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American Ballet Theatre will present its 11th annual Culinary Pas de Deux at The Hammerstein Ballroom in New York City on Monday evening, February 27, 2006 at 6:30 P.M. Guests will be treated to culinary samplings by chefs from over 25 New York City restaurants, wine tastings by several premier wineries, and a silent auction […]
Read More Remi W√∂rtmeyer, a Soloist with The Australian Ballet, will join American Ballet Theatre as a member of the corps de ballet for the remainder of the 2005-2006 season, it was announced today by ABT Artistic Director Kevin McKenzie. W√∂rtmeyer joins ABT as the inaugural recipient of The Australian Ballet’s Walter Bourke Award, which recognizes a […]
Read More Performance of The Nutcracker Scheduled for Monday, December 5 in The East Room
Read More 2005-06 Marks Julio Bocca and Julie Kent’s 20th Anniversary Season with ABT
Read More Ormsby Wilkins, Music Director and Principal Conductor at the National Ballet of Canada since 1990, has been named Music Director of American Ballet Theatre, it was announced today by Artistic Director Kevin McKenzie. Wilkins, whose appointment becomes effective immediately, has been a guest conductor with American Ballet Theatre since 2000. A native of Australia, he […]
Read More American Ballet Theatre announced today a $1 million Trustee Challenge Grant issued by the Board of Governing Trustees of American Ballet Theatre. The Trustee Challenge Grant will match, in full, new or increased donations to ABT’s general operating fund. The Challenge Grant begins immediately and runs through the close of ABT’s fiscal year, July 31, […]
Read More REVIVAL OF SIR KENNETH MACMILLAN’S MANON ALSO PLANNED
Read More Principal Dancer Nina Ananiashvili will take maternity leave from American Ballet Theatre for the 2005-2006 season. Ananiashvili and her husband expect their first child in February 2006. Dates for Ananiashvili’s return to American Ballet Theatre have not yet been determined.
Read More Casting for the third week of American Ballet Theatre’s Fall season at New York City Center, October 19 through November 6, was announced today by Artistic Director Kevin McKenzie. The third week of performances will include the debuts of Maria Riccetto, Jesus Pastor, Zhong-Jing Fang and Jared Matthews in Peter Quanz’s Kaleidoscope on Tuesday, November […]
Read More John Meehan, Artistic Director of Education and Training at American Ballet Theatre, has been appointed Artistic Director of Hong Kong Ballet. His appointment becomes effective July, 2006, it was announced today by ABT Artistic Director Kevin McKenzie and Cissy Pao Watari, Board Chairman of Hong Kong Ballet. “John has been an extraordinary asset to American […]
Read More Casting for the first two weeks of American Ballet Theatre’s 2005 season at New York City Center, October 19 through November 6, was announced today by Artistic Director Kevin McKenzie. American Ballet Theatre’s Fall 2005 season will kick off with an Opening Night gala performance highlighted by the Company Premiere of Jerome Robbins’ Afternoon of […]
Read More Opening Night Gala Sponsored by Malo and Superfund Asset Management, Inc.
Read More Nancy Raffa, a former dancer with American Ballet Theatre and Miami City Ballet has been named Director of American Ballet Theatre’s Summer Intensives. Her appointment, effective immediately, was announced today by Artistic Director Kevin McKenzie. As Director, Raffa will oversee ABT’s acclaimed New York Summer Intensive, as well as its five satellite programs in Detroit, […]
Read More Final performances for American Ballet Theatre’s New York Summer Intensive Program are scheduled for Friday, July 29, 2005 at 12:00 P.M. and 4:00 P.M. at Fiorello H. LaGuardia High School of Music & Art and Performing Arts in New York City. The performances mark the conclusion of ABT’s tenth annual New York Summer Intensive, a […]
Read More Revivals of Agnes de Mille’s Rodeo, George Balanchine’s Apollo, Twyla Tharp’s In The Upper Room and Antony Tudor’s Dark Elegies Also Planned
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