Category: ABT

ABT premiered its fourth version of Cinderella Monday evening, the Frederick Ashton 1948 masterpiece. Although I have not seen the 1983 Baryshnikov adaptation, the Ashton version is an improvement over James Kudelka’s modern, art Deco piece that ABT debuted in …

I posted photos of Monday’s ABT premier of Frederick Ashton’s Cinderella on my photography website notmydayjobphotography.com.  Hee Seo and James Whiteside were the leads. Check back Wednesday for my review.

ABT Soloist Sascha Radetsky has a nice piece in Vogue.com. The Vogue article is the first part in a series that chronicles his last season at ABT. I interviewed him on his passion for writing last week. Sascha’s article documents …

Gillian Murphy and Jared Matthews gave a very enjoyable and solid performance in ABT’s Saturday evening performance of Coppélia. Gillian and Jared were in synch with each other in the various dances and pulled off the intricate pantomime work throughout …

I could only attend one ABT La Bayadère performance this season, but what a great performance it was. Thursday evening’s performance with Mariinsky Principal Dancers Viktoria Tereshkina and Vladimir Shklyarov was a standout performance from both technical and dramatic perspectives. I …

Sascha Radetsky will give his final ABT performance on July 3, as Franz in Coppélia with Xiomara Reyes. Since joining ABT in 1995, Sascha has danced a wide-range of leading roles including including the Second and Third Sailors in Fancy …