Performances to Include the Debuts of Gillian Murphy as Hagar in Pillar of Fire and David Hallberg in Theme and Variations

Casting for the first two weeks of American Ballet Theatre’s 2003 season at City Center, October 22 through November 9, was announced today by Artistic Director Kevin McKenzie.

American Ballet Theatre’s Fall 2003 season will kick off with an opening night gala performance highlighted by the Revival Premieres of Agnes de Mille’s Three Virgins and a Devil and Sir Frederick Ashton’s Symphonic Variations. The program will also include the Company Premiere of Le Grand Pas de Deux performed by Xiomara Reyes and Vladimir Malakhov.

The first week of the Fall season will feature the Revival Premiere of Antony Tudor’s Pillar of Fire on Thursday, October 23 danced by Gillian Murphy as Hagar, Carlos Molina as The Friend and Marcelo Gomes as The Man from the House Opposite, plus a preview of a new staging of Raymonda (Grand Pas Classique), danced by Paloma Herrera and Jose Manuel Carreño. Michele Wiles and Carlos Acosta will dance the roles at the Sunday evening, October 26 performance. The first week will also include the Company Premiere of William Forsythe’s workwithinwork on Friday, October 24.

Highlighting the season’s second week will be the World Premiere of Robert Hill’s Dorian danced by David Hallberg, Julie Kent and Marcelo Gomes, and the Company Premieres of Jiri Kylian’s Petite Mort and Sechs T√§nze on Thursday, October 30. Other debuts for the week include David Hallberg in Theme and Variations at the matinee on Saturday, November 1 and Herman Cornejo in Tchaikovsky Pas de Deux at the matinee on Sunday, November 2.

American Ballet Theatre’s Fall season at City Center continues through November 9. The season is sponsored by Movado Watch Company, a leading benefactor. ABT’s 2003 City Center season is made possible with public funds from the New York State Council on the Arts, a State Agency.

Tickets priced from $30 to $80 can be purchased by calling CityTix at 212-581-1212 or at the City Center box office. City Center is located on West 55th Street between 6th and 7th Avenues in New York City.

Complete casting follows:

FIRST WEEK

WED. EVE., OCT. 22, 7 P.M. GALA
THREE VIRGINS AND A DEVIL (Revival Premiere): Waddell*, Schulte*&##44; Fischbach*, Molina*, Bragado-Young*
SYMPHONIC VARIATIONS (Revival Premiere): Butler*,Tuttle*, Riccetto*, Salstein*, Belotserkovsky*, Lopez*
DIANA AND ACTEON Pas de Deux and Coda only: Murphy, Carreño
TCHAIKOVSKY PAS DE DEUX Pas de Deux and Coda only: Dvorovenko, Corella
LE GRAND PAS DE DEUX (Company Premiere): Reyes, Malakhov+
THEME AND VARIATIONS: Herrera, Gomes

THURS. EVE., OCT. 23, 8 P.M. MASTER WORKS
DIVERSION OF ANGELS: Abrera, TBA, S. Brown, Malakhov, E. Cornejo, H. Cornejo
SYMPHONIC VARIATIONS: Butler, Tuttle, Riccetto, Salstein, Belotserkovsky, Lopez
PILLAR OF FIRE (Revival Premiere): Murphy*, Molina*, Gomes*
RAYMONDA (Grand Pas Classique) (Preview New Staging): Herrera, Carreño

FRI. EVE., OCT. 24, 8 P.M. INNOVATIVE WORKS
WITHOUT WORDS: S. Brown, Saveliev*, Herrera, Corella, Murphy, Molina*, Kent, Malakhov
workwithinwork (Company Premiere): Company
WITHIN YOU WITHOUT YOU: A TRIBUTE TO GEORGE HARRISON: Company

SAT. MAT., OCT. 25, 2 P.M. FAMILY FRIENDLY
THEME AND VARIATIONS: Herrera, Gomes
LE GRAND PAS DE DEUX: Reyes, Malakhov
THREE VIRGINS AND A DEVIL: Waddell, Schulte, Fischbach, Molina, Bragado-Young
TCHAIKOVSKY PAS DE DEUX: Dvorovenko, Corella
FANCY FREE: H. Cornejo, Radetsky, Carreño, Abrera, Murphy, Snow

SAT. EVE., OCT. 25, 8 P.M. INNOVATIVE WORKS
WITHOUT WORDS: Abrera, Torres*, Tuttle, Tidwell*, Milewski, Stappas*, Dvorovenko*, Belotserkovsky*
workwithinwork: Company
WITHIN YOU WITHOUT YOU: A TRIBUTE TO GEORGE HARRISON: Company

SUN. MAT., OCT. 26, 2 P.M. FAMILY FRIENDLY
THEME AND VARIATIONS: Tuttle, Corella
LE GRAND PAS DE DEUX: Dvorovenko*, Belotserkovsky*
THREE VIRGINS AND A DEVIL: Waddell, Schulte, Fischbach, Molina, Bragado-Young
TCHAIKOVSKY PAS DE DEUX: Herrera, Acosta+
FANCY FREE: H. Cornejo, Radetsky, Carreño, Abrera, Murphy, Snow

