGRAPHERS. LOS ANGELES BALLET PERFORMS FOR OVER 30,000 PATRONS IN A TYPICAL YEAR AND ITS POWER OF PERFORMANCE (POP!) ARTS EDUCATION OUTREACH PROGRAM HAS SERVED 60,000 SINCE ITS INCEPTION.
Executives Listed on Filing
Total Salary includes financial earnings, benefits, and all related organization earnings listed on tax filing
Name | Title | Hours Per Week | Total Salary |
Rachel Malkenhorst | DIRECTOR OF DEVELOPMENT | 45 | $120,250 |
Colleen Neary | ARTISTIC DIRECTOR/TREASURER | 60 | $62,650 |
Thordal Christensen | ARTISTIC DIRECTOR/BOARD PRESIDENT | 45 | $62,650 |
Julie Whittaker Resigned Dec 2019 | SECRETARY / EXECUTIVE DIRECTOR | 70 | $62,340 |
Catherine Kanner | STAFF / BOARD MEMBER | 40 | $54,487 |
Brandon Lussier | ADMINISTRATIVE DIRECTOR | 70 | $4,200 |
Samantha Taylor | FINANCIAL CONTROLLER | 30 | $3,500 |
Alia Tutor | BOARD MEMBER (JOINED 8/21/2019) | 1 | $0 |
Sharon K Davis | BOARD MEMBER | 1 | $0 |
Corrine Sands | BOARD MEMBER | 1 | $0 |
Maral Stephanie Kradjian | BOARD MEMBER | 1 | $0 |
John Peters | BOARD MEMBER | 2 | $0 |
Erica Minn | BOARD MEMBER | 1 | $0 |
Candy Spelling | BOARD MEMBER | 1 | $0 |
Leslie Kavanaugh | BOARD MEMBER | 2 | $0 |
Debbie Lustig | BOARD MEMBER | 1 | $0 |
Dr James Murray | BOARD MEMBER | 1 | $0 |
Tamar Manoukian | BOARD MEMBER | 1 | $0 |
Ghada Irani | BOARD MEMBER | 1 | $0 |
Johnese Spisso | BOARD MEMBER | 1 | $0 |
Bari Milken Bernstein | BOARD MEMBER | 2 | $0 |
Lori Milken | BOARD MEMBER | 2 | $0 |
Roberta K Dahl | BOARD MEMBER | 8 | $0 |
Jennifer Bellah Maguire | BOARD MEMBER | 3 | $0 |
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