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Due to injury, Natalia Osipova, a Guest Artist with American Ballet Theatre, will not perform the title role in Romeo and Juliet scheduled for Wednesday evening, June 17 at the Metropolitan Opera House, it was announced today by Artistic Director Kevin McKenzie. Ms. Osipova sustained an injury during a performance of Giselle this season with […]
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Evgenia Obraztsova to Debut as Guest Artist
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One-Hour Introduction to Ballet to Feature Scenes from The Sleeping Beauty, Les Sylphides and Rodeo
All Seats $25
Vip Experience Available for $150
Company Members Representing Seven Decades to Gather for Events During 75th Anniversary Alumni Weekend
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Due to injury, Principal Dancer Polina Semionova will withdraw from her remaining performances with American Ballet Theatre at the Metropolitan Opera House. It was announced today by Artistic Director Kevin McKenzie. Semionova was scheduled for seven additional performances during the Company’s 2015 Spring season. Guest Artist Maria Kochetkova will replace Semionova in an excerpt from Act […]
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Gillian Murphy and Marcelo Gomes to Lead New York Premiere of All-New Production of The Sleeping Beauty on Friday, May 29
Kimin Kim and Leonid Sarafanov to Debut as Guest Artists
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American Ballet Theatre’s 75th Anniversary will be the subject of a category on the television quiz show JEOPARDY! on Tuesday, May 5, 2015. The featured ABT category will include performance footage from several of the upcoming Spring season’s iconic ballets, with clues read by ABT dancers. The JEOPARDY! crew traveled to ABT’s New York City […]
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Joel Grey, Sigourney Weaver, Susan Jaffe and Ruth Ann Koesun to Co-Host Diamond Anniversary Gala Performance on Monday Evening, May 18 At 6:30 P.M.
75th Anniversary Diamond Jubilee Sponsored by ESCADA
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American Ballet Theatre Soloist Misty Copeland has been named by TIME Magazine to the 2015 TIME 100, its annual list of the 100 most influential people in the world. The full list and related tributes appear in the April 27 issue of TIME. Born in Kansas City, Missouri and raised in San Pedro, California, Misty Copeland […]
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American Ballet Theatre Soloist Joseph Gorak has been awarded a 2015 Leonore Annenberg Arts Fellowship. The Fellowship, which recognizes young artists of extraordinary talent, provides additional resources to help them realize their full potential. To encourage the personal and artistic development of young artists, the one-year Leonore Annenberg Arts Fellowship will provide funds to cover […]
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ABT Studio Company and the graduate students of The Royal Ballet School (RBS) will perform a shared bill at The Ailey Citigroup Theater on Tuesday, April 21, and Wednesday, April 22, 2015 at 7:00 P.M. Performances by ABT Studio Company will include the New York City premiere of Susan Jaffe’s Metallurgy and excerpts from Marius […]
Read More Paloma Herrera, Julie Kent and Xiomara Reyes to Give Farewell Performances
Box Office Opens March 22 at 9:00 A.M.
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The Kennedy Center Millennium Stage hosts the World Premiere screening of American Masters – American Ballet Theatre: A History on Monday, March 23 at 6:00 P.M. in the Terrace Theater at the John F. Kennedy Center for the Performing Arts in Washington, D.C. American Masters – American Ballet Theatre: A History, a feature-length documentary directed […]
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American Ballet Theatre Principal Dancer Paloma Herrera will give her farewell performance with the Company at the 2:00pm matinee of Giselle on Wednesday, May 27, 2015 at the Metropolitan Opera House. Ms. Herrera’s farewell performance was previously scheduled for Tuesday, June 9 as Princess Aurora in the Company’s new staging of The Sleeping Beauty. Ms. Herrera […]
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Vladimir Shklyarov and Leonid Sarafanov to Appear as Guest Artists for 2015 Spring Season
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