Amanda McKerrow to Make ABT Debut as Hagar in Pillar of Fire
on Wednesday, November 5

Pas de Deux from Flames of Paris to be Performed
on November 8 and 9 Matinees

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

Highlighting the third week of performances will be the ABT debut of Amanda McKerrow as Hagar in Antony Tudor’s Pillar of Fire and the debut of Gennadi Saveliev as The Friend on Wednesday, November 5. On the same evening, Michele Wiles, Carlos Molina, Yuriko Kajiya and Jesus Pastor will perform the roles of the Couple in White and the Couple in Yellow in Martha Graham’s Diversion of Angels for the first time, and a new cast will debut in Sir Frederick Ashton’s Symphonic Variations.

The pas de deux from Flames of Paris, after the original by Vasily Vainonen, will be performed by Gillian Murphy and Gennadi Saveliev at the matinees on Saturday, November 8 and Sunday, November 9. The pas de deux was first performed by ABT in 1972 with choreography by David and Anna-Marie Holmes after the original. The complete four-act ballet received its World Premiere by the Leningrad-Kirov Ballet in Leningrad in 1932.

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:

AMERICAN BALLET THEATRE
City Center Fall 2003

THIRD WEEK

Tue., Nov. 4, 7:30 P.M. INNOVATIVE WORKS
WITHOUT WORDS: S. Brown, Saveliev, Herrera, Corella, Murphy, Molina, Reyes*, Stiefel

workwithinwork: Company
WITHIN YOU WITHOUT YOU: A TRIBUTE TO GEORGE HARRISON: Company

Wed., Nov. 5, 7:30 P.M. MASTER WORKS
DIVERSION OF ANGELS: Wiles*, Molina*, Tuttle, Stappas, Kajiya*, Pastor*
SYMPHONIC VARIATIONS: Kang*, Abrera*, Fang*, Hallberg*, Gomes*, Torres*
PILLAR OF FIRE: McKerrow+, Saveliev*, Corella
RAYMONDA (Grand Pas Classique): Dvorovenko*, Beloserkovsky*

Thurs., Nov. 6, 8 P.M. CONTEMPORARY WORKS
PETITE MORT: Company
SECHS TÄNZE: Company
DORIAN: Beloserkovsky, Dvorovenko, Saveliev

Fri., Nov. 7, 8 P.M. MASTER WORKS
DIVERSION OF ANGELS: Wiles, Molina, Tuttle, Stappas, Kajiya, Pastor
SYMPHONIC VARIATIONS: Kang, Abrera, Fang, Hallberg, Gomes, Torres
PILLAR OF FIRE: McKerrow, Saveliev, Corella
RAYMONDA (Grand Pas Classique): Dvorovenko, Beloserkovsky

Sat. Mat., Nov. 8, 2 P.M. FAMILY FRIENDLY
THEME AND VARIATIONS: Tuttle, Corella
LE GRAND PAS DE DEUX: Reyes, H. Cornejo
THREE VIRGINS AND A DEVIL: Butler, Riccetto, Dmochowski, Salstein, Lopez
FLAMES OF PARIS Pas de Deux: Murphy*, Saveliev*
FANCY FREE: Salstein**, Lopez, Gomes, Herrera, Kent, Snow

Sat. Eve., Nov. 8, 8 P.M. CONTEMPORARY WORKS
PETITE MORT: Company
SECHS TÄNZE: Company
DORIAN: Hallberg, Kent, Gomes

Sun. Mat., Nov. 9, 2 P.M. FAMILY FRIENDLY
THEME AND VARIATIONS: Wiles, Hallberg
LE GRAND PAS DE DEUX: Dvorovenko, Beloserkovsky
THREE VIRGINS AND A DEVIL: Waddell, Schulte, Fischbach, Molina, Bragado-Young
FLAMES OF PARIS Pas de Deux: Murphy, Saveliev
FANCY FREE: Salstein, Lopez, Gomes, Herrera, Kent, Thomas

Sun. Eve., Nov. 9, 7:30 P.M. INNOVATIVE WORKS
WITHOUT WORDS: Abrera, Torres, Tuttle, Tidwell, Murphy, Molina, Dvorovenko, Beloserkovsky
workwithinwork: Company
WITHIN YOU WITHOUT YOU: A TRIBUTE TO GEORGE HARRISON: Company

*Editors please note: first time in a role:
Tue. Eve., Nov. 4: Reyes in Without Words
Wed. Eve., Nov. 5: Wiles, Molina (Couple in White), Kajiya, Pastor (Couple in Yellow) in Diversion
of Angels; Kang, Abrera, Fang, Hallberg, Gomes, Torres in Symphonic Variations; Saveliev (The Friend) in Pillar of Fire; Dvorovenko, Beloserkovsky in Raymonda (Grand Pas Classique)
Sat. Mat., Nov. 8: Murphy, Saveliev in Flames of Paris

**Editors please note: first time in a role in New York:
Sat. Mat., Nov. 8: Salstein in Fancy Free

+Editors please note: first time in a role with ABT:
Wed. Eve., Nov. 5: McKerrow in Pillar of Fire

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