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Welcome to ABT News! To stay updated on all American Ballet Theatre topics and happenings, read our most recent press releases below. You’ll find information on both New York City and touring events on this page.

ABT maintains this section for archival purposes; individual releases are not updated and should only be relied upon up to the date on which they are published.

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ABT’s 2017 New York Summer Intensive Final Performances Scheduled for Friday, July 28, 12:00 PM and 2:30 PM at Frank Sinatra School of the Arts

July 13, 2017

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 Promoted to Principal Dancer with ABT<br><br>Calvin Royal III Promoted to Soloist

Sarah Lane, Christine Shevchenko and Devon Teuscher Promoted to Principal Dancer with ABT

Calvin Royal III Promoted to Soloist

July 7, 2017

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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Veronika Part to Give Final Performances with ABT

July 3, 2017

Farewell Performance Scheduled for Saturday Matinee, July 8 at Metropolitan Opera House

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World Premieres by Alexei Ratmansky, Jessica Lang and Benjamin Millepied to Highlight ABT’s Fall Season at The David H. Koch Theater, October 18-29, 2017

June 28, 2017

Box Office to Open July 17

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Cassandra Trenary and James Whiteside to Debut at Lincoln Center’s Midsummer Night Swing on June 30, 2017

June 19, 2017

American Ballet Theatre Soloist Cassandra Trenary and Principal Dancer James Whiteside will be special guests at Lincoln Center’s annual Midsummer Night Swing on Friday, June 30. Trenary and Whiteside will dance a rhumba to Sway at Lincoln Center’s ballroom-themed evening at 8:15 PM, accompanied by Brooklyn-based band Margi & the Dapper Dots playing golden age […]

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Casting Announced for Final Two Weeks of ABT’s 2017 Spring Season at Metropolitan Opera House

June 16, 2017

Stella Abrera, Marcelo Gomes, Sarah Lane and Alban Lendorf to Lead Company Premiere of Souvenir d’un lieu cher Monday evening, July 3

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3,500 New York City Public School Children to Attend ABT’s Young People’s Ballet Workshop at Metropolitan Opera House, Tuesday, June 6, 2017 at 11:00 A.M.

June 2, 2017

ABT Dancers to Perform Excerpts of All-New Production of Alexei Ratmansky’s Whipped Cream

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Casting Announced for Fifth and Sixth Weeks of ABT’s 2017 Spring Season at Metropolitan Opera House

May 31, 2017

Diana Vishneva to Dance Final Performance with ABT on Friday Evening, June 23

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Harlequinade, a World Premiere by ABT, Staged by Alexei Ratmansky, Set for June 4, 2018 at Metropolitan Opera House

World Premiere of New Ratmansky Work Scheduled for Fall 2017 at David H. Koch Theater

May 22, 2017

Premieres to be Supported by The Ratmansky Project, a Five-Year Fundraising Campaign

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Mark Ryden: The Art of Whipped Cream

Exhibition to Open May 19 at The Metropolitan Opera House

May 19, 2017

American Ballet Theatre presents Mark Ryden: The Art of Whipped Cream, an exhibition of work by pop-surrealist Mark Ryden, on view in the Arnold and Marie Schwartz Gallery Met at the Metropolitan Opera House, May 19-July 8, 2017.  The exhibition, organized by the Paul Kasmin Gallery, features drawings, sketches and paintings created for American Ballet […]

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ABT “Whipped Cream Float” to Travel the Streets of Upper West Side and Times Square on Saturday, May 20, 2017, 10am-3pm

May 16, 2017

Unique Caravan of Characters to Celebrate ABTKids Day and New York Premiere of Whipped Cream

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Casting Announced for Third and Fourth Weeks of ABT’s 2017 Spring Season at Metropolitan Opera House

May 11, 2017

Marcelo Gomes to Celebrate 20th Anniversary with ABT on Tuesday Evening, May 30

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Casting Announced for First Two Weeks of ABT’s 2017 Spring Season at Metropolitan Opera House

May 5, 2017

Daniil Simkin, Stella Abrera, David Hallberg and Sarah Lane to Lead New York Premiere of Whipped Cream at Spring Gala on Monday, May 22 at 6:30 P.M.

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ABT Presents ABTKids, Saturday, May 20, 2017, 11:30 A.M. at Metropolitan Opera House

April 20, 2017

All Seats $25

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New York Premiere of Whipped Cream by Alexei Ratmansky to Highlight ABT’s 2017 Spring Season, May 15-July 8, at Metropolitan Opera House

March 23, 2017

Guest Artist Alessandra Ferri to Dance Two Performances as Tatiana in John Cranko’s Onegin, June 20 And 22

Principal Dancer Diana Vishneva to Give Farewell Performance June 23

Principal Dancer Marcelo Gomes to Celebrate 20th Anniversary with American Ballet Theatre

Box Office Opens March 26 at 12 Noon

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