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PHOTO EXHIBITION TO OPEN MAY 19
AT THE METROPOLITAN OPERA HOUSE
Opening Night Performance to Feature
Company Premiere of Jessica Lang’s Splendid Isolation III
and ABT Alumni in the Revival Premiere of
Antony Tudor’s Judgment of Paris
Daniil Simkin will join American Ballet Theatre as a Soloist in October 2008. It was announced today by Artistic Director Kevin McKenzie. Simkin was born in Russia to ballet dancers Dimitrij Simkin and Olga Aleksandrova and was raised in Wiesbaden, Germany, where the family settled in 1990. From the age of six, Simkin often appeared […]
Read More Annual Fall Season, October 21-November 2,
to be Highlighted by Revival Premiere
of Tudor’s Jardin aux Lilas and
Company Premieres of Paul Taylor’s Company B
and Jirƒ∑ KyliƒØn’s Overgrown Path
NEW YORK PREMIERES BY ASZURE BARTON,
BRIAN REEDER AND LAURI STALLINGS PLANNED
Choreographic Initiative to Support New Commissions for ABT II and Mentoring Workshops for ABT Dancers
Read More ALL-STAR CAST TO INCLUDE ABT ALUMNI
Read More Program to Include Antony Tudor’ Little Improvisations and Continuo
In Recognition of Choreographer’s Centennial
American Ballet Theatre Principal Dancers Gillian Murphy and Angel Corella will debut with the Kirov Ballet March 16 and 19 at the Mariinsky Theatre in St. Petersburg, Russia. Murphy will dance Odette/Odile in the Kirov’s production of Swan Lake, opposite Kirov Ballet principal Andrian Fadeyev, on Sunday, March 16. On Wednesday, March 19, Corella will […]
Read More Irina Dvorovenko, Paloma Herrera, Julie Kent, Gillian Murphy, Xiomara Reyes, Michele Wiles, Maxim Beloserkovsky, Jose Manuel Carreño, Angel Corella&##44; Herman Cornejo, Marcelo Gomes, David Hallberg and Ethan Stiefel Among Principals Cast
Read More Marian Butler Named First Annual Jennifer Alexander Dancer
Read More Afternoon Matinee to Include Pre-Performance Workshop and On-stage Meet-and-Greet with ABT Dancers
Read More American Ballet Theatre will dedicate its performances of The Nutcracker at The Kennedy Center for the Performing Arts in Washington, DC, December 18-23, to the memory of beloved Company member Jennifer Alexander. Alexander, who died tragically on December 2, was a member of ABT’s corps de ballet since 1994. “I can think of no greater […]
Read More Specialized Training Initiative to Include Teacher Training Intensives, Teacher Certification Program and Student Examinations
Capezio¬Æ Named Official Uniform of ABT’s Training Programs
Read More American Ballet Theatre sadly notes the passing of cherished Company dancer Jennifer Alexander. Alexander suffered fatal injuries on December 2 as a result of a car collision in New Jersey. Alexander, along with two other ABT dancers, Alexander’s husband Julio Bragado-Young and Nicole Graniero, as well as a dancer from the Martha Graham School, were […]
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