SUN. EVE., OCT. 26, 7:30 P.M. MASTER WORKS
DIVERSION OF ANGELS: Abrera, TBA, S. Brown, Malakhov, E. Cornejo, H. Cornejo
SYMPHONIC VARIATIONS: Butler, Tuttle, Riccetto, Salstein, Belotserkovsky, Lopez
PILLAR OF FIRE: Kent*, Hallberg*, Corella*
RAYMONDA (Grand Pas Classique): Wiles*, Acosta+

SECOND WEEK

TUE. EVE., OCT. 28, 7:30 P.M. MASTER WORKS
DIVERSION OF ANGELS: Abrera, TBA, S. Brown, Stappas, E. Cornejo, H. Cornejo
SYMPHONIC VARIATIONS: Butler, Tuttle, Riccetto, Salstein, Belotserkovsky, Lopez
PILLAR OF FIRE: Murphy, Molina, Gomes
RAYMONDA (Grand Pas Classique): Herrera, Carreño

WED. EVE., OCT. 29, 7:30 P.M. INNOVATIVE WORKS
WITHOUT WORDS: Abrera, Torres, Tuttle, Tidwell, Milewski, Stappas, Kent, Stiefel
workwithinwork: Company
WITHIN YOU WITHOUT YOU: A TRIBUTE TO GEORGE HARRISON: Company

THURS. EVE., OCT. 30, 8 P.M. CONTEMPORARY WORKS
PETITE MORT (Company Premiere): Company
SECHS TÄNZE (Company Premiere): Company
DORIAN (World Premiere): Hallberg, Kent, Gomes

FRI. EVE., OCT. 31, 8 P.M. CONTEMPORARY WORKS
PETITE MORT: Company
SECHS TÄNZE: Company
DORIAN: Hallberg, Kent, Gomes

SAT., NOV. 1, 11:30 A.M. ABTKIDS
SECHS TÄNZE: TBA
THEME AND VARIATIONS: TBA
THREE VIRGINS AND A DEVIL: TBA
PAS DE DEUX (To be announced): TBA

SAT. MAT., NOV. 1, 2 P.M. FAMILY FRIENDLY
THEME AND VARIATIONS: Murphy, Hallberg*
LE GRAND PAS DE DEUX: Reyes, H. Cornejo*
THREE VIRGINS AND A DEVIL: Butler*, Riccetto*, Dmochowski*, Salstein*, Lopez*
TCHAIKOVSKY PAS DE DEUX: Herrera, Acosta
FANCY FREE: Corella, Stiefel, Carreño, S. Brown, Kent, Thomas**

SAT. EVE., NOV. 1, 8 P.M. MASTER WORKS
DIVERSION OF ANGELS: Abrera, TBA, S. Brown, Stappas, E. Cornejo, H. Cornejo
SYMPHONIC VARIATIONS: Butler, Tuttle, Riccetto, Salstein, Belotserkovsky, Lopez
PILLAR OF FIRE: Kent, Hallberg, Corella
RAYMONDA (Grand Pas Classique): Wiles, Acosta

SUN. MAT., NOV. 2, 2 P.M. FAMILY FRIENDLY
THEME AND VARIATIONS: Herrera, Gomes
LE GRAND PAS DE DEUX: Dvorovenko, Belotserkovsky
THREE VIRGINS AND A DEVIL: Butler, Riccetto, Dmochowski, Salstein, Lopez
TCHAIKOVSKY PAS DE DEUX: Tuttle, H. Cornejo*
FANCY FREE: Corella, Stiefel, Carreño, S. Brown, Kent, Thomas

SUN. EVE., NOV. 2, 7:30 P.M. CONTEMPORARY WORKS
PETITE MORT: Company
SECHS TÄNZE: Company
DORIAN: Belotserkovsky*, Dvorovenko*, Saveliev*

*Editors please note: first time in a role:
Wed. Eve., Oct. 22: Waddell, Schulte, Fischbach, Molina, Bragado-Young in Three Virgins and a
Devil; Butler, Tuttle, Riccetto, Salstein, Belotserkovsky, Lopez in Symphonic Variations
Thurs. Eve., Oct. 23: Murphy, Molina (The Friend), Gomes (Young Man From the House Opposite) in Pillar of Fire

Fri. Eve., Oct. 24: Saveliev, Molina in Without Words
Sat. Eve., Oct. 25: Torres, Tidwell, Stappas, Dvorovenko, Belotserkovsky in Without Words
Sun. Mat., Oct. 26: Dvorovenko, Belotserkovsky in Le Grand Pas de Deux
Sun. Eve., Oct. 26:Kent, Hallberg (The Friend), Corella (Young Man From the House Opposite) in
Pillar of Fire; Wiles in Raymonda (Grand Pas Classique)
Sat. Mat., Nov. 1: Hallberg in Theme and Variations; H. Cornejo in Le Grand Pas de Deux; Butler, Riccetto, Dmochowski, Salstein, Lopez in Three Virgins and a Devil
Sun. Mat., Nov. 2: H. Cornejo in Tchaikovsky Pas de Deux
Sun. Eve., Nov. 2: Belotserkovsky, Dvorovenko, Saveliev in Dorian

**Editors please note: first time in a role in New York:
Sat. Mat., Nov. 1: Thomas in Fancy Free

+Editors please note: first time in a role with ABT:
Wed. Eve., Oct. 22: Malakhov in Le Grand Pas de Deux
Sun. Mat., Oct. 26: Acosta in Tchaikovsky Pas de Deux
Sun. Eve., Oct. 26: Acosta in Raymonda (Grand Pas Classique)

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