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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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James Whiteside, formerly a principal dancer with Boston Ballet, will join American Ballet Theatre as a Soloist in September 2012. It was announced today by Artistic Director Kevin McKenzie. Born in Fairfield, Connecticut, Whiteside began his training at age nine at the D’Valda & Sirico Dance and Music Centre, where guest faculty included Franco De […]
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American Ballet Theatre has announced the creation of an Apprentice Program designed to prepare six dancers of outstanding potential to work as apprentice members of ABT’s corps de ballet. The program was announced today by Artistic Director Kevin McKenzie. Under the direction of ABT Studio Company Artistic Associate Kate Lydon and ABT Ballet Master Clinton […]
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Hee Seo Promoted to Principal Dancer and
Alexandre Hammoudi Promoted to Soloist
Final performances for American Ballet Theatre’s New York Summer Intensive Program are scheduled for Friday, July 27, 2012 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 17th annual New York Summer Intensive, a five-week training program for dancers ages […]
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