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Guillaume C≈çté to Appear as Guest Artist
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Final performances for American Ballet Theatre’s New York Summer Intensive Program are scheduled for Friday, July 26, 2013 at 12 P.M. and 4 P.M. at Frank Sinatra School of the Arts in Astoria, New York. The performances mark the conclusion of ABT’s 18th annual New York Summer Intensive, a five-week training program for dancers ages […]
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Box Office Opens Monday, July 22
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Casting for the final two weeks of American Ballet Theatre’s 2013 Spring Season at the Metropolitan Opera House was announced today by Artistic Director Kevin McKenzie. The season’s first performance of Sir Frederick Ashton’s Sylvia will be given on Monday, June 24, led by Gillian Murphy (Sylvia), Marcelo Gomes (Aminta), Daniil Simkin (Eros) and Cory […]
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American Ballet Theatre has named Keith Roberts, former Principal Dancer with ABT, to the post of Ballet Master. The appointment, which was announced today by Artistic Director Kevin McKenzie, becomes effective September 2013. Born in Denver, Colorado, Roberts trained at the North Carolina School of the Arts and the School of American Ballet. He joined […]
Read More Due to injury, American Ballet Theatre Guest Artist Alina Cojocaru will withdraw from her scheduled performance as Aurora in The Sleeping Beauty on July 3, it was announced today by Artistic Director Kevin McKenzie. Guest Artist Maria Kochetkova will replace Cojocaru opposite Herman Cornejo in The Sleeping Beauty. As previously announced, Kochetkova, a principal dancer […]
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U.S. Representative for New York’s 12th Congressional District Takes on Supernumerary Role in ABT Production of Romeo and Juliet, Monday, June 10 at Metropolitan Opera House
Read More Polina Semionova to Make New York Debut in Romeo and Juliet, Tuesday Evening, June 11
Maria Kochetkova of San Francisco Ballet to Debut with ABT in Swan Lake on Friday Evening, June 21
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World Premiere of Alexei Ratmansky’s Shostakovich Trilogy, Friday Evening, May 31
Natalia Osipova and Ivan Vasiliev to Lead New York Premiere of New Production of Le Corsaire, Tuesday Evening, June 4
Read More Harlem School of the Arts to Implement ABT’s National Training Curriculum
Read More Shostakovich Trilogy, a three-part work choreographed by Alexei Ratmansky, will feature Piano Concerto #1, set to Dmitri Shostakovich’s First Piano Concerto in C minor for Piano, Trumpet and Strings, in place of the originally planned music from Symphony No. 1. Ratmansky’s Shostakovich Trilogy will be given its World Premiere on Friday evening, May 31, 2013. […]
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Irina Dvorovenko to Dance Final Performance with ABT
on Saturday Evening, May 18
Julie Kent and Roberto Bolle to Lead Company Premiere of Sir Frederick Ashton’s A Month in the Country,
Tuesday Evening, May 21
American Ballet Theatre’s Jacqueline Kennedy Onassis School will hold open auditions for its Children’s Division at 2pm and 3:30pm on Saturday, May 18 at ABTƒÅ‚Ǩ‚Ñ¢s 890 Broadway studios in New York City. Children ages 7 to 12 are eligible to audition. The Jacqueline Kennedy Onassis School Children’s Division is a ballet program for children ages […]
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