[1] LADO represents the rich and diverse regional musical and choreographic traditions of Croatia.

[2] The ensemble consists of 37 dancers who also sing while they perform, and a group of 15 musicians who play traditional and classical instruments.

LADO has had numerous famous Croatian ethnographers and choreographers, music arrangers, and folklorists work with them.

The LADO dance ensemble was founded on 11 November 1949 by Founding Artistic Director and Choreographer Zvonko Ljevaković,[3] thanks in part to a grant from the government of the People's Republic of Croatia under the name Državni zbor narodnih plesova i pjesama (DZNPiP).

[4] Throughout the years the LADO ensemble has won numerous national and international awards and competitions.