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American Ballet Theatre Studio Company and the ABT Jacqueline Kennedy Onassis School will appear at The Kaye Playhouse at Hunter College in New York City, March 24 – 26, 2017. The Studio Company will give two performances, Friday, March 24 and Saturday, March 25 at 8:00P.M. The ABT JKO School will give two performances, Saturday, […]
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Choreographed by Alexei Ratmansky to Music by Richard Strauss
Designed by Mark Ryden
March 15 – 19, 2017 in Segerstrom Hall; tickets on sale now
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ABT Studio Company and the graduate students of The Royal Ballet School will perform a shared bill at NYU Skirball Center for the Performing Arts on February 10 and 11, 2017 at 7:00 P.M., with a special “family friendly” performance, narrated and designed for younger audiences, at 2:00 P.M. on February 11. This year’s exchange […]
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American Ballet Theatre Principal Dancer David Hallberg will return to perform with the Company for the 2017 Metropolitan Opera House season. It was announced today by Artistic Director Kevin McKenzie. Hallberg, who last performed with American Ballet Theatre in June 2014, withdrew from performances with the Company in the Fall of 2014 due to a […]
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27 City Audition Tour for ABT Summer Intensive and Collegiate Program to Begin January 7, 2017
Auditions for Young Dancer Summer Workshop to be Held in Select Cities
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Kate Lydon has been named artistic director of American Ballet Theatre’s Summer Intensive programs, it was announced today by ABT Artistic Director Kevin McKenzie. Lydon, who is also artistic director of the ABT Studio Company as well as Apprentice Program Coordinator, succeeds Julie Kent who served as the Summer Intensive artistic director for 2016. “Twenty-nine […]
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Guest Artist Alessandra Ferri to Dance Two Performances as Tatiana in John Cranko’s Onegin, June 20 and 22
Principal Dancer Marcelo Gomes to Celebrate 20th Anniversary with ABT
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Two-Act Ballet With Original Libretto and Score by Richard Strauss
New York Premiere Scheduled for May 22, 2017 at Metropolitan Opera House
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Farewell Performance Scheduled for Friday Evening, June 23 at Metropolitan Opera House
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Misty Copeland and Herman Cornejo Lead Opening Night Cast
December 9-18, 2016 in Segerstrom Hall
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ABT Alumni Robert La Fosse and Ethan Stiefel to Join Faculty
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Final performances for American Ballet Theatre’s New York Summer Intensive Program are scheduled for Friday, July 29, 2016 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 21st annual New York Summer Intensive, a five-week training program for dancers ages […]
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Revivals of George Balanchine’s Prodigal Son and Frederick Ashton’s Symphonic Variations Also Planned
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Carlos Lopez, a former Soloist with American Ballet Theatre, has been named to the position of Ballet Master with the Company effective August 1, 2016. It was announced today by Kevin McKenzie, ABT Artistic Director. Carlos Lopez is currently a Ballet Master for the ABT Studio Company and a Company teacher at ABT. He began […]
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Jeffrey Cirio has been promoted to the rank of Principal Dancer with American Ballet Theatre and Blaine Hoven has been promoted to Soloist. The promotions, announced today by Artistic Director Kevin McKenzie, become effective August 1, 2016. Jeffrey Cirio joined American Ballet Theatre as a Soloist in August 2015. Cirio began his ballet training at […]
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