July 18, 2025
American Ballet Theatre’s 2025 New York Summer Intensive Final Performances Scheduled for Friday, July 25, At 12:00 P.M. and 2:30 P.M. at Frank Sinatra School of the Arts
Photo: Emma Zordan.NEW YORK, NY (July 18, 2025) – End of session performances for American Ballet Theatre’s New York Summer Intensive are scheduled for Friday, July 25, at 12:00 P.M. and 2:30 P.M. at Frank Sinatra School of the Arts. The performances mark the conclusion of ABT’s annual New York Summer Intensive, a five-week training program for dancers ages 12 to 20.
Summer Intensive students will perform selections from ABT’s repertory, including Coppélia, Don Quixote, Giselle, Raymonda, Swan Lake, Sleeping Beauty, and Études. Participants in American Ballet Theatre’s Summer Intensives are chosen through a cross-country audition tour, which spanned 22 cities this year. ABT’s 2025 Summer Intensives welcome 900 participants in New York City, Tampa, FL, Long Beach, CA, and Costa Mesa, CA.
The annual Summer Intensive at ABT’s New York studios is a comprehensive course that begins with daily ballet technique class and includes specialized classes in pointe work, partnering, variations, character dance, mime, modern, jazz, contemporary, Pilates, and Yoga Narada.
Under the direction of Kate Lydon, the 2025 New York Summer Intensive Program incorporates a faculty of ABT alumni, members of ABT’s Artistic Staff, and renowned teachers, including ABT Jacqueline Kennedy Onassis School Artistic Director Stella Abrera; ABT Studio Company Artistic Director Sascha Radetsky; Rubén Martín, Principal Teacher, ABT JKO School Pre-Professional Division; Yan Chen, Principal Teacher, ABT JKO School Pre-Professional Division and Rehearsal Director, ABT Studio Company; Charles Askegard, Ethan Brown, Sandra Brown, Leslie Browne, Harriet Clark, Elizabeth Ferrell, Sarah Smith, Adrienne Schulte, and Leann Underwood.
WHO: American Ballet Theatre New York Summer Intensive
WHERE: Frank Sinatra School of the Arts
35-12 35th Avenue
Astoria, New York 11106
For detailed directions, visit https://www.franksinatraschoolofthearts.org/.
WHEN: Friday, July 25 at 12:00 P.M. and 2:30 P.M.
TO PURCHASE TICKETS: Adults and children, aged two and up, require a ticketed seat. Please visit ABT’s website for more information and purchase tickets here.
Programming is subject to change.
ABOUT AMERICAN BALLET THEATRE
American Ballet Theatre is one of the greatest dance companies in the world. Revered as a national treasure since its founding season in 1940, its mission is to create, present, preserve, and extend the great repertoire of classical dancing for the widest possible audience. Headquartered in New York City, ABT is the only cultural institution of its size and stature to extensively tour, enchanting audiences for eight decades in 50 U.S. states, 45 countries, and over 480 cities worldwide. ABT’s repertoire includes full-length classics from the nineteenth century, the finest works from the early twentieth century, and acclaimed contemporary masterpieces. In 2006, by an act of Congress, ABT was designated America’s National Ballet Company®.
For more information, please visit www.abt.org.