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Veronika Part and Marcelo Gomes to Lead Opening Night Cast
Sarah Lane, Hee Seo, Joseph Gorak and Eric Tamm
to Debut in Leading Roles
Veronika Part and Marcelo Gomes to lead Opening Night Cast
Box Office Opens Monday, September 12
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Melissa Allen Bowman, a former dancer with American Ballet Theatre and current artistic director of ABT’s Summer Intensives, has been named Assistant Principal of the Jacqueline Kennedy Onassis School at American Ballet Theatre. Her appointment, effective September 1, 2011, was announced today by Artistic Director Kevin McKenzie. Under the direction of JKO School Principal Franco […]
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Joseph Gorak, a member of American Ballet Theatre’s corps de ballet, is the recipient of a 2011 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 15. Joseph Gorak began […]
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Final performances for American Ballet Theatre’s New York Summer Intensive Program are scheduled for Friday, July 29, 2011 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 16th annual New York Summer Intensive, a five-week training program for dancers ages […]
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ABT TO REPRESENT FIRST AMERICAN DANCE COMPANY
TO PERFORM DURING INAUGURAL SEASON OF
THE ROYAL OPERA HOUSE MUSCAT
American Ballet Theatre Guest Artists Alina Cojocaru and Johan Kobborg will dance the lead roles of Princess Aurora and Prince Désiré in The Sleeping Beauty on Wednesday evening, July 6, it was announced today by Artistic Director Kevin McKenzie. Cojocaru and Kobborg replace Guest Artist Natalia Osipova and ABT Principal Dancer David Hallberg, who were […]
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UNCSA TO BECOME EXCLUSIVE AFFILIATE SCHOOL
OF THE JACQUELINE KENNEDY ONASSIS SCHOOL
AT AMERICAN BALLET THEATRE
New York City Premiere of New Work by Demis Volpi and Revivals of Merce Cunningham’s Duets, Paul Taylor’s Black Tuesday and Martha Clarke’s The Garden of Villandry to Highlight Season
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Guillaume C≈çté, guest artist-in-residence with The National Ballet of Canada, will dance the role of Her Prince Charming in James Kudelka’s Cinderella at the matinee on Wednesday, June 22 at the Metropolitan Opera House. It was announced today by Artistic Director Kevin McKenzie. C≈çté is replacing Cory Stearns who is injured. Born in Lac-Saint-Jean, Québec, […]
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Jose Manuel Carreño to Give Final New York Performance
with ABT, Thursday, June 30 at 7:30 P.M.
Guest Artist Johan Kobborg to Perform Prince Désiré
in The Sleeping Beauty, Friday, July 8 at 7:30 P.M.
Isabella Boylston has been promoted to the rank of Soloist with American Ballet Theatre, it was announced today by Artistic Director Kevin McKenzie. The promotion is effective immediately. Born in Sun Valley, Idaho, Isabella Boylston began dancing at the age of three. While training at the Academy of Colorado Ballet, she won the gold medal […]
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Paloma Herrera to Celebrate 20th Anniversary with ABT
on Saturday Evening, June 18
BOLSHOI PRINCIPAL TO REPLACE HERMAN CORNEJO
IN THE BRIGHT STREAM, JUNE 11 MATINEE AND JUNE 14
AND AS FRANZ IN COPPÉLIA, THURSDAY, JUNE 16
AT METROPOLITAN OPERA HOUSE
Due to injury, Herman Cornejo will not perform during the first two weeks of American Ballet Theatre’s 2011 Metropolitan Opera House, it was announced today by Artistic Director Kevin McKenzie. Cornejo was scheduled to perform the leading role of Basilio in Don Quixote on Thursday, May 19 and Boy With Matted Hair in Antony Tudor’s […]
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