BWW Review: AMERICAN BALLET THEATRE SCORES SPLENDIDLY WITH ABT FORWARD at Segerstrom Center For The Arts
by Valerie-Jean Miller
- Apr 4, 2022
The 'American' in American Ballet Theatre is more evident than ever before. The pristine presentation consisted of three different and unique pieces using music from America's most distinguished contemporary Composers. Leonard Bernstein, the varied well-known composers and lyricists of songs Tony Bennett sings, and noted jazz pianist Jason Moran; with contemporary, audacious, well-known Choreographers Alexei Ratmansky (ABT's Artist in Residence) the legendary Alonzo King (his first piece for ABT), and the whimsical, all-out entertaining Jessica Lang.
American Ballet Theatre's THE NUTCRACKER Plays the Segerstrom Center For The Arts
by Stephi Wild
- Sep 21, 2021
Segerstrom Center for the Arts announces the return of its popular tradition - American Ballet Theatre's captivating production of The Nutcracker. Co-presented by the Center and ABT with choreography by ABT Artist in Residence Alexei Ratmansky, The Nutcracker is the beloved holiday story based on The Nutcracker and the King of Mice written by E.T.A. Hoffmann and set to a magical score by Peter Ilyitch Tchaikovsky.
Casting Announced for American Ballet Theatre's 2021 Fall Season
by Chloe Rabinowitz
- Aug 18, 2021
Casting for American Ballet Theatre’s 2021 Fall season has been announced today by Artistic Director Kevin McKenzie. Principal Dancers for the 2021 Fall season at the Koch Theater include Joo Won Ahn, Aran Bell, Isabella Boylston, Skylar Brandt, Herman Cornejo, Thomas Forster, Gillian Murphy, and more.
Kaatsbaan Cultural Park Summer Festival 2021 Announced
by Chloe Rabinowitz
- Jul 15, 2021
Kaatsbaan Cultural Park will present its 2021 Summer Festival on Saturdays and Sundays from August 28 - September 12, 2021, taking place both outdoors across its 153-acres in the Hudson Valley as well as in its indoor Theater.
ABT ACROSS AMERICA to Conclude Tour at Rockefeller Center
by Chloe Rabinowitz
- Jul 12, 2021
America’s National Ballet Company will take to the road this summer, traveling by bus and truck to 8 U.S. cities and arriving in New York on Wednesday, July 21, 2021. The tour concludes with two performances on the plaza at Rockefeller Center, the site where Ballet Theatre offered its first public performances in 1940.
ABT Across America at The Arboretum Begins This Weekend
by Stephi Wild
- Jul 9, 2021
Repertory for ABT Across America will feature Lauren Lovette’s La Follia Variations, a work for eight dancers set to music by Francesco Geminiani, Jessica Lang’s Let Me Sing Forevermore, a pas de deux blending ballet and jazz vocabulary set to songs sung by Tony Bennett, Darrell Grand Moultrie’s Indestructible Light, and more!
American Ballet Theatre to Present ABT ACROSS AMERICA
by Chloe Rabinowitz
- May 3, 2021
America’s National Ballet Company will take to the road this summer traveling by bus and truck to 8 U.S. cities beginning July 1, 2021. ABT Across America builds on ABT’s history of crosscountry tours in the 1940s and 1950s.
AMERICAN BALLET THEATRE OFFSTAGE Announces Programming Through May 31
by Chloe Rabinowitz
- May 26, 2020
In this weekly online series running through July 4, American Ballet Theatre OffStage offers diverse behind-the-scenes experiences of America's National Ballet Company®. The third week of ABT OffStage features conversations, ballet classes and blog posts themed to Kenneth MacMillan's Romeo and Juliet.
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