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Kirk Peterson, Ballet Master and former Principal Dancer with American Ballet Theatre, has been appointed Artistic Director of ABT Studio Company, it was announced today by Kevin McKenzie, ABT Artistic Director. Peterson’s appointment becomes effective June 1, 2006. Peterson began his ballet studies at the age of three in his native New Orleans, where he […]
Read More American Ballet Theatre announced a $300,000 Challenge Grant issued by Vice President and Treasurer of the Board of Governing Trustees, Brian J. Heidtke. It was announced today by Lewis S. Ranieri, Board Chairman. Heidtke initiated the $300,000 Challenge Grant to raise funds for the Jacqueline Kennedy Onassis School at American Ballet Theatre over the next […]
Read More 2005-06 Marks Julio Bocca and Julie Kent’s 20th Anniversary Season with ABT;
Last Chance for Chicagoans to see Bocca with ABT prior to June Retirement
Final Performance Set for June 22, 2006
Read More 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 […]
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