The ABT Studio Company Spring Festival premieres on June 2 and 3 at 7:00pm ET on ABT’s YouTube Channel and will remain available until July 3.
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ABT Studio Company Spring Festival
ABT Studio Company Spring Festival
Filmed in the Spring of 2021 at Kaatsbaan Cultural Park in Tivoli, New York, this two-night virtual event highlights ABT Studio Company’s commitment to cultivating both innovative new choreography and a promising new generation of dancers.
Wednesday, June 2, 2021
7:00 P.M.
Act I
Flames of Paris Pas de Deux
Choreography after Vasily Vainonen
Music by Boris Asafyev
Seven Sonatas (Excerpt)
Choreography by Alexei Ratmansky
Music by Domenico Scarlatti
WORLD PREMIERE
Advice to the Young
Choreography and Editing by Emily Kikta and Peter Walker
Music by Twiceyoung
Voiceover: “Patti Smith Interview: Advice to the Young”
WORLD PREMIERE
Lora
Choreography by Yannick Lebrun
Music by Mpho Sebina
Kermesse in Bruges Pas de Deux
Choreography after August Bournonville
Music by Holger Simon Paulli
WORLD PREMIERE
Scurry Night
Choreography by Annabelle Lopez Ochoa
Music by Ara Malikian and Patricia Kopatchinskaja
Thursday, June 3, 2021
7:00 P.M.
Act II
Known By Heart Duet
© Choreography by Twyla Tharp
Music by Donald Knaack
Airs (Excerpt)
Choreography by Paul Taylor
Music by George Frederic Handel
Swan Lake Act II (Odette Variation)
Choreography by Kevin McKenzie, after Lev Ivanov
Music by Peter Ilyitch Tchaikovsky
Swan Lake Act I (Pas de Trois)
Choreography by Kevin McKenzie, after Marius Petipa
Music by Peter Ilyitch Tchaikovsky
WORLD PREMIERE
Children’s Songs Dance
Choreography by Jessica Lang
Music by Chick Corea
ABT Studio Company
American Ballet Theatre Studio Company seeks to develop the next generation of ballet dancers, choreographers, and audiences.
The central mission of ABT Studio Company is to prepare its dancers of exceptional potential (ages 17-21) for careers in American Ballet Theatre’s main Company or other leading ballet companies worldwide. ABT Studio Company serves as the crucial vehicle for transitioning from student to professional performer. Nearly 80% of current American Ballet Theatre dancers are alumni of ABT Studio Company, including twelve Principal Dancers and seven Soloists.
Each season, ABT Studio Company commissions emerging and/or established choreographers to create new works on Studio Company dancers, serving as a platform for new choreography.
ABT Studio Company engages the broadest possible ballet audience by performing classical, neoclassical and contemporary repertoire in a range of venues around the globe.
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