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Season to Include New Works by Aszure Barton,
Benjamin Millepied and Alexei Ratmansky
Casting for the seventh and eighth weeks of American Ballet Theatre’s 2009 Spring Season at the Metropolitan Opera House was announced today by Artistic Director Kevin McKenzie. Sir Frederick Ashton’s Sylvia will be given seven performances beginning June 29,#44; with Gillian Murphy, Maxim Beloserkovsky, Carlos Lopez and Gennadi Saveliev in the leading roles. Debuts for […]
Read More Natalia Osipova to Perform La Sylphide on Monday evening, June 15;
Maria Riccetto to Perform Giselle at Matinee on Saturday, June 13
Revival Premieres of Paul Taylor’s Airs
and August Bournonville’s La Sylphide
Scheduled for Monday, June 15, at 7:30 P.M.
Nina Ananiashvili to Give Final Performance with ABT
on Saturday, June 27 at 8:00 P.M.
www.abt.org/dnieper to feature
Rehearsal Footage and Artist Interviews
ABT Dancers Choreograph Works to
Winning Poems of ABT’s
Page to Stage Poetry Contest
One-Hour Performance to Feature
Special Appearance by Angelina Ballerina‚Ñ¢
All Seats $25
Read More World Premiere of Alexei Ratmansky’s On the Dnieper
and Company Premiere of James Kudelka’s Désir
Scheduled for Monday, June 1, at 7:30 P.M.
First Lady Michelle Obama will attend American Ballet Theatre’s Opening Night Gala on Monday evening, May 18 at the Metropolitan Opera House. Mrs. Obama and President Barack Obama are Honorary Chairmen of ABT’s 2009 Spring Gala. American Ballet Theatre’s Opening Night Gala, which begins at 6:30 P.M., kicks off the Company’s eight week season at […]
Read More Gillian Murphy and Ethan Stiefel to Lead
New York Company Premiere
of George Balanchine’s Allegro Brillante
on Tuesday, May 19 at 7:30 P.M.
EVENING TO INCLUDE SPECIAL GUEST APPEARANCE
BY JAZZ ICON HERBIE HANCOCK AND
A PIƒåCE D’OCCASION FOR NINA ANANIASHVILI
CHOREOGRAPHED BY ALEXEI RATMANSKY
NEW WORKS FUND TO SUPPORT
WORLD AND COMPANY PREMIERES
ALEXEI RATMANSKY’S ON THE DNIEPER
TO BE FUNDED
Veronika Part has been promoted to Principal Dancer with American Ballet Theatre, effective May 18, 2009, it was announced today by Artistic Director Kevin McKenzie. Born in St. Petersburg, Russia, Part began her early training in artistic gymnastics before entering the Vaganova Ballet Academy in 1988. After graduating, she joined the Kirov Ballet in 1996 […]
Read More American Ballet Theatre announces “Kids Go For Free” for the matinee performance on Memorial Day, Monday, May 25, 2009 at the Metropolitan Opera House. Beginning April 10, for each full-priced adult ticket purchased for the May 25 matinee, an accompanying child, age 4-17, may attend free. This offer is applicable to all seating sections. American […]
Read More Cory Stearns, a Soloist with American Ballet Theatre, was named best male dancer at the Eighth International Competition for the Erik Bruhn Prize, held in Toronto on Wednesday, March 18. Stearns and corps de ballet member Isabella Boylston danced the Black Swan pas de deux from Act III of Swan Lake and End., a new […]
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