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American Ballet Theatre Principal Dancer David Hallberg will make a guest appearance on The Colbert Report on December 7, 2011. Host Stephen Colbert will interview Mr. Hallberg about his recent appointment to Premier Danseur at the Bolshoi Ballet in Moscow. The Colbert Report airs at 11:30 P.M. EST on Comedy Central. For more information, visit […]
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Denis Matvienko, a principal dancer with the Mariinsky Ballet, and Vadim Muntagirov, a principal dancer with English National Ballet, will debut as guest artists in upcoming performances with American Ballet Theatre. The announcement was made today by Artistic Director Kevin McKenzie. Matvienko will perform the role of Solor in La Bayadère at the matinee on […]
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American Ballet Theatre will celebrate its production of The Nutcracker with a special Waltz of the Flowers workshop for young dancers at Brooklyn Botanic Garden on Saturday afternoon, November 19 from 1:00 to 3:00 P.M. Designed for children ages 4 through 12, the workshop will include basic ballet instruction by an ABT teaching artist and […]
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24 City Audition Tour for ABT Summer Intensive and Collegiate Program to Begin January 7, 2012
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New Production of John Cranko’s Onegin and
New York Premiere of The Firebird by Alexei Ratmansky
to Highlight Season
American Ballet Theatre’s National Training Curriculum, a program of ballet technique combining artistic training with the basics of dancer health and child development, will conduct a five-day satellite session in St. Petersburg, Russia, October 31-November 4, 2011. Launched in 2008 under the direction of Artistic Director Kevin McKenzie, American Ballet Theatre’s National Training Curriculum was […]
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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 […]
Read More 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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