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American Ballet Theatre’s diversity initiative Project Plié and Boys & Girls Clubs of America continues a master class series introducing ballet to a broad array of children with educational and activity-based master classes in member clubs across the United States. These hour-long classes, conducted by ABT Certified Teachers, serve to identify gifted children and connect them […]
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Casting for American Ballet Theatre’s 2015 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 21 at 6:30 P.M. with a special opening night Gala performance, highlighted by the New York City premiere of a new work by Mark […]
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Final performances for American Ballet Theatre’s New York Summer Intensive Program are scheduled for Friday, July 24, 2015 at 12 P.M. and 2 P.M. at Frank Sinatra School of the Arts in Astoria, New York. The performances mark the conclusion of ABT’s 20th annual New York Summer Intensive, a five-week training program for dancers ages […]
Read More Revivals of Twyla Tharp’s The Brahms-Haydn Variations, Michel Fokine’s Le Spectre de la Rose & Kurt Jooss’ The Green Table Also Planned
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Skylar Brandt, Thomas Forster, Luciana Paris, Arron Scott & Cassandra Trenary Promoted to Soloist
Maria Kochetkova & Alban Lendorf to Join Company as Principal Dancers; Jeffrey Cirio to Join as Soloist
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Casting for the seventh and eighth weeks of American Ballet Theatre’s 2015 Spring Season at the Metropolitan Opera House was announced today by Artistic Director Kevin McKenzie. The seventh week will feature eight performances of Swan Lake, June 22-27. Monday night’s performance, June 22, will be led by Gillian Murphy as Odette/Odile opposite Marcelo Gomes […]
Read More 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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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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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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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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