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Category: ABT
ABT Fall 2018 Wrap-Up: Other Dances, Balanchine Work Highlight Season
American Ballet Theatre featured two substantial performances Friday, danced at a high level: Balanchine’s Symphonie Concertante and Robbins’ Other Dances. Symphonie Concertante is unusual as it was originally choreographed for New York City Ballet’s precursor company and revived by ABT. …
ABT Fall Season First Week Review: Upgrade from 2017
The repertory for American Ballet Theatre’s fall season at Koch Theater is definitely an upgrade from last year in which the company presented retread works that were either dull or performed numerous times recently. ABT premiered two works by female …
Met Opera Shortens ABT Spring Season to 5 Weeks in 2020
The New York Times reported that the Metropolitan Opera will change its calendar starting in the 2020-2021 season. The opera company will extend its season to early June from early May and introduce a midwinter break in February. American Ballet …
Fall Season Tickets: ABT, NYCB, Balanchine City Center
Above photo; Marcelo Gomes, Cory Stearns, Herman Cornejo, Fancy Free, October 25, 2014. There is much going on in the New York City ballet scene this fall with interesting works from American Ballet Theatre, New York City Ballet, and a …
ABT Met Season Wrap-Up: Help Wanted-Male Stars
American Ballet Theatre has a big problem. To fill the cavernous, nearly 4,000 seat Metropolitan Opera House, the company needs stars. But with an aging group of male Principal Dancers with little depth in the Soloist ranks, putting together …