ABT News

ABT and and Segerstrom Center for the Arts to Present Annual Engagements of Alexei Ratmansky’s The Nutcracker Beginning December 2015

March 17, 2014

NEW YORK, NY and COSTA MESA, CA – Segerstrom Center for the Arts and American Ballet Theatre will co-present annual productions of Alexei Ratmansky’s The Nutcracker beginning December 2015 at Segerstrom Center in Costa Mesa, California.  It was announced today by Rachel S. Moore, ABT Chief Executive Officer and Terrence W. Dwyer, Segerstrom Center President. […]

Company Premiere of Frederick Ashton’s Cinderella, a Shakespeare Celebration, and Revivals of Gaite Parisienne and Manon to Highlight 2014 Spring Season at Metropolitan Opera House, May 12-July 5

March 12, 2014

Olga Smirnova And Viktoria Tereshkina To Debut As Guest Artists; Vladimir Shklyarov And Amy Watson To Appear As Exchange Artists Box Office Opens March 30

World Premiere of All-New Production of The Sleeping Beauty Choreographed by Alexei Ratmansky, Set for March 3, 2015 at Segerstrom Center for the Arts, Costa Mesa, California

February 25, 2014

Lead Matching Gift of $2.5 Million from David H. Koch to Underwrite Production

ABT Studio Company to Perform at
the 92nd Street Y Harkness Dance Center,
February 7, 8 & 9, 2014

January 13, 2014

World Premiere by Larry Keigwin and Studio Company Premieres of Martine van Hamel’s Trio a Deux and Lynne Taylor-Corbett’s Great Galloping Gottschalk to be Featured

2014 Summer intensive National Audition Tour Announced

October 28, 2013

25 City Audition Tour for ABT Summer Intensive and Collegiate Program to Begin January 4, 2014

Auditions for Young Dancer Workshop to be Held in Select Cities

ABT Announces 2014 Spring Season at Metropolitan Opera House May 12-July 5, 2014

October 7, 2013

Company Premiere of Frederick Ashton’s Cinderella, A Shakespeare Celebration and Revivals of Leonide Massine’s Gaîté Parisienne and Kenneth MacMillan’s Manon to Highlight Season

James Whiteside Promoted to Principal Dancer with ABT

October 2, 2013

James Whiteside has been promoted to Principal Dancer with American Ballet Theatre, it was announced today by Artistic Director Kevin McKenzie. The promotion is effective October 30, 2013. Born in Fairfield, Connecticut, James Whiteside began his training at age nine at the D’Valda & Sirico Dance and Music Centre, where guest faculty included Franco De […]

ABT’s Opening Night Fall Gala at David H. Koch Theater to Feature World Premiere of The Tempest by Alexei Ratmansky, Wednesday, October 30 at 6:30 P.M.

September 30, 2013

Clinique and Badgley Mischka to Serve as Gala Sponsors

ABT to Host Memorial Celebration in Honor of Frederic Franklin
Monday, October 14 at 4:30 P.M. at LaGuardia High School for the Performing Arts

September 24, 2013

American Ballet Theatre will host a memorial celebration for beloved colleague and ballet legend Frederic Franklin on Monday, October 14 at 4:30 P.M. in the Concert Hall at LaGuardia High School for the Performing Arts. The memorial will be highlighted by film tributes as well as performances and guest speakers from many of the companies […]

ABT Launches Project Plie:
A Comprehensive Initative to Increase Racial and Ethnic Representation in Ballet

September 13, 2013

Partnership with Boys & Girls Clubs of America Announced

Payless ShoeSource® to Serve as a Leading Corporate Sponsor of Project Plié

ABT’s Junior Council to Host Junior Turnout Benefit Thursday, September 26 at Crosby Street Hotel at 8:00 P.M.

September 11, 2013

Proceeds to Support ABT’s Dancer Sponsorship Fund

Jacqueline Kennedy Onassis School at American Ballet Theatre Receives $2 Million Gift to Fund Expanded Training Curriculum and Scholarship Programs Over Three Years

September 4, 2013

The Jacqueline Kennedy Onassis (JKO) School at American Ballet Theatre has received a $2 million donation from an anonymous donor to expand the School’s training programs, fund operations and establish additional scholarship programs. The donation, announced today by Rachel Moore, CEO of American Ballet Theatre, represents the largest gift made to the JKO School to […]

Skylar Brandt Awarded 2013 Princess Grace Foundation-USA Dance Fellowship

August 20, 2013

Skylar Brandt, a member of American Ballet Theatre’s corps de ballet, is the recipient of a 2013 Princess Grace Award. The award, a Dance Fellowship, was one of eight fellowships granted in the Dance and Choreography category. The annual Princess Grace Foundation-USA awards were announced in New York City on August 7. Skylar Brandt began […]

ABT’s The Nutcracker Returns to BAM Howard Gilman Opera House December 13-22, 2013

August 14, 2013

Veronika Part and Marcelo Gomes to Lead Opening Night Cast

Box Office Opens Monday, August 19

ABT to Make First Ever Tour to Australia, August 28 Through September 7, 2014

August 2, 2013

Two-Week Engagement in Brisbane to Include Performances of Swan Lake and Mixed Repertory at The Queensland Performing Arts Centre