by April Deocariza | Nov 9, 2021 | News, The Latest
For American Ballet Theatre principal Thomas Forster, his career has provided not only a good paycheck, but the opportunity to travel the world. Despite this, when he tells people he is a professional ballet dancer, he still finds himself fielding questions like “But...
by Marina Harss | Oct 15, 2021 | Onstage, Profiles
“Wafting,” “demure” and “ethereal” are not the first adjectives that come to mind when attempting to describe Cassandra Trenary’s dancing. Trenary, one of six American Ballet Theatre dancers promoted to principal in the middle of the pandemic, is something of a...
by Kyra Laubacher | Aug 10, 2021 | Onstage, The Latest
What happens when five of New York City’s largest dance companies join forces? BAAND Together Dance Festival: five-nights of outdoor performances by Ballet Hispánico, Alvin Ailey American Dance Theater, American Ballet Theatre, New York City Ballet and Dance Theatre...
by Abbey Marrison | Jul 29, 2021 | Career, Company Life
This summer, American Ballet Theatre went on a major road trip. On June 28, the company embarked on its ABT Across America Tour, chartering six sleeper buses and three production trucks to travel to eight U.S. cities, concluding in New York City on July 21. Corps...
by Abbey Marrison | Jul 28, 2021 | Career, Company Life
This summer, American Ballet Theatre went on a major road trip. On June 28, the company embarked on its ABT Across America Tour, chartering six sleeper buses and three production trucks to travel to eight U.S. cities, concluding in New York City on July 21. Corps...
by Abbey Marrison | Jul 27, 2021 | Company Life
This summer, American Ballet Theatre went on a major road trip. On June 28, the company embarked on its ABT Across America Tour, chartering six sleeper buses and three production trucks to travel to eight U.S. cities. Corps de ballet dancer Abbey Marrison documented...
by Kyra Laubacher | May 10, 2021 | Career, News, Onstage
When I signed my first professional contract with Eugene Ballet, one of the last things I anticipated was the opportunity to dance beside a member of American Ballet Theatre. Flash forward to the start of our spring season this year, and suddenly I’m chatting in...
by Julia Rosica | Apr 14, 2021 | TBT
In Jerome Robbins’s 1944 ballet Fancy Free, three sailors on leave spend the day at a bar, attempting to woo two young women by out-dancing and out-charming one another. In this clip from 1981, Mikhail Baryshnikov, who was then both the artistic director of...