The Alonzo King LINES Ballet (AKLB) is an American contemporary ballet company based in the San Francisco Bay Area. The ballet company, founded by choreographer Alonzo King, premiered at San Francisco State University's McKenna Theatre in 1982.
Background
LINES Ballet performs its home season at the Yerba Buena Center for the Arts in San Francisco while also maintaining an international touring schedule that includes featured performances at venues such as Venice Biennale in Venice, Théâtre National de Chaillot in Paris, and The Kwai Tsing Theatre in Hong Kong. LINES Ballet, which celebrated its 40th Anniversary season in 2022, features a diverse line up of dancers from countries including Germany, Canada, France, Mexico, and The United States; and presents programs that exemplify the company's artistic vision to renew and transcend traditional ballet with cross-genre collaborations.
Collaboration
Since its inception, LINES Ballet founder Alonzo King has collaborated with artists of various backgrounds including composers, musicians, vocalists, and visual artists to develop new ballet programs for the company.
Dancers
The listing of dancers currently performing with Alonzo King LINES Ballet as of Spring 2022:
Babatunji Johnson
Adji Cissoko
Madeline DeVries
Lorris Eichinger
Shuaib Elhassan
James Gowan
Ilaria Guerra
Maya Harr
Tatum Quiñónez
Michael Montgomery
Alvaro Montelongo
Marusya Madubuko
Joshua Francique
Notable former dancers
Aesha Ash
Drew Jacoby
Laurel Keen
Maurya Kerr
Meredith Webster
Courtney Henry
Repertoire
A listing of current and former Alonzo King LINES Ballet programs and collaborative works:
2022: Deep River
2019: Pole Star & The Personal Element & AZOTH
2018: Sutra & Common Ground
2017: Figures of Speech
2016: Art Songs & SAND
2015: The Propelled Heart & Biophony
2014: Shostakovich & The Steady Heart
2013: Concerto for Two Violins, Meyer, & AZIMUTH
2012: Constellation
2011: Resin, Figures of Thought, & Triangle of the Squinches
2010: Writing Ground & Wheel in the Middle of the Field
2009: Scheherazade, Refraction, & Dust and Light
2008: The Radius of Convergence, The Steady Articulation of Perseverance
2007: Rasa, Irregular Pearl, & Long River, High Sky
2006: Sky Clad & Migration
2005: The Moroccan Project, Handel, Salt, Odd Fellow, & Satoh
2004: Before the Blues, Rite of Spring, Baker Fix, Coleman Hawkins, & The Patience of Aridity, Waiting for Petrichor 2003: Heart Song & Syzmanski's Vibraphone Quartet 2002: Road, Splash, & Koto 2001: The People of the Forest & The Heart's Natural Inclination 2000: Soothing the Enemy, Riley, Tango, & In to Get Out 1999: Shostakovich String Quartet 1998: Who Dressed You Like a Foreigner?, Tarab, & Long Straight Line 1997: String Trio, Suite Etta, Three Stops On the Way Home, & Handel Trio 1996: Klang, Sacred Text, Handel Pas de Deux, & Ground 1995: Signs and Wonders, Rock, & String Quartet 1994: Poulenc Pas de Deux, Ocean, & Along the Path 1993: Bach Cello Suite, Compelling Geological Evidence, & Pavane 1992: Gurdjieff Piano Music 1991: Song of the Aka & Cante 1990: Without Wax & Toccatta in D Minor 1989: Lila & Fallen Angel 1988: Awake in the Dream, Ligeti Variations, & Reoccurrence 1987: Rain Dreaming & Granados Pas de Deux 1986: Prayer & Stealing Light 1983: Ictus 1982: Danse Poulenc, Christine, & Sonata for Three Dancers
Collaborators
A listing of current and former Alonzo King LINES Ballet program collaborators: