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Alicia Alonso’s 90th Birthday Celebration to Feature Three Sets of Principal Dancers in Don Quixote Thursday, June 3 at 7:30 P.M.
Read More Alicia Alonso, legendary ballerina and director of National Ballet of Cuba, will celebrate her 90th birthday with American Ballet Theatre on Thursday, June 3 at 7:30 P.M. at the Metropolitan Opera House, it was announced today by Artistic Director Kevin McKenzie. The birthday celebration, part of ABT’s 70th Anniversary season at the Met, will include […]
Read More Opening Night Performance to Feature Company Premieres of Thaļs Pas de Deux and Awakening Pas de Deux
Julie Kent and Roberto Bolle to Lead Company Premiere of Lady of the Camellias on Tuesday, May 25 at 7:30 P.M.
Read More American Ballet Theatre announces its second Memorial Day “Kids Go For Free” matinee performance on Monday, May 31, 2010, 2:00 P.M. at the Metropolitan Opera House. For each full-price adult ticket purchased for the May 31 matinee performance, a child, ages 5-17, may attend for free. American Ballet Theatre’s Memorial Day matinee features the full-length […]
Read More Spring Gala Sponsored by Graff and NBC Universal
Read More American Ballet Theatre Soloist Simone Messmer has been awarded a 2010 Leonore Annenberg Arts Fellowship. The two-year fellowship recognizes young artists of extraordinary talent with the goal of providing them with additional resources in order to realize their full potential. To encourage the personal and artistic development of young artists, the Leonore Annenberg Arts Fellowship […]
Read More American Ballet Theatre has named Ina Clark to the position of Director of Development. The appointment, effective immediately, was announced today by Executive Director Rachel S. Moore. Ms. Clark previously held the position of Senior Director of Development and Communications for The Actors Fund in New York from 2005 through 2009. During her term at […]
Read More World Premiere by Edwaard Liang and
New York Premiere by Roger Van Fleteren
The pre-professional division of the Jacqueline Kennedy Onassis School will showcase the talents of its students in their year-end performance on Sunday, April 11, 2010 at 4 P.M and 7:30 P.M at The Gerald W. Lynch Theater at John Jay College. The program will include excerpts from Frederic Franklin’s Coppélia and August Bournonville’s Napoli, as […]
Read More ADDITIONAL CASTING ANNOUNCED
Read More Event to Feature Live Twitter Feed at http://twitter.com/ABTBallet
Read More Company Premiere Set for January 21, 2011 at
The Kennedy Center for the Performing Arts in Washington, DC
American Ballet Theatre’s 18/29 Club, a unique subscription offer, is available to ballet-goers 18 to 29 years of age, to attend ABT’s 2010 Spring Season at the Metropolitan Opera House, May 17-July 10. This create-your-own subscription series offers three or more performances at $30 per ticket for orchestra-level seating. The 18/29 Club subscription also includes […]
Read More Cojocaru to Give First New York Performance
as Princess Aurora in The Sleeping Beauty,
June 19, 2010, at Metropolitan Opera House
American Ballet Theatre will dedicate its performances at the Kennedy Center for the Performing Arts in Washington, D.C., January 26-31, 2010, to the memory of Ballet Mistress Georgina Parkinson, who passed away in December. A beloved friend and colleague, Ms. Parkinson held the title of Ballet Mistress with ABT for more than 30 years. Born […]
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