TRBP Presents: Incubator Lab

INCUBATOR LAB continues TRBP’s 2026 PARALLAX season with “The Making, Magnified,” turning focus to the choreographic process as three new works by Bethany Green, Natasha Rader, and Alexandra Schooling evolve premieres from studio to stage.

Running May 29–31 at the Light Box Theater in Liberty Station, Incubator Lab presents performances of three new contemporary ballet works in development by choreographers Bethany Green, Natasha Rader, and Alexandra Schooling. Surrounding these performances is a series of open rehearsals, artist talkbacks, and salons taking place May 26–31, offering audiences direct access to the creative process as it unfolds inside a professional company structure. Incubator Lab magnifies focus from just product to encompass process as well, inviting the public into a part of dance-making that is almost never seen.

What if audiences didn’t just see the finished performance, but the decisions, revisions, and questions that shape it?

Rather than just presenting polished, final productions, Incubator Lab centers on the act of creation itself. Audiences witness material being tested, reshaped, and reconsidered in real time, revealing how contemporary ballet is constructed through experimentation, collaboration, and revision. The program highlights The Rosin Box Project not only as a presenter of new work, but as an active generator of choreography, investing in the early stages of artistic development, and the continued development of the art form.

This new initiative reflects a broader shift in how audiences engage with live performance, offering transparency and access in place of distance. For both seasoned dance-goers and new audiences, Incubator Lab reframes the experience of contemporary ballet as something evolving, immediate, and in motion.

Bethany Green | Premiere

Bethany Green’s choreographic voice has a bright pulse and a wink, grounded in classical clarity but unafraid of play. She’s drawn to storytelling that moves fast, lands clean, and doesn’t take itself too seriously, the kind of work that can pivot from heartfelt to mischievous in a single phrase. Her “bluegrass sneaker ballet” Devil Get Behind Me (with TRBP’s first live-musician collaboration) captures that signature mix: musical, character-forward, and joyfully off the expected path.

Natasha Rader | Guest Choreographer | Premiere

Natasha Rader’s choreography reads like an interior landscape: movement that visualizes thought, feeling, and the tug-of-war inside the self. In her previous work Thoughtscape, she frames dance as a “look into the mind,” turning emotional states into physical images, including a duet that observes different parts of oneself and the tension between resisting and accepting what we carry. Her voice leans intimate and psychologically charged, the kind of work that invites the audience to recognize themselves in the shifting weather of the body.

Alexandra Schooling | Guest Choreographer | Premiere

Alexandra Schooling makes dance that feels reciprocal: movement as a way to disrupt perception, build connection, and imagine beyond the present. Her style often traces the curves and cyclical rhythms of the natural world, then threads in human idiosyncrasies, humor, awkwardness, whimsy, so the work stays grounded even as it opens into bigger questions. Music sits at the center of her process; she maps a score’s shifts and uses it like a blueprint, creating choreography that breathes with the arc of the sound. The result is emotionally layered and tonally rich, work that can hold tenderness and resilience in the same frame.

PARALLAX is TRBP’s 2026 season theme, inspired by the phenomenon of apparent shift: the way something can change simply because you change where you stand. Across four programs, Parallax treats each performance as an optical instrument, a different way of seeing. The season moves between revelation and reflection, inviting audiences into experiences that are intimate, immersive, and actively connective, where viewpoint becomes part of the art, and beauty is revealed in movement itself.

INCUBATOR LAB: PROCESS WEEK SCHEDULE

Go inside the making of new work.

May 26–28 | Open Rehearsals + After Hours

Step into the studio as new choreography is built in real time. Open rehearsals offer a window into the creative process, while After Hours sessions invite audiences closer into the room for informal, behind-the-scenes access to the artists and their work.

TUESDAY, MAY 26

7:00–8:15 PM — After Hours Open Rehearsal (Rader & Schooling)

Watch ideas take shape as choreographers test, adjust, and rework material in real time, followed by an informal artist chat.

WEDNESDAY, MAY 27

7:00–8:15 PM — After Hours Open Rehearsal (Green)

Step into an active rehearsal moment as artists pause, workshop, and refine what they’re working through as it happens, followed by a process discussion with choreographer Bethany Green.

THURSDAY, MAY 28

7:00–8:30 PM — Open Dress Rehearsal

Sit in on a working dress rehearsal as the full production comes together, with final adjustments, cueing, and real-time refinement before opening night.

INCUBATOR LAB: PERFORMANCE SCHEDULE

Witness the journey from process to performance.

MAY 29–31 | PERFORMANCES + TALKBACKS

Experience the work on stage, with opportunities to stay after and engage directly with the artists.

FRIDAY, MAY 29

7:30–9:00 PM — Performance

Post-show — Artist Talkback (included in admission ticket)

SATURDAY, MAY 30

7:30–9:00 PM — Performance

Post-show — Artist Talkback (included in admission ticket)

SUNDAY, MAY 31

7:30–9:00 PM — Performance

Post-show — Artist Talkback (included in admission ticket)

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