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Veronika Part and Marcelo Gomes to Lead World Premiere Cast of The Sleeping Beauty on June 1, 2007
Guest Artists Desmond Richardson and Rasta Thomas to Perform Title Role in Othello
Read More VIACHESLAV SAMODUROV, PRINCIPAL DANCER WITH THE ROYAL BALLET, TO PERFORM ROMEO ON MARCH 22 AND MARCH 24
HERMAN CORNEJO AND GILLIAN MURPHY TO DEBUT IN TITLE ROLES DURING CHICAGO ENGAGEMENT
Read More Gift to Support Company’s New Production of The Sleeping Beauty
Read More ABT Principal Dancers Join the ABT Studio Company
for Two Performances, March 30 and 31 at Tulane University
GILLIAN MURPHY TO DEBUT AS JULIET ON MARCH 23
Read More The Jacqueline Kennedy Onassis School will showcase the talents of its students in their year-end performance of the 2006-2007 academic year on Monday, March 26, 2007 at 7:00 P.M. at The Ailey Citigroup Theater. Students from all three levels will perform original choreography from Franco De Vita , Jessica Lang, and Raymond Lukens. The Jacqueline […]
Read More High school students from Chicago public schools will produce an original retelling of the ballet Romeo and Juliet to showcase their talent and skills as part of American Ballet Theatre’s Make a Ballet On Tour program. In addition, 300 students will attend a special dress rehearsal of ABT’s production of Romeo and Juliet, choreographed by […]
Read More Craig Salstein has been promoted to the rank of Soloist with American Ballet Theatre effective March 1, 2007, it was announced today by Kevin McKenzie, Artistic Director. Born in Miami, Florida, Salstein began his training at the Ballet Academy of Miami at the age of eight and continued his training with the Miami City Ballet. […]
Read More American Ballet Theatre will present the twelfth annual Culinary Pas de Deux at The Hammerstein Ballroom in New York City on Monday evening, February 26, 2007 at 7:00 P.M. Dining and dancing will be on the evening’s menu as ABT’s dancers perform a sampling of pas de deux from Twyla Tharp’s Sinatra Suite, Jƒ∑rƒ∑ KyliƒØn’s […]
Read More University at Buffalo to Sponsor Studio Company Residency
January 8 – February 4, 2007
January 8, 2007 – January 12, 2007
Read More Irina Dvorovenko, Paloma Herrera, Julie Kent, Gillian Murphy,
Xiomara Reyes. Maxim Beloserkovsky, Herman Cornejo,
Marcelo Gomes, and David Hallberg Among Principals Cast
21 City Audition Tour for ABT’s Summer Intensive and Collegiate Program to Begin January 6 in Austin, Texas
Young Dancer Summer Workshop Announces New Los Angeles Site
Read More Richardson Returns to ABT to Reprise Title Role in Othello
Read More American Ballet Theatre’s 2007 Spring Season at the Metropolitan Opera House, May 14-July 7, was announced today by Artistic Director Kevin McKenzie. Highlighting the engagement will be the World Premiere of an all-new production of The Sleeping Beauty, choreographed by McKenzie after Marius Petipa and assisted by former ABT ballerina Gelsey Kirkland. A revival of […]
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