Last night, I saw American Ballet Theatre in Frederick Ashton’s Cinderella, a ballet that entered the company’s rep just this season. Of course, you’re at the theater to see the magical story of Cinderella and her prince unfold. And what magic it was! Julie Kent played an endearing, doe-eyed Cinderella and Marcelo Gomes was princely, […]
Roberto Bolle’s gala “Roberto Bolle and Friends” had its annual performance today, in Verona, Italy. The performance featured an outstanding cast of dancers, including American Ballet Theatre’s Hee Seo, Cory Stearns, Daniil Simkin and Julie Kent, Boston Ballet principal Eris Nezha, Stuttgart Ballet principals Alicia Amatriain and Jason Reilly, and ABT corps member, Skylar Brandt. […]
Misty Copeland will dance her Odette/Odile debut in American Ballet Theatre’s Swan Lake on Wednesday, September 3, during the company’s tour to Brisbane, Australia. The performance will be another historic moment in Copeland’s career: she will be ABT’s first black Swan Queen. She follows in the footsteps of other groundbreaking African American ballerinas, like Houston […]
American Ballet Theatre and the Segerstrom Center–which have long worked together to present ABT, including some of the company’s world premieres–are partnering to start a ballet school at Segerstrom’s Costa Mesa campus. This news comes as part of the dance education windfall that L.A. is currently experiencing, including the Glorya Kaufman International Dance Center at […]
For an all-too-brief period of one month, both American Ballet Theatre and New York City Ballet will perform at the Lincoln Center. Though the repertoire of each company differs greatly, their theaters are steps away from each other, and it’s wonderful to walk by and see people streaming into the respective buildings for a night […]