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Guest Artists Alessandra Ferri, Kimin Kim and Natalia Osipova to Appear
Box Office Opens Sunday, March 25
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American Ballet Theatre Studio Company will appear at Ailey Citigroup Theater at The Joan Weill Center for Dance in New York City, April 17-18, 2018. The Studio Company will give two performances, Tuesday, April 17 and Wednesday, April 18, at 7:00PM. The ABT Studio Company performances will feature a mixed program of classical and new […]
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World Premiere, Co-Commissioned with the Vail Dance Festival, Scheduled for Spring Gala, May 21, 2018 at Metropolitan Opera House
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DURHAM, NC — Duke University and American Ballet Theatre have announced a three-year partnership to begin in January 2019. The wide-ranging, immersive partnership marks a significant new investment in the arts at Duke, said Duke University President Vince Price and ABT Executive Director Kara Medoff Barnett, who announced the partnership at a recent gala opening […]
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New York, New York – National Endowment for the Arts Chairman Jane Chu has approved more than $25 million in grants as part of the NEA’s first major funding announcement for fiscal year 2018. Included in this announcement is an Art Works grant of $75,000 to American Ballet Theatre to support the Company’s 2018 national […]
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Company’s First Festival Appearance, July 28 and 29, 2018, to Include Works by Alexei Ratmansky and Jerome Robbins
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26 City Audition Tour for ABT Summer Intensive and Collegiate Program to Begin January 6, 2018
Auditions for Young Dancer Summer Workshop to be Held in Select Cities
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Guest Artist Natalia Osipova to Dance Title Role in Giselle May 18
Family Matinee of Whipped Cream Scheduled For Friday, July 6
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Performances to Take Place at Intermission on the Promenade of David H. Koch Theater
Costumes Designed by rag & bone
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Two-Day Teacher Training Workshop Led by Cynthia Harvey, Artistic Director of ABT Jacqueline Kennedy Onassis School
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Daniil Simkin, a Principal Dancer with American Ballet Theatre since 2012, will join Staatsballett Berlin as a permanent member at the start of the company’s 2018-2019 season. It was announced today by Staatsballett Berlin. Simkin will continue to perform as a Principal Dancer with American Ballet Theatre as scheduling allows. “In the time that Daniil […]
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Live Music Performed by Pacific Symphony
Additional casting includes Sarah Lane and Herman Cornejo, Gillian Murphy and James Whiteside, Stella Abrera and Alexandre Hammoudi and Hee Seo and Cory Stearns
December 7 – 17, 2017 in Segerstrom Hall; tickets on sale now
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Casting for American Ballet Theatre’s 2017 Fall Season at the David H. Koch Theater was announced today by Artistic Director Kevin McKenzie. American Ballet Theatre opens its Fall season on Wednesday, October 18 at 6:30 P.M. with a special opening night Gala performance highlighted by the World Premiere of a new work by Artist in […]
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Final performances for American Ballet Theatre’s New York Summer Intensive Program are scheduled for Friday, July 28, 2017 at 12:00 P.M. and 2:30 P.M. at Frank Sinatra School of the Arts in Astoria, New York. The performances mark the conclusion of ABT’s 22nd annual New York Summer Intensive, a five-week training program for dancers ages […]
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Sarah Lane, Christine Shevchenko and Devon Teuscher have been promoted to the rank of Principal Dancer and Calvin Royal III has been promoted to the rank of Soloist. The promotions, announced today by Artistic Director Kevin McKenzie, become effective September 1, 2017. Sarah Lane began her dance training in Memphis, Tennessee under the direction of […]
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