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Irina Dvorovenko to Give Final Performance on May 18
Box Office Now Open
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Year-end performances for American Ballet Theatre’s Studio Company and the Jacqueline Kennedy Onassis (JKO) School are scheduled for Friday, April 5 and Saturday, April 6 at the Michael Schimmel Center for the Arts at Pace University. American Ballet Theatre’s Studio Company performance on Friday, April 5 at 7:30pm will include full performances of Alexei Ratmansky’s […]
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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,#44; March 26, and Wednesday, March 27, 2013 at 7:00 P.M. Performances by ABT Studio Company will include George Balanchine’s Tarantella, Raymond Lukens’ Jerusalem Divertissement, and excerpts from Alexei Ratmansky’s Le […]
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Gala Performance and Celebrations Sponsored
by DIOR
ABT Principal Dancers Join Honorary Chairs Caroline Kennedy and Blaine Trump in One-Night-Only Celebration
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Farewell Performance Scheduled for Saturday evening, May 18 at Metropolitan Opera House
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Principal Dancer Cory Stearns to Appear with The Royal Ballet and
Soloist Isabella Boylston to Perform with the Royal Danish Ballet
as Exchange Artists
Daniil Simkin has been promoted to the rank of Principal Dancer with American Ballet Theatre. The promotion, which becomes effective immediately, was announced today by Artistic Director Kevin McKenzie. Simkin was born in Russia to ballet dancers Dmitrij Simkin and Olga Aleksandrova and was raised in Wiesbaden, Germany. From the age of six, Simkin often […]
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Xiomara Reyes and Eric Tamm to Lead Opening Night Cast
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24 City Audition Tour for ABT Summer Intensive and Collegiate Program to Begin January 5, 2013
Auditions for Young Dancer Workshop to be Held in Select Cities
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Award to Include Exchange Program Between JKO School and Dance School as the Rome Opera House
Read More American Ballet Theatre will perform a Fall season, October 30 – November 10, 2013, at the David H. Koch Theater at Lincoln Center, it was announced today by Rachel S. Moore, ABT’s Chief Executive Officer. The engagement begins a multi-year agreement with the Koch Theater, the terms of which include two weeks of performances each […]
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World Premiere of Shostakovich Trio by Alexei Ratmansky,
Company Premiere of A Month in the Country and
New Production of Le Corsaire to Highlight Season
Saks Fifth Avenue is Gala Sponsor
Frederic Franklin to Serve as Honorary Artistic Chair
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Ivan Vasiliev, principal dancer with the Mikhailovsky Ballet, has been named a Principal Dancer with American Ballet Theatre, effective immediately, it was announced today by Artistic Director Kevin McKenzie. He is scheduled to perform during the 2013 Metropolitan Opera House season and on ABT’s national and international tours. Born in Vladivostok, Russia, Vasiliev studied at […]
Read More Xiomara Reyes and Herman Cornejo to Lead Opening Night Cast
Box Office Opens Monday, August 20
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