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Jennifer Garner to Narrate Annual Program for Children
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American Ballet Theatre Presents All-Virtual Fall Programming, Created in Isolated “Ballet Bubbles,” Featuring World Premieres by Gemma Bond, Darrell Grand Moultrie, Christopher Rudd and Pam Tanowitz
ABT Studio Company to Bubble for Seven Weeks, Preparing New Works For Digital Distribution
ABT 80th Anniversary Fall Gala Celebration Set for November 23 on Youtube
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Short Films Created by Dancers from
American Ballet Theatre too Premiere
Wednesday, September 30 and Thursday, October 1
at 7:00pm on ABT’s YouTube Channel
Gabe Stone Shayer Promoted to Soloist
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Cast of Center Stage including Zoe Saldana, Amanda Schull, Sascha Radetsky and Ethan Stiefel Reunites to Raise Funds for Artists during the Pandemic Stars of the cult classic film CENTER STAGE, including Zoe Saldana, Amanda Schull, Sascha Radetsky and Ethan Stiefel, will come together on Tuesday, September 1 for a virtual fundraiser in support of the […]
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SideBarre, a weekly blog series featured on www.abt.org/blog/sidebarre/, takes readers on a journey of ABT behind-the-scenes with posts from ABT dancers and conductors, staff and production crew. SideBarre offers insights from a cross-section of the Company. Check in each week to hear from members of the artistic, education, music, make-up and wardrobe departments about their […]
Read More Due to ongoing concerns relating to COVID-19, American Ballet Theatre announced the cancellation of its 2020 Fall season at the David H. Koch Theater, originally planned for October 21–November 1, 2020. The cancellation was announced today by Artistic Director Kevin McKenzie and Executive Director Kara Medoff Barnett. “We had planned a robust season of new […]
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American Ballet Theatre, in conjunction with Mount Sinai Kravis Children’s Hospital, has launched ABT Heals, a bi-weekly music and dance program to provide comfort and the beauty of ballet to Mount Sinai’s physicians and staff, patients and their families. Designed to coincide with ABT’s virtual season by spotlighting a different ballet each week, ABT Heals features […]
Read More American Ballet Theatre mourns together with and for the families of George Floyd, Ahmaud Arbery, Breonna Taylor and the countless others who have lost loved ones because of racism. In the fight for justice and equality, we stand with these fellow Americans and the communities of black and brown people all over this country who […]
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Building on the success of American Ballet Theatre’s “80 Hours of Service” with the New York Cares Coat Drive, which kicked off the Company’s 80th Anniversary earlier this year, ABT staff and artists are again joining forces with New York Cares to serve New Yorkers in need. In addition, ABT will begin its first collaboration […]
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Virtual Offerings Each and Every Day for Eight Weeks to Include Tributes to ABT Dancers, Anniversary Spotlights and In-Depth Features
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ABT’s First-Ever Online Celebration In Honor Of the 80th Anniversary of America’s National Ballet Company®
to Stream on YouTube, Tuesday, May 12, 2020 7–8 PM EDT, Featuring ABT Dancers, The ABT Orchestra and Celebrity Friends
Special Guest Performances by Tony Bennett and Cynthia Erivo, with Appearances by Katie Couric, Jennifer Garner, Kelly Ripa and Liev Schreiber
An Evening of New and Innovative Work Created at a Social Distance to Benefit the ABT Crisis Release Fund
A Salute to Essential Workers Choreographed by Michelle Dorrance
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Sunday, April 19, 5pm, $5
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Beginning Monday, April 13, American Ballet Theatre will launch ABTKids Daily, a new online resource with digital content to help families and educators build their virtual classrooms during this time of distance learning. The ABTKids Daily page on the Company’s website will be updated every Monday morning with a week’s worth of curriculum on classical […]
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American Ballet Theatre announced today the cancellation of its 2020 season at the Metropolitan Opera House. The season, marking the Company’s 80th Anniversary, was scheduled for May 11–July 4, 2020. The cancellation, necessitated by the public health crisis arising from the coronavirus pandemic, was announced today by Artistic Director Kevin McKenzie and Executive Director Kara […]
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