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ABTKids Daily

Week of September 14-18, 2020

Photo: Rosalie O'Connor.
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Experience the excitement of classical ballet at home with ABTKids Daily!

Welcome to ABTKids Daily, American Ballet Theatre’s new home for families and educators to discover digital content for their virtual classrooms.  Join us each day to Meet an ABT Dancer, engage with an ABT Teaching Artist, learn fun facts and enjoy ballet-themed activities from the comfort of your own home.

As America’s National Ballet Company®, ABT is dedicated to preserving and extending the great legacy of classical dancing, through exciting performances and educational programming of the highest quality, presented to the widest possible audience.

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Join us each Monday morning to bring the joy of classical ballet to your family. A weekly curriculum will be posted for your discovery!

 

ABTKids Daily is generously supported by
Bloomberg Philanthropies

 

Explore this week’s materials below or view the archive here.

Week of September 14-18, 2020


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Back to School Week!

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Photo: Rosalie O'Connor.

Meet a Dancer Monday

This week meet ABT JKO School students Eva and Clara!

This month the ABT Jacqueline Kennedy Onassis School proudly welcomes back over 300 talented young dancers, with the entire student body participating weekly in online ballet classes.

While we are all eagerly awaiting the opportunity to return to the studios, virtual classes allow young dancers to continue their training at home in a safe environment. For two young life-long ABT JKO School dancers, sisters Eva and Clara, the online classes allow them to continue their training after their recent move from Brooklyn, New York to Birmingham, Alabama.

Meet Eva and Clara to hear about their feelings about the first day of classes and what they are looking forward to this year!

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Teaching Artist Tuesday

Join one of ABT’s Teaching Artists as they introduce you to one of ABT’s fabulous ballets. Learn a dance, stop and sketch, and don’t forget to have fun!

Up this week: ABT dancer Luigi Crispino!

Luigi Crispino’s Back to School Strengthening!

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What's Up Wednesday

Backpack and Dance Bag Word Search

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Throwback Thursday

Every Thursday we pull a photo from our archives and share it with one of our ABT dancers. You never know what stories may come from a single snapshot!

Photo courtesy of Elizabeth Aymong.

Eric Tamm
ABT Corps de Ballet
Joined ABT 2007, Rejoined ABT 2020

“In January 2004, I took the very first technique class offered by the American Ballet Theatre Studio Company Associate Program. Not many recognize this name but this small class of nine dancers would slowly evolve into what is now the American Ballet Theatre Jacqueline Kennedy Onassis School. This was not your average first day of school. Arriving in the studio for class, with an outfit I probably planned out the night before out of extreme anticipation, I realized I didn’t know anyone in the room and our first teacher was Ethan Stiefel, a Principal Dancer with the Company and someone I greatly looked up to. Of course, I had the usual nervousness and doubts. Am I good enough to be here? Will people like me? But there was also lots of exciting energy circulating around that only a first day to a new program can bring.

Looking back on it, I had nothing to worry about and the ABT Studio Company Associate Program greatly improved the trajectory of my dance career. I could not imagine my life venturing down another path. The program ended up growing up to be so much more than the nine dancers who started it, and it makes me smile to think that I had a part in the very beginning of a school that continues to inspire and offer a high level of dance education… just with a new and improved name.”

View More Photos of Eric!


Isabella Boylston and Eric Tamm in Cucurrucucu Paloma with ABT Studio Company (2005). .
Photo: Gene Schiavone. 


Eric Tamm in Ballo della Regina. © The George Balanchine Trust. .
Photo: Gene Schiavone. 


Eric Tamm in On the Dnieper.
Photo: Rosalie O'Connor. 


Misty Copeland and Eric Tamm in The Nutcracker.
Photo: Rosalie O'Connor. 

Writing Prompt

Write about a memorable first day (of school, camp, sports team, etc.).

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Funtime Friday

Make Your Own Instrument: Drum!

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Explore the ABTKids Daily Archive

ABT JKO School Children's Division Online Community Classes

In the Spring of 2020, @ABTSchool launched virtual classes taught by former ABT dancers, ABT JKO School faculty and ABT teaching artists – all certified in the ABT National Training Curriculum.

Recommended for ages 2-4 and 5-8, these classes engage ABT’s youngest students and their families, as well as the global community at large, by exploring musicality, fostering creativity and imagination, and teaching ballet fundamentals.

View the full series on @ABTSchool IGTV or ABT’s YouTube Channel.

@ABTSchool IGTVYouTube

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