Los Angeles Ballet Gets By With A Little Help From Its Friends

The company launched its third season last weekend with Balanchine’s Prodigal Son, staged by former Balanchine colleague Patricia Neary. “One of that ballet’s greatest interpreters of the title part, Miami City Ballet director Edward Villella, loaned them costumes and sets (modeled on Georges Rouault’s originals).” And the dancers of the fledgling troupe performed the piece “flawlessly.”