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Due to injury, Principal Dancer Alessandra Ferri will not dance scheduled performances of the title role of Giselle on Monday, July 11 and Friday, July 15. Principal Dancer Julie Kent will replace Ferri in the leading role opposite Julio Bocca as Albrecht for both performances. This season marks Alessandra Ferri’s 20th Anniversary with American Ballet […]
Read More Michele Wiles has been promoted to Principal Dancer with American Ballet Theatre, it was announced yesterday by Artistic Director Kevin McKenzie. Born in Baltimore, Maryland, Wiles received her early training in Washington, D.C. At the age of ten, she received a full scholarship to the Kirov Academy of Ballet in Washington, D.C. where she studied […]
Read More Amanda McKerrow to Dance Final Performance with ABT on Thursday, July 14
Read More Gillian Murphy to debut as Medora in Le Corsaire on Saturday, June 25
Carlos Acosta to debut as von Rothbart in Swan Lake on Saturday, July 2
Read More One-Hour Program to Include Special Guest Appearance by Angelina Ballerina‚Ñ¢
Read More Veronika Part and Tamįs Solymosi to Debut in Raymonda on Wednesday, June 8
Petrouchka to have New York Revival Premiere on Thursday, June 16
Read More American Ballet Theatre (ABT) announced today that it reached a three-year agreement with Local 802 of the American Federation of Musicians. ABT has been engaged in negotiations with Local 802 since mid-March. Rachel S. Moore, Executive Director of ABT, stated: “We’re delighted to report that we reached a three-year agreement last evening with the musicians’ […]
Read More Gillian Murphy and Maxim Beloserkovsky to Lead
U.S. Revival Premiere of Sylvia, Friday Evening, June 3
Julio Bocca to Bid Farewell To Don Quixote on Wednesday Evening, May 25
Read More Gala Performance to Include Roland Petit’s Carmen (pas de deux) with Alessandra Ferri and Julio Bocca and All-Star Don Quixote Suite
Read More ABT Studio Company alumna, actress Victoria Rowell, will be the Mistress of Ceremonies at the Studio Company’s 10th Anniversary Gala at 8 P.M. on Thursday, April 21 at Jazz at Lincoln Center. Currently starring in the daytime drama The Young and the Restless, Rowell joined American Ballet Theatre’s school on scholarship in 1977 and danced […]
Read More Franco De Vita, Dean of Faculty and Curriculum of Boston Ballet School since September 2004, has been appointed Principal of the Jacqueline Kennedy Onassis School at American Ballet Theatre. De Vita’s appointment, which becomes effective April 1, 2005, was announced today by ABT Artistic Director Kevin McKenzie De Vita was born in Pavia, Italy and […]
Read More World Premieres from Brian Reeder, Jessica Lang
and Jessamyn Lawrence
and Special Performances by Studio Company Alumni
The internationally-renowned American Ballet Theatre has announced principal casting for its upcoming Chicago engagement of the full-length romantic classic, Giselle, at the Civic Opera House, 20 N. Wacker Drive, Chicago, in eight performances only, April 19-24, 2005. This engagement marks the Chicago Premiere of Giselle as staged by American Ballet Theatre Artistic Director Kevin McKenzie. […]
Read More AMANDA McKERROW DANCES FINAL PERFORMANCES WITH ABT
AND JULIO BOCCA BIDS FAREWELL TO DON QUIXOTE
Alessandra Ferri To Celebrate 20th Anniversary Season
Read More TamƒØs Solymosi will join American Ballet Theatre as a Principal Guest Artist for the 2005 Metropolitan Opera House season, it was announced today by ABT Artistic Director Kevin McKenzie. Solymosi was born in Budapest, Hungary and trained at the Hungarian Dance Academy in Budapest. After graduation, he joined Dutch National Ballet and later danced with […]
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