ABT News

ABT’s 2012 Spring Gala at Metropolitan Opera House, Monday May 14 at 6:30 P.M.

Sloan Lindemann Barnett, Nina Rennert Davidson, Julia Koch, Karin Luter and Monica G-S Wambold to Chair Annual Benefit

April 19, 2012

HONORARY CHAIRS TO INCLUDE MRS. MICHELLE OBAMA, CAROLINE KENNEDY AND BLAINE TRUMP

Gala Evening Sponsored by GRAFF and VALENTINO

ABT to Hold Open Auditions for
Jacqueline Kennedy Onassis School
Children’s Division on
Saturday, May 19 at 2 P.M. and 3:30 P.M.

April 18, 2012

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 19 at ABT’s 890 Broadway studios in New York City. Children ages 7 to 12 are eligible to attend. The Jacqueline Kennedy Onassis School Children’s Division is a ballet program for children ages […]

Michaela DePrince, Student of the
Jacqueline Kennedy Onassis School
at American Ballet Theatre,
to Appear on

April 16, 2012

Michaela DePrince, a 17-year-old student of the Jacqueline Kennedy Onassis School at American Ballet Theatre, is scheduled to perform on ABC TV’s “Dancing with the Stars” on Tuesday, April 24. As part of the program’s “Spotlight Performances,” DePrince will dance a pas de deux with Adé Chiké Torbert, choreographed for the occasion by ABT Ballet […]

Year-End Performances Scheduled
for ABT’s Studio Company and
Jacqueline Kennedy Onassis School
Friday, May 4 and Saturday, May 5
at Michael Schimmel Center for the Arts
at Pace University

April 9, 2012

Year-end performances for American Ballet Theatre’s Studio Company and the Jacqueline Kennedy Onassis (JKO) School are scheduled for Friday, May 4 and Saturday, May 5 at Michael Schimmel Center for the Arts at Pace University. The performances mark the culmination of the Studio Company’s 2011-2012 season. American Ballet Theatre’s Studio Company performance on Friday, May […]

Angel Corella to Retire as
Principal Dancer with ABT

April 4, 2012

Final Performance Scheduled for
Thursday, June 28, 2012 at Metropolitan Opera House

New Production of John Cranko’s Onegin
and New York Premiere of Firebird
by Alexei Ratmansky
to Highlight ABT’s 2012 Spring Season
at the Metropolitan Opera House,
May 14-July 7, 2012

March 26, 2012

Ethan Stiefel to Give Final Performance on July 7

Box Office Opens Sunday, April 1

ABT to Perform at the Hollywood Bowl
September 7 & 8, 2012

February 27, 2012

American Ballet Theatre will appear at the famed Hollywood Bowl, September 7 and 8, 2012, as part of the Los Angeles Philharmonic’s Tchaikovsky Spectacular with Fireworks. The program will feature ABT dancers performing pas de deux from Swan Lake and The Nutcracker, accompanied by the Los Angeles Philharmonic. The Hollywood Bowl, one of the most […]

Raymond Lukens Named Director
of ABT’s National Training Curriculum

February 23, 2012

Raymond Lukens, Artistic Associate of the ABT/NYU Masters program and a faculty member of the Jacqueline Kennedy Onassis School at American Ballet Theatre, has been named director of ABT’s National Training Curriculum. His appointment is effective immediately. American Ballet Theatre launched the National Training Curriculum in 2007 with the aim of providing the best practices […]

ABT to Appear at
TED2012 Conference: “Full Spectrum”
March 1, 2012 in Long Beach, California

February 21, 2012

American Ballet Theatre dancers Maria Riccetto and Blaine Hoven will be among the guests of the speakers program at the TED2012 Conference: “Full Spectrum,” a four-day stage program of talks, music, comedy, video and dance. Riccetto and Hoven are scheduled to perform the “Junk” pas de deux from Twyla Tharp’s Known by Heart as part […]

ABT’s Junior Council to Host
Third Annual Juniors for Juniors Benefit
Wednesday, February 22 at
Tribeca Grand Hotel at 7:00 P.M.

February 10, 2012

All Proceeds to Support Scholarships for Students of
The Jacqueline Kennedy Onassis School at American Ballet Theatre

ABT’s Culinary Pas de Deux
at The Lighthouse at Pier 61 in New York City,
Monday, March 12 at 7:00 P.M.

February 9, 2012

On Monday evening, March 12 at 7:00 P.M., American Ballet Theatre will present its fifteenth Culinary Pas de Deux, a unique evening of dining and dancing, at The Lighthouse at Pier 61 in New York City. Hosted by ABT Principal Dancer Marcelo Gomes and Soloists Misty Copeland and Craig Salstein, the event will feature samplings […]

Marcelo Gomes to Appear as
Guest Artist with The Royal Ballet,
Thursday, February 9, 2012

February 2, 2012

Gomes to Dance Oberon in Sir Frederick Ashton’s
The Dream Opposite Alina Cojocaru

Ethan Stiefel to Retire
as Principal Dancer
with American Ballet Theatre

January 23, 2012

Final Performance Scheduled for Saturday evening, July 7, 2012
at Metropolitan Opera House

ABT’s Nancy Raffa
to Serve as Guest Judge of the
40th Anniversary
Prix de Lausanne International Competition,
January 30-February 5, 2012

January 19, 2012

Nancy Raffa, ballet mistress and former dancer with American Ballet Theatre, will serve as an honorary guest judge of the 40th Anniversary Prix de Lausanne International Competition. The competition takes place in Lausanne, Switzerland, January 30-February 5, 2012. Nancy Raffa was the youngest and first American female to win the Gold Medal at the Prix […]

ABT to Hold Open Auditions
for ABT Studio Company 2012-2013 Season
Sunday, January 22 in Long Beach, California
and Saturday, March 3 in New York City

January 13, 2012

American Ballet Theatre will hold open auditions for the ABT Studio Company on Sunday, January 22, 2012, in Long Beach, California and Saturday, March 3, 2012, in New York City. The ABT Studio Company is a pre-professional program made up of dancers of outstanding potential, under the direction of ABT Artistic Director Kevin McKenzie and […]