This documentary film follows choreographer Melissa Barak as she dives in head first with her creative team in order to bring a ballet inspired by the Holocaust to emotional life. Post-screening conversation will feature Barak, Holocaust survivors, and HMLA's Chief Impact Officer Jordanna Gessler. AboutMaking of Memoryhouse is a documentary film following choreographer Melissa Barak as she […]

This emotionally powerful original work by LAB Artistic Director Melissa Barak returns to the stage in 2025. Memoryhouse is an abstract ballet composed of vignettes commemorating the 6 million Jewish lives lost during the Holocaust; the ballet is set to Max Richter’s powerful album of the same name in its entirety.    The ballet has 18 […]