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Choreographer Jodie Gates has been named the Altria/ABT Choreography Fellow for 2009, it was announced today by ABT Artistic Director Kevin McKenzie. A former principal dancer with The Joffrey Ballet, Pennsylvania Ballet and William Forsythe’s Ballet Frankfurt, Gates teaches for universities and dance schools internationally, and stages the works of William Forsythe for dance companies […]
Read More Grand Prize-Winning Poem to be Choreographed by ABT Dancer
Read More David Lansky, Director of Production and Operations with American Ballet Theatre, has been named to the position of General Manager, it was announced today by ABT’s Executive Director Rachel S. Moore. "David is a consummate professional and an incredibly important part of ABT’s senior management team," said Moore. "I am absolutely delighted to announce this […]
Read More PRINCIPAL DANCER JULIE KENT TO TAKE MATERNITY LEAVE
Read More Cory Stearns has been promoted to Soloist with American Ballet Theatre effective immediately. The promotion was announced today by Artistic Director Kevin McKenzie. Born in Long Island, New York, Stearns began his classical training at Seiskaya Ballet with Mme. Valia Seiskaya. At age 15, he participated in the Youth America Grand Prix and was offered […]
Read More American Ballet Theatre dancers Luciana Paris and Marcelo Gomes were invited to perform for the 31st Annual Kennedy Center Honors held on December 7, 2008 in Washington, D.C. The annual Gala, to be broadcast on Tuesday, December 30, honored this year’s recipients of the Kennedy Center Honors. Paris and Gomes performed an excerpt from Sinatra […]
Read More 21 City Audition Tour for ABT’s Summer Intensive and
Collegiate Program to Begin January 10 in Austin and Cincinnati
www.abt.cmarket.com to Offer One-of-a-Kind ABT Experiences
Read More BALANCHINE/TCHAIKOVSKY SPECTACULAR AND
ALL-PROKOFIEV CELEBRATION TO
HIGHLIGHT EIGHT-WEEK SEASON
NINA ANANIASHVILI TO GIVE FINAL PERFORMANCE ON JUNE 27
7:30 P.M. Curtain Time for
Monday through Thursday Performances to Begin
Natalia Osipova, a leading soloist with the Bolshoi Ballet, will join American Ballet Theatre as a Guest Artist during the Company’s 2009 Spring Season at the Metropolitan Opera House, it was announced today by Artistic Director Kevin McKenzie. Osipova was born in Moscow and trained at the Moscow State Academy of Choreography with Marina Kotova […]
Read More New Manual from American Ballet Theatre
Offers Nutrition and Injury Prevention Advice
to Students, Parents and Dance Professionals
Seminars on Nutrition and Injury Prevention Offered Free
to Families, Students, and Instructors,
Sunday, November 16, 2008, 12 Noon
Special Guest Appearances by Angelina Ballerina‚Ñ¢
and Dancers of American Ballet Theatre
Additional Pas de Deux to Include Flames of Paris
Performed by Sarah Lane and Daniil Simkin
Talks Offered Free to Ticketholders
Read More As part of its centennial tribute to choreographer Antony Tudor, American Ballet Theatre has created a new microsite celebrating Mr. Tudor’s life and work. The new site will coincide with ABT’s Fall season at New York City Center, October 21-November 2, which culminates in a Tudor Centennial Tribute on October 31. Scheduled to launch Friday, […]
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