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Final Performance Scheduled for Saturday evening, July 7, 2012
at Metropolitan Opera House
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 […]
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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 […]
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Due to injury, American Ballet Theatre Principal Dancer will withdraw from his performance as Nutcracker, The Prince at the Friday, December 23 matinee at BAM Howard Gilman Opera House. Eric Tamm will replace Hallberg in The Nutcracker dancing opposite Gillian Murphy as Clara, The Princess at the December 23 matinee. Performances of American Ballet Theatre’s […]
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American Ballet Theatre Principal Dancer David Hallberg is schedule to appear on CBS News Sunday Morning on December 18, 2011. The program will profile Mr. Hallberg and discuss his recent appointment to premier danseur at the Bolshoi Ballet in Moscow. The award-winning Sunday Morning provides news and features on myriad subjects, with an emphasis on […]
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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 […]
Read More 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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